Twice Upon a Christmas (2001)

Crappy film

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

Model Kathy Ireland returns as Kristen Claus, the daughter of Santa Claus, is this sequel to Once Upon a Christmas, where she has to deal with her sister, Rudolfa, who is secretly selling pieces of the North Pole. She also wants to replace Santa's workshop with a casino.The corning acting continues in this movie, with Ireland and John Dye, who plays Bill Morgan, not giving any acting performances that blew me away. Mary Donnelly-Haskell as Rudolfa Claus couldn't pull off a very convincing or conniving villain. And, you get those two annoying kids again along for the ride.The plot of an actual villain though and Kristin Claus forgetting that she is the daughter of Santa were the only tidbits of intrigue in the movie. The rest of the movie contained happy-go-lucky stuff and unlikable characters. Overall, it's OK to overlook this movie as well.Grade D

I really enjoyed the first movie in this series, "Once Upon A Christmas". But this second helping should have been left on the toy shop floor.I expected the Kristen story line, it was set up at the end of the first movie when Santa (her father) told her she would remember the North Pole and who she was if she just tried hard enough.I have liked John Dye ever since "Touched By an Angel" and the story of the tension between he and "Kristen" about her not knowing who she is and he wanting to marry her was excellently done.As well as the "Rudolpha" character was written and acted, her storyline was too complicated, and went out of it's way to trash everything that is good about the Santa Claus story. I was insulted by the stupidity of Santa, the indifference of Mrs. Claus, and the simple corruptibility of the elves.In face, these things were SO obvious, that I can't help but think that the screenwriters deliberately pulled some kind of a "fast one" on the program department of Hallmark Chanel in order to make sure this abomination got placed into the line up with the other, most excellent and heartwarming Christmas films that Hallmark is know for.IF YOU LOVE CHISTMAS< DON'T WATCH TIS MOVIE! If you don't love Christmas, don't even waste your time, you will finish the movie wondering if you were clubbed over the head and had some of your brain taken away.

I know it's kind of sad, but I loved it! It's so much fun to watch with your family during the holidays! You can watch it alone, too but I watch it every year on Family channel and it makes you feel all Christmas-y! It is kind of cheesy but I always enjoy watching it and nowadays cheesy movies can be appreciated like High School Musical. That movie is BEYOND cheesy but it's such a big success. This is a movie that the whole family will love. I recommend watching it! I don't know what else to say but I enjoy it every single time. It's so happy and fun you just have to smile. After watching it you'll feel all excited and ready for the holidays I guarantee it!I would love love LOVE if there was a third one to this movie! So whoever wrote this please make another one! I wish I knew where I could buy this movie because I will! :) Two thumbs up!

After seeing Once Upon A Christmas I wondered about what would happen if a sequel was made the answer came when Twice Upon A Christmas showed up on screen last Christmas. Kathy Ireland and the rest of the cast return in an all new adventure, this time around Christmas is in jeopardy once again. John Dye's performance in the first film was top notch proving himself to be a dedicated actor,It's a nice family film to watch on Christmas eve and Christmas day. A year has passed since Kristen Claus (Ireland) moved in as the nanny to the Morgan children Kyle (Kirk) & Brittany (Prout) since then she's become a beloved member of the family. But she can't remember that she was Santa's daughter or her old life, meanwhile Bill (Dye) asks her to marry him causing more confusion so the family decides to help out by finding clues into her past. Back at the north pole her scheming older sister Rudolfa, (Haskell) creates a plan to sell bits and pieces of the north pole and build a casino in it's place.When things are on the brink of disaster Kristen suddenly remembers everything and takes the kids with her back to the north pole to save Christmas, foil Rudolfa's plan and make it back on time for her wedding on Christmas day.A nice story with tons of adventure, magic and romance 8/10