Little millionaire in need

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Movie
German title Little millionaire in need
Original title Little Miss Millions
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1993
length 84 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Jim Wynorski
script RJ Robertson ,
Jim Wynorski
production Mike Elliott
music Joel Goldsmith
camera Zoran Hochstätter
cut Richard Gentner
occupation

Little Millionaire in Need (Original Title: Little Miss Millions ; Alternative: Home for Christmas ) is an American action comedy from 1993 . Directed by Jim Wynorski , who co- wrote the script with RJ Robertson .

action

12 year old Heather Lofton lives with her wealthy stepmother Sybil. After her father dies, Heather flees home to find Susan Ferris, her real mother. Desperate to prevent the girl from meeting Susan, Sybil hires private detective Nick Frost to bring Heather back.

Frost finds Heather in Denver and immediately puts her in his car to take her back to Los Angeles. On the long drive, the detective befriends Heather a little, but the promised fee lures him to carry out his assignment properly. However, Sybil plans to save the money and informs the police after knowing that the detective has found the girl. She explains to the FBI agent that Frost kidnapped Heather and that a search for him and the girl is going on. They will even send manhunt saufruf in television wanted what the situation will be more difficult can. At a rest stop, they are attacked by a group of rockers who want to earn the reward that was given to Heather. When their car goes on strike on the way, they have to make an unplanned stop. Fortunately, there is an empty house in which you can spend the night. Although Heather didn't quite trust the detective so far, she too is starting to like the old Zausel. Without a car, the two of them set off on foot to the next bus stop. There they meet two FBI agents whom, with a little luck, they can escape. On the bus they hope for a bit of rest to relax, but unexpectedly a young, heavily pregnant woman is going into labor and Frost is helping her bring the child into the world. However, this action attracts the attention of the two FBI people who are still on the heels of the wanted. When they are almost caught by the police, Frost and Heather flee to LA in the FBI agent's car, but in the end he does not bring the girl back to his stepmother. He has found out that not only does she want to rob him of his fee, but also that she wants to rob Heather of the sizable fortune that she inherited from her father. This was invested in a trust fund until Heather was of legal age, but Sybil and her lawyer have found ways and means to use it anyway. After Frost confronts the two of them with relevant evidence, he gets Sybil to sign a custody form that Heather is allowed to live with her birth mother from now on.

Heather's mother has no idea of ​​this agreement and is happily surprised when Frost brings her daughter over to her on Christmas Eve. Full of gratitude, she invites the man to Christmas dinner the next day.

Reviews

The editors of Rotten Tomatoes wrote that the "heartwarming and funny" film was intended for the whole family.

Film Service wrote that the film offers "fun entertainment for the whole family". His action, however, develops "too predictably".

At critic.de the critics came to the conclusion: “Christmas films often suffer from the same problem. They are made to make their audience feel good. In order not to dismiss the audience with an unsatisfactory or even bad feeling, from a certain point they give themselves up completely to the festive emotionalism. "

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. uk.rottentomatoes.com , accessed September 24, 2008
  2. Little Millionaire in Need in the Lexicon of International FilmsTemplate: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used , accessed on September 24, 2008
  3. 'Home for Christmas' is nice to look at, but makes terribly low demands on itself in terms of content. Retrieved from critic.de, retrieved on November 14, 2017.