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6.5/10
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Abandoned by her husband a few days before Christmas, Martha Evans travels cross-country with the kids in search of work.Abandoned by her husband a few days before Christmas, Martha Evans travels cross-country with the kids in search of work.Abandoned by her husband a few days before Christmas, Martha Evans travels cross-country with the kids in search of work.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 2 nominations
Kevin Herring III
- Miles Evans
- (as Kevin Lee Herring III)
Danielle C. Ryan
- Jeanie Bullington
- (as Danielle Chuchran)
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Did you know
- TriviaKristy Swanson (Martha) played Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Edward Hermann (Les, the cranky customer that Martha wins over) was the head vampire in "The Lost Boys," both iconic vampire movies for Gen-X'ers.
- GoofsAt the end of the movie, in the middle of grey skies and snow, the church bells ring. "Where's the church?" is asked. Flashing to the church, within sight of where everyone is standing, the church is basking in bright sunshine and blue skies. Back to the group, they gather and walk to the church which is now within the grey skies/snow scene.
- SoundtracksWe Wish You a Merry Christmas
(uncredited)
Traditional
Featured review
Here 40-something Kristy Swanson plays 30-something Martha Evans whose husband of 4 years runs off with a woman in the weeks leading up to Christmas, wipes out the bank account, and leaves her with three children aged 3 to about 11. Not sure why but she puts them all in the old family car and heads north, ending up in a small community in Utah.
Once there she has to find a place to stay and a job and ultimately has to rely on the kindness of her new friends to make a go of it. And the kids have to start at a new school with the boy dealing with the school bully.
This is a nice small movie, some of the dialog doesn't seem to fit but overall nicely acted and with a good message. It was nice to see Edward Hermann in a different role for him, he died in 2014.
My wife and I watched it on Amazon streaming movies.
Once there she has to find a place to stay and a job and ultimately has to rely on the kindness of her new friends to make a go of it. And the kids have to start at a new school with the boy dealing with the school bully.
This is a nice small movie, some of the dialog doesn't seem to fit but overall nicely acted and with a good message. It was nice to see Edward Hermann in a different role for him, he died in 2014.
My wife and I watched it on Amazon streaming movies.
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- Runtime1 hour 37 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 16:9 HD
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