Watch: Christmas Cottage 2008 123movies, Full Movie Online – Necessity is the mother of invention. In the weeks leading up to Christmas 1977, Maryanne Kinkade has fallen behind in her mortgage payments and is about to lose her small house in Placerville, a town in California’s gold country in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. Her son Thom, who attends art school and is in his 20s, determines to make the transition from amateur to professional painter to help save the family’s home. He seeks advice from an aging mentor..
Plot: Inspired by the picturesque paintings of Thomas Kinkade, The Christmas Cottage tells the semi-autobiographical tale of how a young boy is propelled to launch a career as an artist after he learns that his mother is in danger of losing the family home.
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A movie like a Kinkade picture
This is a movie which is sure to divide people. It is based on the early life of Thomas Kinkade, “the painter of light”. It is a story of the sources of his inspiration: his mentor,and how the difficulties faced by his mother provided a motivation through which he began to find himself.Its weakness is that it isn’t sure of its own purpose.It is certainly not a biography or a Christmas movie in the ordinary sense and its comedic moments often miss the mark.In many ways it is like a Kinkade picture: a little sugary and sentimental yet with a warmth and humanity that can touch our hopes for a world where we all have a place and where everything comes out alright in the end However,it it isn’t grounded in the reality of the world as we know it. The script is very uneven,occasionally very hammy,yet produces some fine moments. Peter o’ Toole’s performance as Tom’s mentor, rapidly approaching dotage and a loss of his powers is a fine one and justifies a viewing.I also enjoyed the background music.Not for anyone who shrinks from sentimentality.
Well Made.
Review Date 6/20/2019I Have Reviewed OVER 500 “Christmas Films and Specials”. Please BEWARE Of films and specials with just one review! For instance When “It’s a POSITIVE” chances are that the reviewer was involved with the production. “If its Negative” then they may have a grudge against the film for whatever reason. I am fare about these films.
This film has “Christmas Spirit” to spare. It is a well made star filled story that you can’t help but to overlook that it does rip-off of “It’s a Wonderful Life”. In this film Christmas Cottage tells the semi-autobiographical tale of how a young boy is propelled to launch a career as an artist after he learns that his mother is in danger of losing the family home.
The film works and that is all that matters. Watch it with your family!
Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 43 min (103 min), 1 hr 36 min (96 min) (USA), 1 hr 44 min (104 min) (Netherlands)
Budget 0
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Status Released
Rated PG
Genre Biography, Drama
Director Michael Campus
Writer Ken LaZebnik
Actors Peter O’Toole, Jared Padalecki, Marcia Gay Harden
Country United States, Canada
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Sound Mix SDDS, DTS, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 1.78 : 1
Camera Arricam LT, Cooke S4 Lenses, Arricam ST, Cooke S4 Lenses, Clairmont Camera
Laboratory DeLuxe, USA (prints) (as Deluxe®), EFilm (digital intermediate), Technicolor, Vancouver, Canada (film processing) (dailies transfer) (as Technicolor Creative Services, Vancouver)
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