Michelle_D_R_1 Review of Home by Christmas

Home by Christmas (2006 TV Movie)

Makes it look easy and even fun to be homeless...

[1/10 · 20 December 2008]

This movie seems to have been written by a very young, idealistic person with very little sense of reality. He or she makes it look fairly comfortable to be homeless. The other homeless woman is always cheerful, they get their hair done at a beauty salon, have regular workouts, nice clothes, good food to eat. We never see them really suffering other than one brief moment in which the character looks a little cold in her car... after a lovely date with a handsome man. I think it does a disservice to truly homeless people. In addition, it is so unrealistic that the woman would have settled for such a small amount of money from her well-off husband after 20+ years of marriage. It also seems unlikely that the $15,000 in her bank account could have so easily been cashed out by her mugger. That big of a withdrawal would usually involve some scrutiny, I would think.