Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus

1991

Action / Drama

8
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 73%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 73% · 50 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.2/10 10 1229 1.2K

christmas

Plot summary

While newspaper writer Church struggles with the death of his wife, he receives a "special" assignment. He must answer a little girl's question about whether Santa Claus really exists.

Director

Charles Jarrott Photo
Charles Jarrott

Top cast

Peter Breck Photo
Peter Breck as Chambers
Frank C. Turner Photo
Frank C. Turner as Produce Keeper
Richard Thomas Photo
Richard Thomas as James O'Hanlan
Tom Heaton Photo
Tom Heaton as O'Hara
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860.66 MB
968*720
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 33 min
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1.56 GB
1440*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 33 min
Seeds 3

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Baldach 8 / 10

A great Christmas movie for older children.

This movie tells the story of the famous letter that Virgina wrote to the Chicago sun editors over 100 years asking "Is there a Santa Claus?". The response is a classic American poetry that teaches the spirit of Christmas. There has been at least one other version about Virginia's letter, but I like the cartoon version best. A great movie that help teaches the spirit of Christmas. By the way , about a year ago, I saw on the P.B.S. show "The Antiques Road show" a relative who claimed to have the original letter Virginia sent.
Reviewed by Sherparsa 7 / 10

could as well have given it 9 ***

Saw this on tv last night ... and actually, missed quite some parts of it as i switched to that channel by accident but i have to admit as an atheist who despises formal religions thus barely a superstitious person if ever, i just liked this not so well known movie of Charles Bronson with some direct hints at both religion as well as superstition, albeit done in such a 'logical' way it not only doesn't harm the viewer imo, it actually makes you welcome this kind of approach to such otherwise unacceptable topics ...here, Charles Bronson acts in a role that's totally new to me considering he's almost always been seen in violent action movies appearing as a villain or a good, yet tough man ... but now he's exactly the opposite: depressed, mild, sentimental, suicidal even! and he has done a really good job at that, worthy of a nomination, which, rather curiously, apparently neither him nor the movie itself have received ...the movie itself has a rather sad yet at the same time live and hopeful tone to it ... and i'm so glad i saw this plain, underrated, not very famous although really sensational Christmas-y movie, the likes of which are many of course but really good ones are surely rare ...long story short, i don't think i'll ever forget this movie, especially because of Charles Bronson's really fine acting in a role not quite befitting him that came almost as a surprise to me ...
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