I'll Be Home for Christmas

2016 • 84 min • TV Movie · Family · Drama

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Synopsis

Jackie Foster, a dynamic Assistant District Attorney and single mom, is looking forward to wrapping up her latest case and spending Christmas with Gracie, her adorable and precocious, eight-year old daughter. But when Jackie’s estranged dad, Jack , a gruff retired police officer, unexpectedly shows up at her door, they will be forced to confront old wounds.

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Best from age 6

Movie Knight Score

116 reviews

0 Reviewers · 1 · 51%
62 Audience · 115 · 49%

Jackie, a busy single mom and ADA, plans a quiet Christmas with her daughter, Gracie. However, her estranged, gruff father, Jack, unexpectedly arrives, forcing them to confront their past and mend their fractured relationship during the holidays.

Violence & peril: 1/10
Language: 1/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking: 0/10
Romance & sensuality: 0/10
Scary moments: 1/10

Heads up

Some brief emotional arguments
Mild tension due to past family issues

What it models well

Family reconciliation
Forgiveness
Holiday spirit
Understanding different perspectives

Talk about it after

How families can grow apart and come back together
The importance of forgiveness
Dealing with difficult family members

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Top billed cast

Director: James Brolin • Crew: Robin Bernheim Burger

Trailers & clips

I'll Be Home for Christmas - Trailer

Preview - I'll Be Home for Christmas - Starring James Brolin, Mena Suvari and Giselle Eisenberg

Reviewer notes

Not recommendedTrusted family reviewers
**Winning back the daughter!** It is like my fifth or sixth Christmas film of the season and I must say that I'm not fully pleased. Sadly, this one stands at the last among those I have seen. I'm not bashing it, but the narration lacked the festival spirit. Everyone in the story seems kind of depressing.…
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