The 12 Days of Christmas Eve (2004)

When calvin (a modern day scrooge) wakes up in a hospital bed on christmas eve he is visited by a mysterious murse who gives 12 attempts to make the best christmas eve ever. With the clock ticking calvin must find the true meaning of christmas & hopefully reconnect with the people who give meaning to his life Studio: First Look Home Entertain Release Date: 11/15/2005 Starring: Steven Weber Molly Shannon Run time: 88 minutes Product Description

12 Days of Christmas Eve

This movie is done with an excellent sense of humor but also has a good Christmas message included. I loved it and will watch it every year! April 14, 2008

a christmas repeat....

Really, the main character has to repeat this day of dying many, many times before he gets it right! It is way too much like Ground Hog day but less funny. The crudeness and unbelievableness makes this a two star movie. I don't recommend it as a family movie.
December 18, 2007

Only 10 Days were worth the movie

I returned this movie. Being a Christmas movie fan, I could see no need to retain this in my home. The main reason - the producers found it necessary to include in one of the Christmas Eve's a portion of the main character being extremely self-absorbed -- he buys everything he wants, treats people anyway he wants -- which OK is what self-absorbed people do, however, I didn't need the scene where he has self-fulfilling sex with his girlfriend. The whole bed scene could have been eliminated, even if the producers alluded to it.

At best, the acting was B-rated. January 9, 2007

SCROOGE MEETS GROUNDHOG DAY

Coming up with new ideas for Christmas movies must be a hard task for movie producers. This charming little holiday nugget combines the reliving the same day elements from GROUNDHOG DAY with the perennial tale of Ebenezer Scrooge as a man given a chance to make his life correct.
In this version, Steven Weber is quite good as Clarence Klein, a corporate exec who opts to spend Christmas Eve courting the head of a South American company interested in his stores, The Buck Stops Here. Patricia Valesquez is charming in this role and adds some love interest (?) as well. After a succesful day with Velasquez, while missing his son's Christmas concert and using a reservation for a fancy restaurant from his current squeeze, Klein is killed when the huge pointing finger logo sign crushes him. He ends up in the hands of angel/Angie Molly Shannon who informs him he has 12 chances to make things right.
Weber tries everything from working in a soup kitchen to giving away 1.2 million dollars to try and earn a new chance but of course it takes him the full twelve days and eleven more deaths to see the light.
Weber's charming performance and Shannon's acerbic turn spark the movie and make it a delightful holiday movie. November 27, 2006

Not what I expected

I watched this movie expecting to be bored as I have been by other movies where the same day played over and over. I was surprised that this movie didn't bore me, but instead left me anxious to see what would happen next. The guy, played by Steven Weber, thinks he has just experienced this best Christmas Eve of his life because of a great business deal. He has 12 chances to realize what a "best Christmas" really is, and he must figure it out for himself with no hints from his nurse/angel, or it will actually be his last Christmas Eve. November 7, 2006

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