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12 out of 15 people found the following comment useful :- Sweet, slow but satisfying, 29 June 2003 Author: yom-1 from Brea, California
Just watched this movie in TV. Although it had a slow pace and some of the characters were not fully developed, I liked it. Especially appealing to me, as a senior, was the locale and the truly accurate portrayal of life and times in the late 1950's. Even the kitchen appliances and the dish ware were spot on! I lived in a tract just like the one in the film - the San Fernando Valley urban explosion! I thought the players were all fine and the child actors were very effective. The story dragged a bit but pacing is not everything - sometimes it is good to linger a bit and be nostalgic. This is a good movie for thoughtful teens who can appreciate the message given about home, hope and history.
7 out of 9 people found the following comment useful :- Magic will find you - if you admit it, 2 November 2005 Author: Andreas Niedermayer (leeds1@gmx.at) from Klagenfurt, Austria
This movie is better than the rating suggests. Patrick Swayze displays some tremendous acting skills as the ever blue Jack McCloud, a tramp and thorough loner. He is sincere and pervasive, as is Joseph Mazzello as Tom. The evolving relationship between the two of them is one of the three major themes of the movie. It is a relationship propelled by Tom's dear wish to have some male person around he can relate to and rely on, as his father is apparently absent. Jack, who joins the family as a stranger, develops a kind of deep and caring commitment towards the three family members. He doesn't push for it, it just happens. The second theme focuses around M.E. Mastrantonio's brilliant performance as Jeanne Holman, Tom's and Gunny's mom. Her despair mingled with hope and confidence makes her the archetype of the single parent of the Mid-50s, the era which is so superbly revived as the movie's setting. The third theme centers around Gunny, Tom's little brother, his belief in magic and fairies as well as his fears. This is the movie's underlying main theme, as the title itself suggests. The end, which makes you feel good and renews faith in what we have and ought to preserve and care for, reveals the message of the title and grants this movie an inspiring and deeply human message. Magic is out there - in everything we do and everything we dream of. It is the little things, the little signs of love and affection, of hope and endurance. Tom himself, as an adult, receives reassurance in his faith and his values by what Jack has done to his family when he was a young boy. The message is brilliant and makes this movie a solid 8/10. "Be yourself", Jack advises Tom. "And be happy with what you have" he adds much later in the movie. Hope and love will endure against all odds, if we allow magic into our lives. The same magic we believed in as kids. It is still there. You just have to admit it.
12 out of 19 people found the following comment useful :- Wish I could see it again!, 13 September 2004 Author: trulytess (trulytess@webtv.net) from Florida, USA
I read one of the comments and it wasn't favorable.. but I'll venture to disagree. the movie held my interest until 2:30 in the am.. it made me laugh and cry and it touched my heart strings.all the little boys did a real good job acting, as did the adults. it sent many positive messages on living life and being true to yourself...and the courage to do what makes you happy.also that prayer works.... I e-mailed one of my daughters and told her she too might enjoy it.. so what if it's fantasy...it was a feel good flick and I am happy I had the chance to view it..by far beats all the horror and murder movies and give hope that the world can be turned into a better place one man/woman at a time....
8 out of 12 people found the following comment useful :- A good movie for family to watch together, 24 February 2005 Author: snowmaple from New york, United States
I watched this movie on TV twice. It's the first movie I've watched by Patrick Swayze. I was moved by the story and felt myself like that little Tom very much. I couldn't help crying when I saw the ending and told myself I should learn from this movie. And till then I began to understand the meaning of the movie. It's a good movie for a family to watch together. I think many people can learn from this movie that we should cherish what we already have had in hand. As the saying says, happiness lies in satisfaction.And it's not a big story, so it may not have got much attention from audience. But still I would say it's a good movie.
6 out of 9 people found the following comment useful :- If you like the sentimental, you will love Three Wishes., 31 December 1999 Author: John Watters (jwatters@charter.net) from Minneapolis, MN
When my 5 year old and I entered the theater for this film, all I knew was that it was not R rated. To my great pleasure and surprise I found a gem of a movie I continually recommend to all my friends.After my brother and I watched it a few years ago you could have called us the "blubber brothers" as we both were overcome by the its generous wish for us all.
7 out of 11 people found the following comment useful :- This is a heart-warming, nice family film with a great cast!, 22 April 1999 Author: Bjoern Jacobs (ajacobs@zfn.uni-bremen.de) from Bremen, Germany
If somebody had told me the story of Three Wishes in advance, I think I would have said "Seems a bit brief to make a movie out of it.". But despite that it is such a great movie! It's the actors, the atmosphere and the beautiful colors - in a sweet little story with heart and something to learn - that makes you feel good all the time. At the end I was sorry that this story didn't become a longer movie for I already felt like home in that small village of the fifties. The best thing to watch with the whole family on a late afternoon.
4 out of 6 people found the following comment useful :- Surprisingly good movie!, 26 April 2006 Author: ptolemy02 from United States
I was up late already... But the story drew me in and as the minutes ticked by I decided this was worth it to stay up until 1:30 AM to see the ending even though 6 AM was going to come awfully early. This was an all-around feel-good movie... A bit of magic, a lot of courage from a single mom, a bit of baseball (and who doesn't like a bit of baseball in their movies?), a dog who might be more than a dog, and Patrick Swayze quietly helping a suburban community think outside the box. He's kindly and unfailingly honest. I'm just surprised the suburbanites didn't lynch him and stone his kind single-mom hostess after his first week there. The end had a nice wrap-around closure. Totally worth staying up for!
A very warm and watchable movie, 18 April 2008 Author: rmanory from Melbourne, Australia
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This is not a 'major league' movie, and I don't think it was intended to be. It is a very nice and watchable feel-good movie. Patrick Swayze is excellent in the role of Jack the drifter and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio is excellent in her role of a dedicated widowed mother of two. The movie is a flashback to a month in the life Tom, who is now a father of two with difficulties in his business. The flashback takes him back to year 1955, when he was about 14, and his mother took Jack the drifter into their home to heal from a leg injury she has caused. Jack develops a close relationship with Tom, but after his leg heals Jack leaves them and goes back to being a drifter. The reason for the close relationship is that Jack teaches Tom some baseball tricks, and brings Jack to coach the entire team. The coach believes that Jack is actually a Major League who left baseball after yr 1941. But this simple, unsophisticated movie has a number of Buddhist messages: 'Enjoy life's every moment and count your blessings. If you try too hard you will not succeed. Everything also contains its opposite. Believe in magic.' And the blend makes a nice all-family movie.
2 out of 4 people found the following comment useful :- Bogged down by snail-like pacing... (SLIGHT SPOILER), 26 October 2001 Author: Howlin Wolf from Oldham, Gtr Manchester, England.
I rented a house this summer, and the tape was left behind. Despite knowing what kind of movie it was, I decided to watch it anyway, since I hadn't seen it. It wasn't torturous, but let's just say it's not the kind of film you'd lose sleep over missing... If this makes any sense, the good point is that most things are merely average. However, the film takes an eternity to go anywhere. Thus, rather than being charmed by its air of old-school relaxation, I found I was losing patience. By the time Swayze sees fit to bond with the kid and offer him some life affirming homilies during a game of baseball, (I think) I was snoozing. Ah well, at least I got a free blank cassette for my trouble. I can pretty much see why somebody wouldn't miss it!
3 out of 6 people found the following comment useful :- A great feel good-box of tissues- movie!, 19 February 2005 Author: narratus from toolman
The wonderful thing about this movie is that the feel of the 1950's cookie cutter lifestyle is iconic and authentic without all of the gritty realism. For a fantasy, it's fantastic in scope, well written, and well acted. The perfect movie for a box of tissues and an evening with your daughter or your girlfriends. It's a good kid-family movie as well. It immediately requires you suspend your jaded new-millennium lifestyles and your disbelief in all things magic. I caught this on tbs today and loved it. I think it's the only other movie with the boy from the Jurrassic Park franchise I've ever seen.My favorite portion was how the younger boy gets to enjoy *his* wish.
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