A Christmas Memory

1997

Action / Drama / Family

12
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 69%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 69% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.1/10 10 946 946

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Plot summary

A new version of Truman Capote's 1956 tale based on his own bittersweet upbringing in Alabama. The story deals with a seven-year-old who forms a special friendship with his simple, older cousin whose two sisters and bachelor brother feel he needs better influences and role models and decide to send him to military school after the Christmas holidays.

Director

Glenn Jordan Photo
Glenn Jordan

Top cast

Robert C. Treveiler Photo
Robert C. Treveiler as Adult Buddy
Eric Lloyd Photo
Eric Lloyd as Buddy
Esther Scott Photo
Esther Scott as Anna Stabler
David Dwyer Photo
David Dwyer as Farley Wood
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847.1 MB
1280*534
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 32 min
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1.54 GB
1920*800
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 32 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Christmas-Reviewer 8 / 10

Well Made Patty Duke Shines

I HAVE REVIEWED OVER 400 Christmas MOVIES.BEWARE OF BOGUS REVIEWS. SOME REVIEWERS HAVE ONLY ONE REVIEW. WHEN ITS A POSITIVE REVIEW THAT TELLS ME THEY WERE INVOLVED WITH THE PRODUCTION. NOW I HAVE NO AGENDA! I AM HONEST! I REVIEW Christmas MOVIES AS A WAY TO KEEP TRACK OF WHAT I HAVE SEEN!This film is a bout a boy named "Buddy" When Buddy's parents split and his New York thespian mother makes her career a priority, exuberant young boy Buddy (Eric Lloyd) is sent to the Depression-era South to live with distant and aging cousins. Though cousin Jennie (Piper Laurie) is strict and joy is hard to come by in the small town, Buddy finds an unlikely friend in his mentally challenged elder cousin, Sook (Patty Duke). Buddy and Sook embark on many delightful exploits, but forces beyond their control threaten to separate them.This is a well made adaption of source material. The film holds your attention. The heart of this story is about "Unconditional Love". The two leads in this film have that for each other. It is love that all us deserve to find. I highly recommend this. It is family safe but small children will be bored. I think this is one of those films that the older you are the more you will enjoy this. I will watch this again.
Reviewed by redwhiteandblue1776 8 / 10

Warm entertaining movie

It's interesting how many reviewers commented on this movie and compared this version to an earlier movie version of the story. Since most people will only see this movie made in 1997, these comparisons mean very little. Tearing down this movie, because they liked the original better doesn't take away from the charm of this one. My family really enjoyed this movie as a warm, loving, well made story. For the most part, it appears people who watched this movie really enjoyed it and rate it highly. The only ones who gave it low marks are those who fancy themselves as movie "experts." And as I have discovered, many times in their attempt to sound lofty, intellectual and smarter than everyone else, they totally miss the point.
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