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{{Short description|1991 film by Robert Lieberman}}
{{For|the 2017 film|All I Want for Christmas Is You (film)}}
{{Infobox film
|name=All I Want for Christmas
|image=AllIWantforChristmas1991.jpg
|caption=Theatrical release poster 
|director=[[Robert Lieberman]]
|producer=Marykay Powell<br>Vicky Herman
|writer=[[Thom Eberhardt]]<br>[[Richard Kramer (writer)|Richard Kramer]]
| starring       = {{plainlist|
* [[Harley Jane Kozak]]
* [[Jamey Sheridan]]
* [[Ethan Embry|Ethan Randall]]
* [[Kevin Nealon]]
* [[Thora Birch]]
* [[Leslie Nielsen]]
* [[Lauren Bacall]]}}
|cinematography=[[Robbie Greenberg]]
|music=[[Bruce Broughton]]
|editing=[[Peter E. Berger]]<br>[[Dean Goodhill]]
|distributor=[[Paramount Pictures]]
|released={{Film date|1991|11|8|United States|1991|11|29|United Kingdom}}
|runtime=97 minutes 
|country=United States
|language=English 
|budget=$12 million<ref name="AFIAIWfChristmas">{{Cite web|title=All I Want for Christmas|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/58748-ALL-IWANTFORCHRISTMAS?sid=fadbc678-f304-48d7-aa87-8eeb737e9461&sr=16.278975&cp=1&pos=0|access-date=2022-12-23|website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref>
|gross=$14,812,144 
}}
'''''All I Want for Christmas''''' is a 1991 American [[romantic comedy|romantic comedy Christmas film]] directed by [[Robert Lieberman]], and starring [[Harley Jane Kozak]], [[Lauren Bacall]], [[Thora Birch]], [[Ethan Embry|Ethan Randall]], and [[Leslie Nielsen]]. The score was composed by [[Bruce Broughton]], including a theme-setting song by [[Stephen Bishop (singer)|Stephen Bishop]].<ref>{{Tcmdb title|67065}}</ref>

==Plot==
In [[New York City]], siblings Ethan ([[Ethan Embry|Ethan Randall]]) and Hallie O'Fallon ([[Thora Birch]]) launch a scheme to get what they most want for Christmas. A scheme involving their parents, Catherine ([[Harley Jane Kozak]]) and Michael ([[Jamey Sheridan]]), and grandmother, Lillian ([[Lauren Bacall]]). When Hallie meets Santa Claus ([[Leslie Nielsen]]), she asks for an unusual gift: her divorced parents back together again.

As the children embark on their adventure, and while planning ahead, Tony Boer ([[Kevin Nealon]]) takes an interest in Catherine. Ethan gets pre-occupied with not only his parents' romantic dilemma, but also his own, one brought about by his new friendship with Stephanie (Amy Oberer). An elaborate scheme evolves with mice, telephone calls, and an ice cream truck, as Ethan and Hallie try to achieve their goal with help from Stephanie, and see Tony as their primary obstacle. They succeed with a little Christmas magic from [[Santa Claus]]. Catherine decides to reject Tony and remarry Michael, completing Hallie's wish. Stephanie and Ethan talk one more time as she gives him a kiss; they begin a relationship, and everyone lives happily ever after.<ref>{{Rotten Tomatoes|1039460-all_i_want_for_christmas}}</ref>

==Cast==
{{castlist|
*[[Harley Jane Kozak]] as Catherine O'Fallon
*[[Jamey Sheridan]] as Michael O'Fallon
*[[Ethan Embry|Ethan Randall]] as Ethan O'Fallon
*[[Kevin Nealon]] as Tony Boer
*[[Thora Birch]] as Hallie O'Fallon
*[[Andrea Martin]] as Olivia
*[[Lauren Bacall]] as Lillian Brooks
*Amy Oberer as Stephanie
*[[Renée Taylor]] as Sylvia
*[[Felicity LaFortune]] as Susan
*[[Camille Saviola]] as Sonya
*[[Leslie Nielsen]] as [[Santa Claus]]
*[[Marc Alaimo]] as Frankie (credited as "Michael Alaimo")
*[[Josh Keaton]] as Brad
*Elizabeth Cherney as Paige
}}

==Production==
In June 1991, it was announced [[Thom Eberhardt]] was set to write and direct the film, which had two working titles, ''Home For Christmas'' and ''Home For the Holidays''.<ref name="AFIAIWfChristmas" /> One month later, various sources reported that Eberhardt had been replaced by director-producer [[Robert Lieberman]], who was known primarily for television and commercial work. On July 24, 1991, ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' stated that the picture was being rushed into production by [[Brandon Tartikoff]], a former television executive and Paramount Pictures’ new chairman, with the goal of a 1991, rather than 1992, holiday-season opening.<ref name="AFIAIWfChristmas" /> Shortly thereafter the film was given its release title ''All I Want For Christmas'', would be his first for the studio.<ref name="AFIAIWfChristmas" /> Due to the short shooting schedule, Eberhardt amicably departed the film.<ref name="AFIAIWfChristmas" /> [[Gail Parent]] and [[Neal Israel]] were the original co-writers of Eberhardt's script, but following re-writes by [[Richard Kramer (writer)|Richard Kramer]] both their names went uncredited.<ref name="AFIAIWfChristmas" />

==Reception==
The film was panned by critics. {{RT prose|{{RT data|score}}|{{RT data|average}}|{{RT data|count}}|ref=yes|access-date=November 10, 2023}}

Rita Kempley wrote in ''[[The Washington Post]]'' that "when it comes to yuletide cheer, ''All I Want for Christmas'' ranks just under dead reindeer on the roof. A yuckie, yuppie kid dramedy, it was directed lickety-split by Robert Lieberman, who is known—maybe even renowned—for his Christmas episode of ''[[thirtysomething]]''. That's probably why this stocking full of Xmas cliches plays like a feature-length spinoff of that self-absorbed series, down to its ensemble cast of dull people without actual problems.<ref>{{cite news
| last         = Kempley
| first        = Rita
| date         = November 8, 1991
| title        = ‘All I Want for Christmas’
| url          = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/alliwantforchristmasgkempley_a0a27d.htm
| work         = [[The Washington Post]]
| location     = 
| access-date  = November 10, 2023
}}</ref> Desson Howe of the same newspaper remarked that "in an obvious attempt to reproduce the old-fashioned magic of a Manhattan yuletide, the filmmakers just toss in the elements. From the seasonal muffler around Birch's hands to the 80,000 pounds of special-effects snow wafting benevolently down, everything looks as though someone ordered it by catalogue."<ref>{{cite news
| last         = Howe
| first        = Desson
| date         = November 8, 1991
| title        = ‘All I Want for Christmas’
| url          = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/alliwantforchristmasghowe_a0ae7f.htm
| work         = [[The Washington Post]]
| location     = 
| access-date  = November 10, 2023
}}</ref>

The film received a Two Thumbs Down rating from [[Siskel & Ebert]].<ref name="SE">{{Cite episode
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 | season         = 6
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 | quote          = "Two thumbs down—way down—for 'All I Want for Christmas', the terribly written and cast holiday picture."
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}}</ref> [[Gene Siskel]] only reviewed it on television, where he remarked that "there isn't an attractive character in the movie."<ref name="SE"/> [[Roger Ebert]] opened his review by writing: {{cquote|All I want for Christmas is to never see "All I Want for Christmas" again. Here is a calculating holiday fable that is phony to its very bones—artificial, contrived, illogical, manipulative and stupid. It's one of those movies that insults your intelligence by assuming you have no memory, no common sense, and no knowledge of how people behave when they are not in the grip of an idiotic screenplay.<ref>{{cite news
| last         = Ebert
| first        = Roger
| date         = November 8, 1991
| title        = All I Want For Christmas
| url          = http://www.suntimes.com/ebert/ebert_reviews/1991/11/679696.html
| url-status   = dead
| work         = [[Chicago Sun-Times]]
| location     = 
| archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/19990429221756/http://www.suntimes.com/ebert/ebert_reviews/1991/11/679696.html
| archive-date = April 29, 1999
| access-date  = November 10, 2023
}}</ref>}} On television, he remarked that lines similar to the one he opened his print review with would be used by other film critics.<ref name="SE"/>

[[Janet Maslin]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote that "the emotions on display in the vigorously heartwarming ''All I Want for Christmas'' are as fake as the snow", adding that "as directed by Robert Lieberman, who has more than 800 commercials to his credit and can now chalk up another, this film is filled with good-looking people and products that appear to have walked right out of a store."<ref>{{cite news
| last         = Maslin
| first        = Janet
| date         = November 8, 1991
| title        = Review/Film: Two Cute Children and Their Christmas Wish
| url          = https://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/08/movies/review-film-two-cute-children-and-their-christmas-wish.html
| work         = [[The New York Times]]
| location     = 
| access-date  = November 10, 2023
}}</ref> Kathleen Carroll had a warmer reaction to the film in the ''[[New York Daily News]]'', where she called it "a mildly entertaining children's fantasy with the cookie-cutter look of a TV movie."<ref>{{cite news
| last         = Carroll
| first        = Kathleen
| date         = November 8, 1991
| title        = PARENTS RECEIVE GIFT OF THE SMALL FRY
| url          = https://nydailynews.newspapers.com/article/daily-news/134980854/
| work         = [[New York Daily News]]
| location     = 
| access-date  = November 10, 2023
}}</ref> Peter Rainer of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' said it was "like ''The Miracle on 34th Street'' for the dysfunctional family era: the 'mature' material is sugared with whimsy."<ref>{{cite news
| last         = Rainer
| first        = Peter
| date         = November 8, 1991
| title        = A Spunky but Safe ‘Christmas’
| url          = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-11-08-ca-1011-story.html
| work         = [[Los Angeles Times]]
| location     = 
| access-date  = November 10, 2023
}}</ref> ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' magazine said the film was one of the worst of 1991, writing:{{cquote|Two children try to reunite their estranged parents before the yuletide rolls in. Bah, humbug! Paramount chief [[Brandon Tartikoff]] deserves coal in his stocking for passing off this made-in-six-weeks quickie TV movie as a feature film.<ref>{{cite news
| author       =<!--not stated-->
| title        = Picks and Pans: Worst of Screen
| url          = http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20111672,00.html
| url-status   = dead
| work         = [[People (magazine)|People]]
| location     = 
| archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20090604065107/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20111672,00.html
| archive-date = June 4, 2009
| date         = December 30, 1991
| access-date  = November 10, 2023
}}</ref>}}

Catherine Dunphy of ''[[The Toronto Star]]'' called the film a "seasonal travesty" that "is everything you hate about Dec. 25—the tacky decorations, the forced sentiment, the calculated cutesy stuff of kids with their eyes on the main chance, Le. the booty of Christmas morning."<ref>{{cite news
| last         = Dunphy
| first        = Catherine
| date         = November 8, 1991
| title        = Yucky kids sour yule saccharine
| url          = https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star/134981619/
| work         = [[The Toronto Star]]
| location     = 
| access-date  = November 10, 2023
}}</ref> Brian D. Johnson of ''[[Maclean's]]'' wrote, "directed by Robert Lieberman, who has the dubious distinction of having made more than 800 TV commercials, ''All 1 Want for Christmas'' is witless, insipid and insidious. The idea of teaching children that they can weld their divorced parents back together with a little magic and manipulation seems reprehensible. Fortunately, the movie is not even credible enough to fool the kids."<ref>{{cite news
| last         = Johnson
| first        = Brian D.
| date         = December 9, 1991
| title        = Home for Christmas
| url          = https://archive.org/details/Macleans-Magazine-1991-12-09/page/n29/mode/2up
| work         = [[Maclean's]]
| location     = 
| access-date  = November 10, 2023
}}</ref> 

Outside of the North American continent, Hugo Davenport of England's ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' said that "during this emetically cute comedy [...] all ''I'' wanted was a [[blindfold]] and a set of industrial [[Earplug|ear-plugs]], or, failing that, a heavy-duty airline [[Sickness bag|sick-bag]]. No wonder Leslie [Nielsen] has concealed himself behind Santa’s whiskers; poor Lauren Bacall, as the glamorous granny, has nowhere to hide."<ref>{{cite news
| last         = Davenport
| first        = Hugo
| date         = November 29, 1991
| title        = Other new releases
| url          = https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-telegraph/134982820/
| work         = [[The Daily Telegraph]]
| location     = London, England, United Kingdom
| access-date  = November 10, 2023
}}</ref>

==Home media==
The film was released on DVD on October 5, 2004.<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Want-Christmas-Harley-Jane-Kozak/dp/B0002JP5AE DVD release]</ref> The film was also released in the [[Digital distribution|digital format]].

==See also==
*[[List of American films of 1991]]
* [[List of Christmas films]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Spoken Wikipedia|Spoken Wikipedia en All I Want for Christmas (film).ogg|date=2016-01-04}}
*{{IMDb title|0101301}}
*{{Mojo title|alliwantforchristmas}}
*{{Rotten Tomatoes|1039460-all_i_want_for_christmas}}
*{{Tcmdb title|67065}}

{{Robert Lieberman}}

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[[Category:Films scored by Bruce Broughton]]
[[Category:Films directed by Robert Lieberman]]
[[Category:1990s English-language films]]
[[Category:1990s American films]]
[[Category:Santa Claus in film]]
[[Category:English-language Christmas comedy films]]
[[Category:English-language romantic comedy films]]
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