Angela's Christmas Wish (2020) User Reviews

Actually held the attention of two little girls that are not easy to entertain.

[anynameoriginal · 8/10 · 18 December 2020]

Wife left me in charge of the girls we babysit on occasion (not something I relish) and I was left in position of entertainment for an hour. Strict is the guideline of what is allowed for viewership (no mindless junk). This popped up on the Netflix channel and looked innocent enough, even had a very light Christian message that was appreciated. But lets just admit it, not many Christian movies are memorable to say the least, but I was pleasantly surprised at how well this movie progressed and commanded their attentiveness, I even liked it (and I mostly like Old War movies).

In a word or two, it was "sweet" and "innocent".

A light joyful Christmas movie

[munanjburi · 9/10 · 7 December 2020]

Was an Authentic story that brought back the memories out childhood

A celebration of innocence and goodwill in the hearts of humans

[pushpanjali27 · 10/10 · 29 December 2020]

A heartwarming story that can be watched over and over, that celebrates the innocence and goodwill in a child that opens us unto the goodness in our own hearts. A celebration of generosity inspite of poverty. An upbringing on stories of love and kindness. Not only is the story deeply touching, but each character has depth and charm not easily seen in animation. A holiday film with meaning, humour, and playfulness that is to be treasured and shared with loved ones. So grateful to these writers and makers for the delightful and endearing experience. A rare example of a good Christmas film.

Heartwarming for the holidays

[dreamitunicorn · 10/10 · 13 December 2020]

A child's heart is pure and innocent and this story was a good example of that. It was enjoyable to watch this with my 20 month old daughter.

Heartwarming, cute and emotional movie

[HON_Devourer · 10/10 · 27 December 2020]

In this time of pandemic, my girlfriend and I were looking for a great Xmas movie to watch. After making some reasearches I found, Angela's Christmas Wish which had a decent rating for 7/10 on IMDB.

Didin't read much about the comments because I didin't want to get spoil on a short 47 minutes animated movie.

After watching it, this movie from which we had little expectations has now become a classic short movie that we will probably watch every year. I was born in the 1990's so unlike alot of comments that refers to the childhood or ''their years'' this didin't connect at all with us whatsoever.

The main reason why I like this animated movie is the fact that most if not all of the characters are ''genuinely good''. The little girl in the story is super cute and only has one objective, get her father back home.

The relation between the brother and sister is super sweet to watch. As for the relation between ''high class'' and ''low class'' of society you don't fall into that classic stereotype of the richer people devaluating or making fun of the poor or middle class people. The police, the guy working at the port etc. everyone just seems genuinely good. The only character that seems to be a little bit ''arrogant'' or the ''bad guy'' is the vet. But once again at the end of the movie even though he's exhausted and works long hours, decides to honor is deal.

There is just so much depths to that movie at different level and that is what makes it so beautiful. The brother and sister could have easily stolent the blind guy's money but didin't and instead decided to sing their own song and despite having a failure on the first try, decided to sing a 2nd song. Even though their father was back home, they decided to use that money to help others instead of spending it for themselves even though we know that the little girl wanted that doll pretty badly.

Everything about this movie is right, watch it over and over again to see that 2nd level of generosity, genuienely good actions and atttitudes. This was simply beautiful.

wishes

[Kirpianuscus · 5 December 2021]

Charming can be the fair term for define it. But , obvious, it is more. A story just perfect for wise mix of animation, story about begger and king, siblings and, off course, Angela. An old fashion story, seductive first for the splendid eulogy of goodwill. Fascinating for atmosphere , tension and end. You know, from the first part of film what is the content of big surprise. And you hope and expect. And the prize is fair. All details are great but the admirable aspect remains the familiarity of Angela family, the reference to the stolen statue of The Savior and the care for the other, in Christian tradition. So, just great.

It was okay.

[sarcasm_for_free · 5/10 · 18 September 2022]

Angela's Christmas Wish (also known as Angela's Christmas Wish 2) has better quality animation than the original and is at least 15 minutes longer, but in terms of story doesn't quite match up to its predecessor from three years back.

In this particular instalment our titular heroine is on the hunt for her long-gone father to bring him home from Australia for the festive season. She's accompanied on her travels by her somewhat cowardly brother and a new female friend who may have even more spunk than her.

What follows is a sequence of events around town that could basically be described as a shaggy dog (or reindeer) story. Some scenes are more interesting than others, but as a whole they barely rank above average, and certainly don't feel very Chrismassy.

That is, until the 'big surprise' towards the end wraps everything up nicely, and Angela's song played over the credits is kind of lovely. But it's hard to justify the 45 minutes it takes to get there, unless you're very young or have a hankering for festive fare with virtually nothing in the way of frills or flavour.

Like eating a Christmas pud without any brandy, in other words. 5/10.

Wonderful second part

[brenda-9407 · 10/10 · 27 December 2021]

This is the kind of sequel that i like. It's heartwarming and emotional that my whole family cried while watching it. I hope to ser more animated movies Catholic references !