Review of The Christmas Star (1986) by Graeme J — 03 Jun 2007

One of my favorite childhood Christmas movies.

This review of The Christmas Star (1986) was written by Graeme J on 03 Jun 2007.

The Christmas Star has generally received mixed reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of The Christmas Star

Review of The Christmas Star (1986)

By Lafe F (410) on 08 Jul 2007

Great Christmas film where fuzzy-faced Ed Asner escapes from prison by stealing a Santa costume, and then is mistaken for the real Santa Claus…

Read Review

Review of The Christmas Star (1986)

By Jim W (426) on 19 Dec 2008

Good christmas family movie with a disgusting happy jesus singing ending. the rest of the film was fine though…

Read Review

Review of The Christmas Star (1986)

By Kathy M (128) on 30 Mar 2007

The young star looks an awful lot like Barret Oliver, although they do not list the child star's name in the credits -- A great story too…

Read Review

Review of The Christmas Star (1986)

By Mec R (628) on 11 Dec 2007

A very good film, but in some places very sad, which is typical of disney…

Read Review

Review of The Christmas Star (1986)

By Private U (13,627) on 10 Dec 2007

If I used a Derridian play on a phrase, pas de thÃ¨se, to describe this movie, it is because this is a Derridian Christmas Star that shines…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of The American President (1995)

By Broyax (884) on 03 Apr 2017

Avec l'âge, Michel Douglas campe un président fort crédible, veuf de son état, qui tombe amoureux d'une militante écolo volubile et naïve…

Read Review

Review of Scrooged (1988)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 22 Jun 2001

Tacky in the extreme, this self-congratulatory 1988 film is an exercise in hypocrisy, indulging every form of Christmas exploitation that it…

Read Review

Review of The Family Stone (2005)

By Rickie (5) on 01 Jan 2006

Garbage In - Garbage Out. A movie that has nothing to offer…

Read Review

Review of Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005)

By Gene Seymour (406) for Newsday (2,345) on 20 Dec 2005

Heed my warning: Unless you guys stop going en masse to movies like the first Cheaper by the Dozen, genuinely funny people like Hunt, Martin…

Read Review

Review of The Family Man (2000)

By Bob Strauss (787) for Los Angeles Daily News (1,272) on 22 Dec 2000

This predictable Christmas pudding actually possesses a little flavor, thanks almost entirely to its key performers…

Read Review

Review of Casper's Haunted Christmas (2000)

By Vincent T (525) on 17 Nov 2012

Terrible. Not into the graphics. Can't get into it. NEXT…

Read Review

Review of Runaway Horse (2007)

By Ian H (828) on 31 Jan 2008

German filmstar Katja Riemann and Ulrich Noethen are enjoying their vacation in a rented summerhouse at Lake Constance…

Read Review

Review of Jingle All the Way (1996)

By Marc Savlov (2,019) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 05 Sep 2003

Unfunny and worse, unpleasant, Jingle All the Way is holiday cheer from the warped psyche of a Scrooge. Even the Grinch wouldn't like this one…

Read Review

Review of Little Women (1994)

By Dartt (1) on 27 Dec 2019

So boring! Lost interest was just waiting for it to end! There were people yawning and falling asleep in theater! Huge waste of time…

Read Review

Review of Babe (1995)

By Sdumers (16) on 07 Oct 2020

This film is garbage due to the influence it has on vegetarianism and the fact that it has a scene those pigs from Australia put into it that…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Parasite

2019

87%251 Reviews

Hereditary

2018

72%1,650 Reviews

No Time to Die

2021

74%254 Reviews

The Gentlemen

2020

70%170 Reviews

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

2021

66%228 Reviews

Deadpool

2016

78%1,333 Reviews

Three Thousand Years of Longing

2022

65%84 Reviews

Dark Waters

2019

76%68 Reviews

Everything Everywhere All at Once

2022

78%291 Reviews

Inside Out

2015

86%1,276 Reviews