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After winning a $50,000 prize, a man decides to pay things forward by buying Christmas gifts for strangers under the pseudonym "Lucky the Elf."After winning a $50,000 prize, a man decides to pay things forward by buying Christmas gifts for strangers under the pseudonym "Lucky the Elf."After winning a $50,000 prize, a man decides to pay things forward by buying Christmas gifts for strangers under the pseudonym "Lucky the Elf."
Mary Husar
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The vibe and staging of this movie is not that very Christmasy. But the acting is quite good.
It's cute and the history makes you like the guy...but giving gifts while you're unemployed and not even worried about to look for a job is non sense.
An outstanding low budget movie with masses of hidden messages that the majority of self entitled Americans will easily miss and overlook. This is a wonderful wonderful movie, and I liked it that much I wanted the movie to be longer.
The low to average ratings show to me quite clearly how much America and Britain as well meed such a film and many more of its kind. The truth is films like this are rare indeed.
There's no Xmas music, no sort of usual Santa etc but there is kindness, heart, warmth and spirit. This is all much more impressive than the other stuff we get lumbered with year after year today.
Take note Americans, you could really learn something here. You want to see yourselves in the mirror? Look at how his fiancée acts! That's you all over.
The low to average ratings show to me quite clearly how much America and Britain as well meed such a film and many more of its kind. The truth is films like this are rare indeed.
There's no Xmas music, no sort of usual Santa etc but there is kindness, heart, warmth and spirit. This is all much more impressive than the other stuff we get lumbered with year after year today.
Take note Americans, you could really learn something here. You want to see yourselves in the mirror? Look at how his fiancée acts! That's you all over.
I keep finding these movies on my Roku- all with messages of kindness, gratitude etc... less slick than Hollywierd but each one with its own beauty.
Thank you to all makers of these films that cause the heart to open up and hope.
Thank you to all makers of these films that cause the heart to open up and hope.
The only significant part - the idea. Each of us, in his good days, dreams to become a Secret Santa. The romance is the necessary ingredient in this genre of film, but in this case it works as a sort of syrup. Sure, David Blue does a decent job but his eyes are more important than the artistic skills. A story becoming, in few scenes, just creepy- too much photos. But, sure, a single mother, her boy and the charming generous stranger are good pieces of a nice Christmas film.
Did you know
- TriviaFilming began in Fremont, Nebraska on February 2, 2017.
- GoofsBaxter may have received a check for $50,000, but he will owe income taxes on winnings, so he will not get to keep the whole amount.
- Crazy creditsEpilogue: "The gift is to the giver--it comes back most to him... it cannot fail.--Walt Whitman."
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- 12 Days of Giving
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- Fremont, Nebraska, USA(Omaha World Herald January 30, 2017)
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