Colibel Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

Salubfoto It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

Catherina If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

Wyatt There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

gehewe Eve's Christmas (2004) also starring Elisa Donovan is one of my favorite Christmas movies. Elisa is a bit older here (40) but she is great- what a wonderful smile. The 5.7 rating would normally make me pass a movie over, since it starred Elisa I made an exception. Glad I did. All the main cast were well recognized. Chonda Pierce is also in this movie and it was fun to research her and see her recent increased popularity as a comedian (she performed at some inaugural events). The friend who played Faith- I must recognize her from 7th Heaven. Always like to see David O'Donnell. Movie is well done. I enjoyed it and would watch it again. Movie was well done.

Yvaughn So much of this Christmas movie is downright delightful -- the casting, the music, the locations. Heck, the chemistry between our romantic couple is better than I've seen on many of these Lifetime/Hallmark movies (and I do love this kind of Lifetime/Hallmark movie). But I was upset about the dog (sub)plot when I thought this was titled "12 Wishes for Christmas." Now that I see its original title is "12 Wishes for Christmas for my Dog" I'm even more annoyed -- hence, the SPOILER ALERT.No, the dog doesn't die. But still....The dog is adorable -- but for some reason our heroine, who volunteers two days a week at a shelter/dog sanctuary, either adopted it while living in an apartment that doesn't allow pets, or moved with it to an apartment that doesn't allow pets, and to me, both those things make her a fairly irresponsible dog owner. Early on in the story, she's caught by management and told to either move out or get rid of the dog, SO SHE GETS RID OF THE DOG! Yes, she tells the dog "it's only for a little while" as she shuts the chain-link gate in its face at the shelter, but we then see her make NO (zero) effort to fix the problem. She doesn't look for a new apartment. She doesn't talk to management and ask if she can put down a significant deposit or something. Even once she gets her 12 wishes, she spends them on silly things -- new clothes, jewelry, a new car, winning the lottery, giving her best friend a good hair day -- and at no point do we see her even consider using one of those wishes to get her little dog back!Even worse, she gets so busy at work that she's even skipping her two days/week volunteering at the shelter -- the shelter owner says "long time no see," and our heroine makes excuses. Even after she's resolved almost everything toward the end (other than the dog issue, she does a pretty good redemption), she's having friends over to her house for Christmas WITHOUT THE DOG! The only reason she gets it back is that her new boyfriend arrives with the dog and says he talked to her manager and made arrangements for her to keep it. As a pet lover, I *really* hated this. I once had to put my cat in quarantine, and I visited her every day, for hours--I wrote and graded papers in the quarantine room--to minimize the time she had to feel abandoned. So if you love pets like I do, fair warning.Also, her Life-Coach helper (who is delightful) seems to be some kind of elf until, halfway through the story she references her halo, and our heroine starts calling her an angel, with no indication of surprise. Okay.Again, the acting and chemistry was great. The heroine's redemption in everything but the dog issue was wonderful. But I have to wonder if the writers ever had a pet of their own because, if they were as irresponsible as our protagonist, that might not be a good thing unless they take some kind of classes in pet ownership.

olliemankz Guess I'm getting to a point at which positive stuff really does it for me, and this movie oozes Christmas kitsch.Okay, here are what hit me:1) Real liquid in a coffee cup!!!! I am so tired of movies always serving people air coffee, I mean even in the big budget really good ones!!!! What, are you afraid of spilling on the wardrobe you're going to take back?2) Horrible sets ... they won't fool you at all. And, yet ... and yet ... the acting, writing, directing, cinematography for the most part win the day and you won't care.3) That Christmas kitsch ... it's everywhere!!! And it is as bright and reassuring as the plot itself.4) They didn't say grace!!!! That was the one let-down in the otherwise darling entertainment for me. What, do we have a new genre? ... Christian movies that aim not to offend. This is the second really good one I've seen, the other being Paradise Recovered also reviewed here, and maybe that is what makes them work is the less obvious evangelism. I guess our girl wasn't really convinced, though, or maybe you can be good without being obvious about it. Maybe you are displaying your faith in how you treat others. That is basically what the movie says.

Kelly O'Toole 12 WISHES OF Christmas is about a woman (Elisa Donovan) who calls a life coach for help after she's fired by her boss (Gabrielle Carteris). The life coach helps her by granting her 12 wishes to help fix her life. Predictably, she wastes the wishes on things like winning the lottery, and a new car. She also selfishly wishes for her boss to be fired and her annoying neighbor (Michael Gross) to get kicked out. The twist is, once she's out of wishes, she has to go back and fix her mistakes without the help of magic.I thought this was a great Capra-esque fable with a strong message and great cast. It's a lot deeper than I expected and takes some unpredictable turns along the way. There's also a touching love story with a surprise outcome I won't ruin, but you won't see it coming. Fun script, great direction, I highly recommend this movie!