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I'll Be Home for Christmas
MEANRANK
50/100
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 23, highest is Kinopoisk on 66. Critics average 23, everyone else 55.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →Estranged from his father, college student Jake is lured home to New York for Christmas with the promise of receiving a classic Porsche as a gift. When the bullying football team dumps him in the desert in a Santa suit, Jake is left without identification or money to help him make the journey. Meanwhile, his girlfriend, Allie, does not know where he is, and accepts a cross-country ride from Jake's rival, Eddie.
Details
- Director
- Arlene Sanford
- Writers
- Harris Goldberg, Michael Allin, Tom Nursall
- Studio
- Walt Disney Pictures, Mandeville Films
- Released
- 13 November 1998
- Country
- Canada, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $30.0M