The Angel Doll
by Alexander Johnston (II)
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Actor: Beatrice Bush, Betsy Brantley, Gil Johnson, Nick Searcy, Pat HingleDirector: Alexander Johnston (II)
Brand: CARRADINE,KEITH
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 93 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-11-11
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Monarch Video
DVD Reviews of The Angel Doll
DVD Review: One for everyone's Christmas collection
Summary: 5 Stars
Heartwarming story of a brief childhood friendship that resurfaces each year through an angel doll, the most valued of all the Christmas decorations in the narrator's household.
The narrator grows up to become a renown writer, but what ever happened to Whitey? Whitey was the less fortunate of the two. His homelife was unstable and he lost his beloved sister to polio.
Though the narrator never finds his friend Whitey, we are assured that Whitey must be doing well for himself. Angel dolls are the clue.
DVD Review: Heartwarming family movie Classic
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this movie and watched it with my family and it was most heart tugging movie, some might think its corny but, i thought it wasn't. Its a great family movie with a great storyline and plot. DVD Review: Wonderful holiday feature, possibly headed to classic!
Summary: 4 Stars
We bought ANGEL DOLL after reading about it in a piece for the St. Jude's Children's Hospital in Memphis (the film has a connection to this facility). Our expectations were not high, but the film was quite a pleasant surprise. There are no big stars in the movie, but the performances are solid and believable. I've seen my share of similar plot-lines (i.e., poor kid or family overcomes hardships to appreciate the true meaning of Christmas or friendship or loyalty or whatever. But Angel Doll does not cross into hokeyville. It manages to remain true to its themes and entertaining to the viewer. For the price, it's a wonderful value for any video collection.DVD Review: THE ANGEL DOLL
Summary: 5 Stars
I have watched this movie at LEAST 3 times! The young boy who plays WHITEY is EXCELLENT! The rest of the cast are fantastic.
The movie touches on predjudices and on CHOOSING how to act and beleive.
This IS a sad movie but one EVERYONE should watch. EXTREMELY WONDERFUL!
That a boy should love his sister so much that he spends his salary to buy her a special doll, is so heartwarming. It also shows how special friendships can be.
If you have not seen it DO SO! You will miss out on a great movie if you do not!
DVD Review: not quite
Summary: 3 Stars
This appeared to be the kind of movie I like: a heart-warming family/Christmas movie. Yet, the movie was disappointing. The actors were likeable enough (luckily) and did a good job. So, what was it?
This is a nostalgia movie, not a Christmas movie, and the Doll comes in only at the end. Okay, nothing wrong with that. But like so many such movies, this one tried to mute every possible effect. First of all, use of a narrator put the audience at one remove from the story. On top of that, the events of the story happen to somebody else, not to the main character. The main character is merely an observer, which puts the audience at an additional level of distance from the story. As if that weren't enough, the screenwriter has the major event of the movie, the death of the little girl, happen off-screen. It is told, not shown. All of this makes for a movie of such emotional torpor that the story hardly touches the heart. And the story could have and should have. The effect of emotional tepidity is reinforced by the fact that there are only two events in the entire story, which means that for most of the screen time, "nothing" is happening, only the day-to-day life of a ten-year-old boy. Add to that a rug-pull ending: the event we have been waiting for...doesn't happen, and you have an unsatisfying viewing experience.
Bottom line: rent or borrow this DVD, since this is not a movie you'll want to watch more than once.
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