His annual Christmas party faltering thanks to his cynical brother-in-law, former Growing Pains star Kirk Cameron attempts to save the day by showing him that Jesus Christ remains a crucial ... Read allHis annual Christmas party faltering thanks to his cynical brother-in-law, former Growing Pains star Kirk Cameron attempts to save the day by showing him that Jesus Christ remains a crucial component of the over-commercialized holiday..His annual Christmas party faltering thanks to his cynical brother-in-law, former Growing Pains star Kirk Cameron attempts to save the day by showing him that Jesus Christ remains a crucial component of the over-commercialized holiday..
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- 4 wins & 2 nominations total
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This film isn't even bad in a fun way like BIRDEMIC or THE ROOM or PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE. Instead, it's just ponderous and preachy-- things no one wants from a movie. Totally misguided and terrible.
Kirk Cameron could have made a movie that's actually about family and the true meaning of Christmas. Instead, he wanted to create a polemic against the people he's imagined that are trying to prevent him from calling it Christmas. It's just sad. Please stop making these terrible films. You're embarrassing all of us.
Three margaritas seems to be the minimum for watching this one. With that much tequila in you, you will be able to appreciate the subtle humor and profound wisdom of Kirk Camer...hmph....hmph....hmph....BWA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!!!!!!!!!! Sorry. I thought I could type that with a straight face. I couldn't. Must be the margaritas.
At any rate, this is a laughably bad movie that should go a long way toward torpedoing Mr. Cameron's already sinking career. And I say, fire at will!
This movie is a total waste of time and money, and I honestly believe it's the worst movie of 2014.
Did you know
- TriviaShortly after the film's release in November 2014, Kirk Cameron responded to the film's almost universally negative reviews by pleading with his fans on his Facebook page. His post read: "Help me storm the gates of Rotten Tomatoes. All of you who love 'Saving Christmas'--go rate it at Rotten Tomatoes right now and send the message to all the critics that WE decide what movies we want our families to see. If 2,000 of you (out of almost 2 million on this page) take a minute to rate 'Saving Christmas', it will give the film a huge boost and more will see it as a result! Thank you for all your help and support in putting the joy of Christ back in Christmas!". The following day, Cameron took to Facebook again to claim that the film's rating had rose to 94% thanks to his plea to fans and supporters. However, the call to manipulate votes angered some film fans who took to Rotten Tomatoes to leave negative reviews (Saving Christmas's current rating is 0%). Cameron later blamed the negative reaction on "haters, pagans and atheists" and also claimed there was "an atheist conspiracy" to ruin the film that was allegedly hatched on Reddit.
- GoofsDuring Kirk Cameron's opening monologue his cup (which is supposed to be full of hot chocolate) is obviously empty.
- Quotes
Christian White: This is a complete hijacking! This is a hijacking! High-handed, hijacking! Handedness-jacking! It's like a car-jacking of our religion!
- Crazy creditsLess than a minute into the end credits, there's about 3 minutes of bloopers. After all the credits have rolled, about 2 more minutes of bloopers follow.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Cinematic Excrement: Left Behind (2015)
- SoundtracksHark! The Herald Angels Sing [Inst]
Music by Felix Mendelssohn (uncredited)
[Incorrectly credited as written by Henry Stuck]
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Box office
- Budget
- $500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $2,783,970
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $992,087
- Nov 16, 2014
- Gross worldwide
- $2,783,970
- Runtime
- 1h 19m(79 min)
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1