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I'll Be Home for Christmas (1998) Rank 3 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give I'll Be Home for Christmas (1998) a score of 2.0290 out of 4

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filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles for the Disney Channel set. Surprisingly engaging, I'll Be Home for Christmas is no Citizen Kane, but it is lively family fare. Sure, the jokes are pretty lame, but you get that cute little Jonathan Taylor Thomas on ...read the complete I'll Be Home for Christmas movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)

The Cranky Critic (Chuck Schwartz)

Early on in I'll Be Home for Christmas, Jonathan Taylor Thomas' latest, and lamest, family-oriented flick there's a joke about learning French by osmosis. It involves sleeping on the book. Cranky took one look at JTT's face, once the santa suit and beard ...read the complete I'll Be Home for Christmas movie review at The Cranky Critic (Chuck Schwartz)

DVD Net (Jules Faber)

Our story finds young wheeler-dealer Jake (Home Improvementâ��s Jonathan Taylor Thomas) about to spend Christmas with his girlfriend Ally, in sunny California. Unfortunately, she wants to go home to New York (coincidentally, right near where Jake lives). ...read the complete I'll Be Home for Christmas movie review at DVD Net (Jules Faber)

Light Views, Reviews & Previews (John Larsen)

Talk about bad timing. As Walt Disney Pictures prepares for the release of their annual Christmas movie, the star of the film decides to leave his popular television show. As rumors circulate why he left the show, his theatrical film stock and goodwill ...read the complete I'll Be Home for Christmas movie review at Light Views, Reviews & Previews (John Larsen)

San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)

There are three kinds of holiday movies: those that instill a holiday feeling; those that kindle an already present holiday feeling; and those that threaten to wreck a holiday. ...read the complete I'll Be Home for Christmas movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)

Nitrate Online (Elias Savada)

Family fare. Pure, sweet, and PG-rated. Itâ��s sugar-coated household comedy wrapped in a simple holiday gift wrap and starring Home Improvementâ��s Jonathan Taylor Thomas. According to press material Mr. Thomas maintains a straight "A" average in ...read the complete I'll Be Home for Christmas movie review at Nitrate Online (Elias Savada)

kids-in-mind

A college student (Jonathan Taylor Thomas) is offered a unique incentive to travel across the country for his family's holiday ...read the complete I'll Be Home for Christmas movie review at kids-in-mind

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Sun Newspapers of Cleveland

Judging by its lackluster first weekend (see "Cleveland Hit List" on this page), Disney's "I'll Be Home for Christmas" could turn out as the first holiday movie to be up and gone before Thanksgiving. That's too bad because this isn't such a ...read the complete I'll Be Home for Christmas movie review at Sun Newspapers of Cleveland

Brilliant Observations on 1173 Films (Clayton Trapp)

I'LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS (1998) **1/2 Winsome smartass teen Christmas flick replete with vultures, liederhosen, dog farts, octogenarian Tom Jones groupies, sleigh theft, several parades and an old red Porsche. What I'm saying, I think, is that Tom ...read the complete I'll Be Home for Christmas movie review at Brilliant Observations on 1173 Films (Clayton Trapp)

Film Quips Online (John R. McEwen)

Look, I don't expect all Disney characters to be patterned after Jesus Christ. But shouldn't they at least have some redeeming ...read the complete I'll Be Home for Christmas movie review at Film Quips Online (John R. McEwen)

Dustin Putman

"I'll Be Home for Christmas" surprised me. Granted, I wasn't expecting very much, especially when most liveaction Disney films are admittedly terrible, but this film was actually quite enjoyable, thanks to mostly likable characters and a worthwhile, if ...read the complete I'll Be Home for Christmas movie review at Dustin Putman

Edward Johnson-Ott

Like "Planes, Trains and Automobiles," "I'll Be Home For Christmas" is a crosscountry road story about the travails of trying to return home for the holidays. Jonathan Taylor Thomas stars in this lightweight Disney comedy that, while far from memorable, ...read the complete I'll Be Home for Christmas movie review at Edward Johnson-Ott

Palo Alto Online (Kate Manning)

Jake Wilkinson (Jonathan Taylor Thomas) is a self-absorbed boarding school student and scam artist whose ability to charm his way through any situation is tested when, because of a failed scheme and some dissatisfied customers seeking revenge, he finds ...read the complete I'll Be Home for Christmas movie review at Palo Alto Online (Kate Manning)

ShowBIZ Data

Most critics are not about to let I'll Be Home for Christmas off the hook as just another holiday kids movie. Thelma Adams in the New York Post objects to releasing a Christmas movie so early in November, adding that this one "would be unwelcome at any ...read the complete I'll Be Home for Christmas movie review at ShowBIZ Data

Jamie Peck

There's a yule log in every fire, a turkey on every table and a live-action, family-oriented flick from Disney in every multiplex, so it must be the holidays. Examples of that latter seasonal standby include such deadly fare as "The Santa Clause" and ...read the complete I'll Be Home for Christmas movie review at Jamie Peck

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