A Golden Christmas
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| A Golden Christmas | |
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| Written by | Jay Cipriani |
| Directed by | John Murlowski |
| Starring | Andrea Roth Nicholas Brendon |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
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| Running time | 95 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Ion Television |
| Release | December 13, 2009 |
A Golden Christmas is a 2009 Christmas romance movie starring Andrea Roth and Nicholas Brendon. The television movie premiered on December 13, 2009 as Ion Television's first original television movie.[1] Plot: "A woman visits her parents for Christmas. Hearing that they've "sold" the house, she wants to buy it. At 9 she had a BFF in the woods nearby named Han Solo. She and the buyer are single, divorced and have a child each. Is he her Han?"
Cast
[edit]- Andrea Roth as Jessica
- Nicholas Brendon as Michael
- Bruce Davison as Rod, Jessica's father
- Alley Mills as Katherine, Jessica's mother
- Elisa Donovan as Anna, Jessica's sister
- Jason London as Mitch
- Daniel Zykov as Henry, Jessica's son
- Melody Hollis as Madeline, Michael's daughter
- Robert Seay as Chet, the realtor
Series continuation
[edit]Two quasi-sequels were made:
- 3 Holiday Tails, a.k.a. A Golden Christmas 2: The Second Tail, a 2011 direct-to-DVD film, saw a young post-college couple reuniting due to "interference" by several golden retrievers, and a sub-plot having two pre-teens becoming good friends. Only Mills and Davison reprised their roles.
- A Golden Christmas 3, a.k.a. Home For Christmas, a TV movie released November 2012, featured childhood friends reuniting in love, again due to "magical" circumstance involving several golden retrievers. Alexandra Peters reprises her role from A Golden Christmas 2.
Home media
[edit]The film was released on DVD on October 12, 2010.[2]
Reception
[edit]Common Sense Media rated the film 2 out of 5 stars.[3]
Robert Lloyd of The Los Angeles Times said, "There is a dog in this one, too, along with Elisa Donovan, Bruce Davison and Alley Mills, and everyone does nice work."[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "ION Television to Premiere Network's First Originally Produced Film --"A Golden Christmas"-- on Sunday, December 13". businesswire.com. November 17, 2009. Retrieved January 21, 2011.
- ^ Carpenter, Edwin. "A Golden Christmas". The Dove Foundation. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
- ^ Costello, Brian. "Parents' Guide to A Golden Christmas". Common Sense Media. Retrieved July 24, 2025.
- ^ Lloyd, Robert. "5 new Christmas tales on cable neatly tied up with a bow". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 24, 2025.
External links
[edit]- A Golden Christmas at IMDb
- Golden Christmas: The Second Tail at IMDb
- Home for Christmas: Golden Christmas 3 at IMDb
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