The Ultimate Christmas Present (2000) (TV)

Director:

Greg Beeman

Writers (WGA):

Hallie Einhorn (story) and
Michael Hitchcock (story) ...

Release Date:

1 December 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family

Plot:

A girl steals a weather machine from Santa Claus, to make a snow day. The machine breaks, and causes an out of control snowstorm. |

Plot Keywords:

Machine | Weather | Snow | Weather Modification | Los Angeles California

Awards:

2 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Hallee Hirsh	...	Allie Thompson
Spencer Breslin	...	Joey Thompson
Hallie Todd	...	Michelle Thompson
Brenda Song	...	Samantha Kwan
John Salley	...	Crumpet
Susan Ruttan	...	Mrs. Claus
John B. Lowe	...	Santa Claus
Greg Kean	...	Steve Thompson
Jason Schombing	...	Mr. Martino
Bill Fagerbakke	...	Sparky
Peter Scolari	...	Edwin Hadley
Zahf Paroo	...	Ruben
Laara Ong	...	Linda Kwan
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Daniel Boileau	...	Snowmobile Driver
Tiffany Desrosiers	...	Tina
Jo-Ann Fernandes	...	Mrs. Lopez
Karen Holness	...	National Weather Person
Donna Lysell	...	News Broadcaster
Dave McGowan	...	Student
Brittany Moldowan	...	Mary Jo
Angela Moore	...	Mary Jo's Mother
Dale Reynolds	...	News Broadcaster Weather Person
Shylo Sharity	...	Jennifer
Laura Summer	...	(voice)

Runtime:

Spain:85 min | UK:75 min

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:TV-G

Filming Locations:

North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Goofs:

Errors in geography: The address where Hallee Hirsch's character lives- 318 S. Central Avenue- is right in the middle of Downtown L.A. Not the place where you would find a suburban street with relatively new upscale houses.

Quotes:

Michelle Thompson: Allie is so excited about the snow you'd think she ordered it.

Snow in L. A. for once

"The Ultimate Christmas Present" is an okay movie with reasonably good actors and actresses, the characters are okay and they story is pleasant. My favorite part of the movie is that it had to do with snow because I love snow. But if you saw the behind the scenes, you would find out that the snow was actually made out of sugar and rice. Only a few scenes had real snow that was created by a snow making machine. "Joey", played by child actor Spencer Breslin, had the typical little brother to older sister rection. I especially like the parts where the mother is catering for her many parties in the Christmas season because her helper when she is catering, the chef, has lines that are very funny. He has much talent and his wittyness livened up the show a little bit. And I do agree with other reviewers that he should have had more lines and was a good character to have.

We all know that it is impossible for it to snow in L. A. let alone 14 inches in one night, but if you like fantasy movies where the plot of the story could never happen, this would be a good one for you. It seemed that Allie, Joey's sister in the movie, had a perfect life except for that one little thing with her father about Christmas. It is a typical thing for Disney to do. Have the main character have a perfect life except for a few minor problems in which the movie is centered on. But it is fun to see. Adults might think it is a silly thing to make a movie out of, but children and teens 6-14 may have the opportunity to enjoy it.