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Le jackpot de Noël

Original title: Christmas in Wonderland
  • 2006
  • PG
  • 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
4.7/10
2.6K
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Le jackpot de Noël (2006)
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Three children and their father move from Los Angeles, California to Edmonton, Alberta. When they go shopping at West Edmonton Mall, they find counterfeit cash, inadvertently help catch croo... Read allThree children and their father move from Los Angeles, California to Edmonton, Alberta. When they go shopping at West Edmonton Mall, they find counterfeit cash, inadvertently help catch crooks, and make a discovery about Santa.Three children and their father move from Los Angeles, California to Edmonton, Alberta. When they go shopping at West Edmonton Mall, they find counterfeit cash, inadvertently help catch crooks, and make a discovery about Santa.

  • Director
    • James Orr
  • Writers
    • Wanda Birdsong Shope
    • James Orr
    • Jim Cruickshank
  • Stars
    • Matthew Knight
    • Chris Kattan
    • Cameron Bright
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    4.7/10
    2.6K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • James Orr
    • Writers
      • Wanda Birdsong Shope
      • James Orr
      • Jim Cruickshank
    • Stars
      • Matthew Knight
      • Chris Kattan
      • Cameron Bright
    • 19User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

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    Matthew Knight
    Matthew Knight
    • Brian Saunders
    Chris Kattan
    Chris Kattan
    • Leo Cardoza
    Cameron Bright
    Cameron Bright
    • Danny Saunders
    Preston Lacy
    Preston Lacy
    • Sheldon Cardoza
    Amy Schlagel
    Amy Schlagel
    • Mary Saunders
    Zoe Schlagel
    Zoe Schlagel
    • Mary Saunders
    Carmen Electra
    Carmen Electra
    • Ginger Peachum
    Tim Curry
    Tim Curry
    • Gordon McLoosh
    Patrick Swayze
    Patrick Swayze
    • Wayne Saunders
    Matthew Walker
    Matthew Walker
    • Santa…
    MacKenzie Porter
    MacKenzie Porter
    • Shane
    • (as Mackenzie Porter)
    Marty Antonini
    Marty Antonini
    • Elliot Block
    Rachel Hayward
    Rachel Hayward
    • Judy Saunders
    Donovan Workun
    Donovan Workun
    • Smith
    Sean Tyson
    Sean Tyson
    • Randolph
    Matt Bellefleur
    Matt Bellefleur
    • Walter Crump
    Maureen Jones
    Maureen Jones
    • Lingerie Salesgirl
    Paul Punyi
    • Priest
    • Director
      • James Orr
    • Writers
      • Wanda Birdsong Shope
      • James Orr
      • Jim Cruickshank
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    User reviews19

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    5Gubby-Allen

    It was OK

    Usual daft extreme ratings here. As with most films, it is not a 1/10 or 2/10 film, nor is it a 9 or 10/10 film.

    It is as someone else here described, reasonable Christmas fodder. I did not find it any worse than Home Alone 2.

    It is essentially a children's film and they should enjoy it, it had a few laughs, was interesting, easy to follow, a couple of good characters, played well by Curry and Electra. It was also good to get such a detailed showing of the Mall.

    For adults it is far too much of a giant cliché though. The two boys, as a lot of these films do, have the worst hair cuts imaginable, or lack of cut.The young girl, could be the young girl in about 100 films and as in any Christmas film, it is Christmas Eve and they still have not put the tree up.

    There are a couple of really peculiar moments which seemed to serve no purpose whatsoever. When Patrick Swayze is buying the underwear for his wife, the whole scene and in particular the lady serving him was completely nonsensical and the whole scene should have been removed. You also had the oldest boy falling for a girl who came from the same city, for the same reasons, to the same new city and had the same unusual name as his other girlfriend for reasons unknown and which went nowhere.

    All in all though, it is a decent watch. A little better than the 4.9 rating and will entertain you more than many daytime Christmas films.

    Most of all, it was wonderful to see the marvellous Patrick Swayze in one of his last roles, as endearing as ever.
    5TheLittleSongbird

    Some good moments save an otherwise mediocre film

    I was warned by the reviewers on IMDb not to see this film, but I did decide to give it a chance for two reasons; Patrick Swayze and Tim Curry. My thoughts on watching Christmas in Wonderland were that while there were some good moments, the film could've been much better. It is a long way from being the best movie ever and from being a Christmas classic like Scrooge(1951), Miracle on 34th Street, Home Alones 1 and 2 and It's a Wonderful Life, but personally I do not think it's the worst ever either, Disaster Movie, Home Alone 4, NeverEnding Story 3, Cat in the Hat and Superbabies:Baby Geniuses 2 were much worse.

    So what were the good things? Well the soundtrack was one. The incidental music was not bad, but I liked very much the song choices. Christmas in Wonderland is certainly memorable, same with Not So Zen. But my favourite is Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, the timeless tear jerker, immortalised by Judy Garland in the musical Meet Me in St Louis. It was nice to see the West Edmonton Mall too. Also Mary's conversation with Santa twenty minutes into the movie was the closest to heartwarming Christmas in Wonderland got, likewise with the moralising between Wayne and the imaginary Santa in the bar. While I do agree that the writing was not very good at all on the most part, there are one or moments of inspired physical comedy. No I am not talking about the crooks chasing the kids on the escalator, I am chiefly talking about Carmen Electra's character Ginger after falling into the water having a hard time with the seal. That was funny, shame the whole film, while starting off ever so promisingly, didn't have the same kind of momentum.

    Before mentioning the cons, I am going to talk about the performances and start with the good ones first. Most of the acting was terrible, and while the more decent performances were anything but outstanding, there were one or two bright spots in the cast, particularly the two lead kids. Matthew Knight is quite appealing as Brian, and his sister Mary is played by the adorable Schlagel twins Amy and Zoe. And Tim Curry, the wonderful and underrated actor he is, is actually quite entertaining as the memory-challenged McLoosh. Critics were divided on Curry's performance, others praised him as one of the few bright spots of the movie, others complained of his performance being full of sheer pantomimic excess. I would be inclined to agree with the former, while he does overact a bit, and his Scottish accent leaves much to be desired(though the accent is infinitely better than Jon Voight's German accent in Superbabies:Baby Geniuses 2), he at least makes some effort to make the most of the questionably meagre material he was given, and his facial expressions were priceless.

    However, the other performers weren't that much better. Whereas in general I enjoyed Tim Curry's performance, I was disappointed with Swayze. Perhaps this movie would have been forgotten, if it weren't for the fact that it was one of Swayze's last performances before he sadly died. He wasn't terrible, but the script gave him very little to do so no matter how hard he tried it was a bit of a wasted effort. Cameron Bright as Danny gives a very lifeless and monotonic performance; there were times when I wanted to give him a kick up the backside. Chris Kattan and Preston Lacy step into their roles with enthusiasm but like Swayze they weren't given that much to do. That leaves Carmen Electra. While I wanted to see this movie for Swayze and Curry, I was hesitant as well because of Electra. Sorry, I can't stand her, I just don't think she can act, and a lot of the characters she plays are more of the same. She was marginally better than she was in Disaster Movie and Meet the Spartans, both movies in which she was truly terrible, but that is not saying much.

    Other problems I had with Christmas in Wonderland was that the script, no matter how physical-comedy engineered it was, was clunky and devoid of humour, and gave the actors little to work with- a lot of the "funny" lines just weren't funny. The repeated gag about McLoosh forgetting everyone's names was funny the first couple of times, but it got tiresome, an oft-danger with repeated gags. Then there's the formulaic and utterly predictable plot and the fact, it looks like in terms of camera work etc. direct to video quality. The direction from James Orr ranged from sloppy to non-existent, the love story between Danny and Shane was underdeveloped and out-of-the blue and the CGI I agree was rather fake and amateurish. All in all, has some good moments, heavy emphasis on the some, but it is mediocre. Showed good promise, but didn't deliver in most aspects. 4.5/10 Bethany Cox
    7kda_h

    cute but

    I read a lot of the reviews on this movie and to be honest it does have some really bad acting. Unrealistic situations. and predictable lines.

    I liked seeing the film filmed in Canada. What I didn't like was their portrayal of Canadians and idiots. Tho the chief was a bumbling he did act well.But it still portrayed them as not being very smart. It was a family movie and is clean with no bad language.

    I liked seeing the attractions at the mall shown in the movie. To bad that some of the actors in the movie couldn't bring the level of the movie up from a b movie. Family movie. Good to watch with younger kids. not really an Adult movie.
    5Christmas-Reviewer

    For Children Who Have Never Seen Home Alone

    BEWARE OF BOGUS REVIEWS. SOME REVIEWERS HAVE ONLY REVIEW ONE FILM. THAT TELLS ME THEY WERE INVOLVED WITH THE PRODUCTION. I HAVE REVIEWED OVER 200 Christmas MOVIES. I HAVE NO AGENDA. I AM FARE ABOUT THESE FILMS.

    IN THIS FILM Three kids and their Dad move from L.A to Edmonton. When they go shopping at West Edmonton Mall they find counterfeit cash. They inadvertently help catch the crooks, and later make a discovery about Santa.

    The film is safe for small children but they will even be bored. The cast of familiar faces do their best but the material just isn't there.

    The screenplay had a nice gem of an idea but it needed a little more work. Had the screenplay been better the film could of been great.
    7inkblot11

    Home Alone at the Mall, that's what this one is, but very nice to have another Swayze film to treasure, even in a minor way

    Wayne Saunders (Patrick Swayze) moved his family from Los Angeles to Edmonton, Alberta, to take a new job. Unhappily, the company chose that moment to downsize and Wayne loses the post before he has a chance to even begin! Also, its near Christmas and his wife is back in California, tying up lose ends with her own job. Therefore, Wayne and the three kids, teenage Brian, middle schooler Danny and young daughter Mary have to get a tree and shop for all of the gifts. Needless to say, Wayne is not used to balancing the whole affair on his shoulders AND, since his job melted away and there were moving expenses, finances are extremely tight. Therefore, when the family heads to the enormous underground mall, Dad puts Brian in charge of the other two kids, so that he, Wayne, can shop for the children in private. But, Brian, downcast since the big move, likes the looks of the teen girls he sees at the mall and gives Danny money to take care of Mary, letting him, Brian, hang out with kids his age. Whoa, wait until Dad hears this! On their own, Sam and Mary stumble upon a bag of cash, which they believe is a gift from the mall's Santa. However, its really counterfeit bills that a trio of dumb thieves (including Carmen Electra) were going to use for their own brand of Xmas cheer. Now, the thieves are after the kids and the kids are out to avoid being caught and to trip up the robbers at the same time. Who will win out and will it turn into a merry season after all? This is a cute holiday film, sort of a Home Alone at the mall. The kids and the crooks are very entertaining, generating many giggles with their antics. Swayze, naturally, is nice as the harried dad, although the focus of the film is more on the young folks. Supporting actors like Electra, Tim Curry, and all of the others do fine work, too. In addition, the setting is very nice, as the mall looks gorgeous, festive, and quite, quite enormous. Those Canadians sure are lucky! The movie likewise has attractive costumes, a humorous script, and a lively direction. Therefore, although the title is easily confused with a host of others, look hard for this one at holiday time or, indeed, whenever the mood strikes you or the children. Its another fine addition to the growing number of holiday cinematic treats.

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    • Trivia
      This movie was filmed after Christmas was long over, to avoid the busy shopping season. The length of time the decorations in the mall were left, prompted local residents to wonder why they were still there. A local news program even inquired into the reason the decorations remained. Not long afterwards, the filming of this movie was announced.
    • Goofs
      Edmonton is under the jurisdiction of the Edmonton Police Service, not the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
    • Connections
      Referenced in The Making of 'Christmas in Wonderland' (2007)
    • Soundtracks
      Not So Zen
      Written & Performed by Flipper Dalton

      Courtesy of Twelvetrees Music Inc.

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    • Release date
      • June 5, 2006 (Iran)
    • Countries of origin
      • Canada
      • United States
    • Official site
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Christmas in Wonderland
    • Filming locations
      • West Edmonton Mall - 8882 170 Street, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Yari Film Group (YFG)
      • Insight Film Studios
      • Alberta Film Development Program of the Alberta Government
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $689
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $689
      • Jan 27, 2008
    • Gross worldwide
      • $694,509
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 35m(95 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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