Un souhait pour Noël

Right, well first of all I must admit that I am not a sucker for holiday-themed movies, and especially not Christmas holiday movies, because they are a dime a dozen. However, I still decided to sit down to watch "The Mrs. Clause" (aka "The Christmas Clause") because it had Lea Thompson in it.

It turned out that "The Mrs. Clause" turned out to be better than I had hoped it would be. And that was because it had a good story which didn't really turn out to be all too-Christmassy and sappy. And it helped that Lea Thompson also really put on a good performance in the movie.

The story is about an over-worked lawyer and a mother of three gets a wish at the local mall when she sits down on Santa's lap. Her wish is to have the life of a former friend, and little does she expect that her wish will actually come true. But she finds out that the lavish lifestyle is not all as glamorous as she thought it would be, especially not when it comes at the expense of her former life with her husband and three children.

Sure, the storyline is something that has been seen before, but it was still skillfully delivered to the screen by director George Erschbamer, and that made it worthwhile to sit through this movie and watch it to the end.

I believe that "The Mrs. Clause" is a movie that will appeal mostly to a female audience. But hey, we shouldn't put movie in boxes. Do give it a chance, even if you are a man (such as myself), you might actually turn out to enjoy this Christmas movie.

It is by no means a Christmas classic, but it still turned out to be worth watching and turned out to be an enjoyable movie. However, I dare say that "The Mrs. Clause" is hardly a movie that you will watch more than a single time.

I have no idea how you can call this a Christmas movie. Yes, for once there is some Christmas fantasy and the santa was well played. But Lea Thompson (and I have no idea why raters were gushing over that) was a train wreck from start to finish, no matter what her situation in life was. This film was tedious, stressful and out and out aweful to the point that it is virtually unwatchable. Do not recommend.

Known as 'All I want for Christmas' here in the UK this film/TV movie is watchable only for a likable performance from Lea Thompson, and then only just.

Using the tried and tested 'It's a Wonderful Life' trick, this is about a stressed out mother who wishes she could have a seemingly more successful and happier woman's life, only of course to realise that her own life was pretty darn great in the first place.

Lea Thompson shines, but everything else about this film is weak, from script to the acting of the other people involved.

I like Lea Thompson, but this isn't a great festive film.

I may be biased, but I'll watch anything with Lea Thompson. I watched 5 years of that wretched Switched at Birth just to see her every week. As for the Christmas Clause... It's a tried and true cable movie story. But Miss Thompson fills the story with life. Her comic skills carry the movie. I also loved her "Angel".

I'm glad this aired under the title "The Christmas Clause" as the original is misleading The Mrs. Clause - and I would've been heartbroken not to see Lea Thompson as Mrs. Clause (I can see the outfit now...).

What you have here is a middling Christmas movie. Everything about this film is average. The script, the direction, the acting (except for Lea Thompson, who is not brilliant in this, but better than average).

It looks like the writers and the director were going for a cliché- ridden movie as in one section Lea's character asks the Santa "Stand-In" - "could this be more clichéd?" But after a very short while, cliché- ing clichés falls flat. And though we all know how this story will end, after all, it is a Christmas film, the writer and director drag it out to the point where you're screaming at the telly, "COME ON ALREADY, FINISH THIS THING!"

If you're a Lea Thompson fan and have yet to watch this I say go for it.

I've watched this movie twice now, it didn't get better with age.