An elf for Christmas
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | An elf for Christmas |
| Original title | Help for the Holidays |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2012 |
| length | 85-90 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Bradford May |
| script |
Bob Sáenz Abbey Cleland |
| production | Lincoln Lageson |
| music | Lawrence Shragge |
| camera | Maximo Munzi |
| cut | Craig Bassett |
| occupation | |
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An Elf for Christmas (Original title: Help for the Holidays ) is a 2012 American Christmas film directed by Bradford May. The film was produced by Hallmark Entertainment for the Hallmark Channel Original Movies series. Summer Glau embodies the elf Christine, who is sent by Santa Claus to the VanCamp family to show the parents what Christmas can mean in front of everyone and to fulfill the wish of little Will ( Mason Cook ) that the joy of Christmas comes back to his family.
action
The married couple Sara and Scott VanCamp run the Christmas shop "Holidays", which of course has its best business times around Christmas. For Sara and Scott, this means that they have to spend many hours in the shop every day and consequently have little time for their two children, twelve-year-old Ally and her younger brother Will. Because the VanCamps deal with Christmas items almost all year round, their love for this festival has almost turned into the opposite, which is also reflected in the fact that there is no Christmas decoration anywhere in the house. Only Will, the youngest of the family at the age of eight, freely admits that he suffers from it.
At the North Pole, Santa Claus became aware of the family through a wish letter from Will and decided to bring the lost Christmas magic back to them. Santa selects the elf Christine for this task, who definitely wants to justify the trust placed in her and promises to do everything in her power to do justice to this important task.
Since the VanCamps are currently looking for a nanny because of the sheer amount of work, it is easy for Christine to secure the position with the family. She quickly finds access to Will and, after some initial difficulties, can also win over Ally. She devotes herself lovingly to the children, takes on their problems and also finds time to sing with them, bake cookies and make Christmas decorations. Will is supported by Christine in his basketball activities and Ally gives her the necessary self-confidence that she dares to develop a small choreography for her own dance. Dave, the children's uncle, is also integrated into Christine's activities and increasingly takes pleasure in the lovable young woman.
However, when Christine, Dave and the children decorate a Christmas tree for the family in the living area, Sara VanCamp regards this as an unreasonable interference in their family life and leads her to fire Christine. This is not only a disaster for the children, Dave also has to experience that Christine disappeared overnight and cannot be found.
Back at the North Pole, Santa points out to the young elf that she has broken the rule because she has not only built up too strong a bond with the children, but has also fallen in love with Dave. Santa says she has to decide whether she wants to live among humans in the future, but then she can no longer be an elf. After Christine learns that not only Will was desperately looking for her and that Dave is also very sad and that the whole family misses her, she decides to live with Dave and near the VanCamps from now on. Her return brings great joy to the whole family and Sara also apologizes to Christine for her harsh words. Now nothing stands in the way of a merry Christmas in a richly decorated house under such a tree.
publication
The film was shot for television and first broadcast in the US on December 9, 2012 (alternative title: Help for Christmas ). In France it was shown on TV on Christmas Eve 2013 under the title La baby-sitter de Noel , in Germany it had its television debut on December 20, 2014. In Russia it was shown under the title Помощница на праздники .
criticism
TV Spielfilm said: "Believe, love, give, share - in this nice family lesson, not only the cookies are sweet as sugar." The conclusion was then: "Christmas, please, more surprises!"
For TV Movie , the family film presented itself as a “harmless and cheerful mood for the party”.
Andreas Schöttl from Teleschau.de gave the film the grade “acceptable” and found that an elf at Christmas was “sugar-sweet through all the Christmas clichés [slide]. The statement remains that the festival of love must absolutely be saved for everyone. And if a person does not [want] to participate in kitsch and Santa Claus, then [e] even Santa Claus to act. "
Web links
- An elf for Christmas in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- An elf for Christmas In: prisma.de (with ten pictures of the film)
Individual evidence
- ↑ An elf for Christmas ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Fantasy romance. An elf on a mission with the people. Emotional ties are not allowed! In: tvspielfilm.de, accessed on December 13, 2015.
- ↑ An Elf for Christmas ( Memento of the original from December 13, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Baking cookies and making decorations: Naive elf should make the family want to spend Christmas. In: tvmovie.de, accessed on December 13, 2015.
- ↑ Andreas Schöttl: An Elf for Christmas ( Memento of the original from January 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Kitsch under Lametta In: teleschau.de, accessed on December 13, 2015.
