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Ghosts of Christmas Always

Ghosts of Christmas Always

  • Status: Released
  • 30-10-2022
  • Runtime: 84 min
  • Score: 6.793
  • Vote count: 29

Katherine is a Ghost of Christmas Present and she must help one soul, Peter, rediscover his Christmas spirit. But this year has something unusual in store.

Kim Matula

Katherine

Ian Harding

Peter

Beth Leavel

Susan Kraine

Lori Tan Chinn

Arlene

Reginald VelJohnson

Roy

Kathleen Garrett

Mrs. Winchester

Christopher Innvar

Robert Baron

Kate MacCluggage

Lily Baron

Julian Gamble

Grampa Bob

Blair Baker

Charlie

Liana Hunt

Betsey

Jack Carter Barton

Teen Peter

Leo James Davis

Middle Peter

Christopher Riley

Young Peter

Stanton Nash

Bob

Meghan O'Leary-Clark

Rachel

Kendyl Ito

Neighbor

JB Chen

Robert business associate

Juan Carlos Infante

Gabe

Anna Clare Kerr

Peter's mother (1956)

Austin Schoenfeld

Devon

Steve Antonucci

Valet (uncredited)

Warren Smith II

Carousel Kid (uncredited)

Sara McDermott

Ghost (uncredited)

Estavion White

Reporter (uncredited)

r96sk

A pretty good take on the classic Scrooge festive storyline. <em>'Ghosts of Christmas Always'</em> features a cast that is, I'd say, a step up from the usual standard that Hallmark normally produce. Kim Matula and Ian Harding are good, I like how the latter's character is aware of the clichés and reimaginings of Scrooge from real life. Matula is joined as one of the ghosts by Reginald VelJohnson and Lori Tan Chinn, which is strong casting. I would've liked to have see more of them in truth, though both are still positive additions - particularly Chinn. Christopher Innvar is solid in his role too, even with the major Jonathan Hyde/Sam Parrish vibe his character had going on. They do well in connecting all the dots in the story, I especially enjoyed the stuff with Matula's Katherine (Marley... nicely done) and Liana Hunt's Betsey, which is rather sweet. The last chunk of the film is real nice, in fact. The music is also relatively neat, there's a bit of it that reoccurs and it kept reminding me of the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Pd1dctTmIU" rel="nofollow">main theme</a> in 2004's <em>'<a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/the-polar-express/" rel="nofollow">The Polar Express</a>'</em>; which I adore, so every time I heard those similar notes here it did give me Xmas vibes. All in all, a more than watchable flick; one I'd happily revisit.