Feeling unneeded, a disillusioned Santa Claus (Charles Durning) quits Christmas. Through the selflessness of a little girl looking to reunite her parents for Christmas (and the help of his bumbling chief elf, Philpot (Bruce Vilanch), Santa and the child travel across America and Santa discovers that people really do need him and care about other people.
It Nearly Wasn't Christmas has generally received mixed reviews.
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It Nearly Wasn't Christmas was released in 1989 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 1 reviews, giving It Nearly Wasn't Christmas (1989) an average rating of 53%.
Overall, cinema-goers much prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 40%, compared to film critics, who gave it a considerably lower average score of 0%. Amateur reviewers enjoyed It Nearly Wasn't Christmas a lot more than professional critics.
With a score of 53%, It Nearly Wasn't Christmas is below the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1989, which stands at 57%.
Other movies from 1989 with similar scores include films like Troop Beverly Hills, The Wizard and Dream a Little Dream.
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