I love both old and this version. This one I liked watching because of the music background. I also like some of the comedy. Like after defense lawyer questioned the other lawyers wife. Then the judge asked the lawyer would you like to cross examine your wife. I think the trouble people have with this one is tradition to the old. You cannot do it exactly because times changed and people change. The old one was at a different time. If the original was never made, people would love this one. I watch both movies every year and love them both. I watch them as if different movies, then I can enjoy both. I own on DVD. This year I found the one from 1973( I Think that year), with Sebastian Cabet( aka Family Affair). It was made for tv one. it was good , but way off in feel. It also reflected changes in people. This 1994 movie was not just a story it made you Christmas all the way through.
The scene where Sir Richard signed to the young lady Sami was actually a real reaction from the little girl. Sir Richard wanted to make the scene special for Sami and learned all the signs for the scene so he could speak to her. The mother's reaction was real as well. Sir Richard had said that this was one of his most favorite moments in all of his acting career, seeing the look of wonder and joy on that little girls face when he started signing to her.
I'm partial to the great Natalie Wood and the 1947 original. This is good too. As for the best Christmas movie, that has to go to It's a Wonderful Life. Also highly recommend Scrooged.
I came down here in the comments to say almost the exact same comment as Mr. Tesla. I prefer the original film, and prefer It's Wonderful Life to both, but I'm partial to Jimmy Stewart. Mr Smith Goes to Washington is one of my favorite films of all time. He's also correct that Scrooged needs to be on your list if you haven't seen it yet. Great reaction video! Subscribed.
I'm also partial to the original 1947 version as well. the dollar bill is definitely anticlimatic to the judge getting buried under the mountain of mail in the original movie.
I'm partial to the version of Scrooge where the Ghost of Christmas Future had that eerie screech, as it turned to point to what Scrooge was to observe. It really sunk in how scary the Scrooge's future would be if he didn't change his way.
The '47 version is the best ever version. It's a Wonderful Life is the best Christmas movie for me with The Thin Man running a close second. I liked the ending sequence better in the '47 version too.
John Hughes was literally a genius! He made some of the most memorable and touching Christmas movies. The lightings are perfectly soft, suitable, and aesthetically pleasing!
YES and everyone is SO beautiful. I was like melting over the beautiful faces. I can't believe i literally just found out he had a hand in this film! and thanks for watching :):)
@@ShanelleRiccio in the 1947 one Maureen O'Hara plays the mother and a very young Natalie Wood plays the little girl. If you know who these older stars are...
@@ShanelleRiccio Watch the 1947 one! I would love to see you react to it. I think they handle the courtroom scene the most realistically and Natalie Wood is AMAZING! The also did a remake of the movie in the early 1970's that is utterly unwatchable.
I think it is completely wrong of anyone to tell you to be silent during a review and commentary. That's what these videos are and like you this film is near and dear to my heart and has been ever since I first saw it at age 10. Attenbourough, despite having first seen him as John Hammond in JP, was my Santa Clause and more important Father Christmas. I felt he embodied everything warm and tender about the man the myth the legend and the Spirit. This is my favorite Christmas movie that I look forward to watching every year and it never gets old. I also appreciate that it doesn't shy away from the uglier, cynical and cruel sides of people as it makes his tenderness and overall goodness really shine. I too love Mara and all she was in and was saddened by the things said about her in her preteen and teenage years forcing her to walk away from the movie business. I feel I have found a kindred spirit and would love to talk to you more about this movie. It is a true treasure and I loved your reactions to it. Merry Christmas.... Case Dismissed Santa Claus Wins
Awww thanks so so much!! I appreciate you saying those things up top! I felt the need to add a disclaimer since it helps me get over it when people inevitable write shut up anyway... haha and I wanted to put this out to find others who were obsessed with this movie like me--it's got to be my top for the Christmas season. I'm trying to figure out a way we can all chat the movies in a more efficient way. There are such great people who have intelligent things to say about film and the movies I'm covering. Perhaps a live soon? I have no idea just yet, but I will figure it out!
As much as I like the original one element that bothers me is the humor used in very series situations especially the ending of the trial. I felt having the triumph along with the emotions that are so evident in everyone is so beautiful and so much more powerful in the remake. Same with the def sweet girl and how as you said you want to cry. I don't feel that same tearjerk in the Russian talk. This movie just has so much heart and gives so much without having to show anything. The magic is there you just don't have to see anything except the beautiful feelings from this incredible man. Merry Christmas and thank you again for sharing this video and your thoughts.
@@danielbonett7818 of course!! all super insightful. I'll have to watch the original to compare... this one was my favorite when I was a kid so I can't imagine liking anything better than this one!!
Christmas isn't Christmas without, "Miracle on 34th Street." However it is the 1947 original starring, Natalie Wood and Ed Gwen, for ME. Plus it has William Frawley who plays, Fred Mertz on, "I Love Lucy", and a young, Jack Albert playing the postal worker in the mail sorting roon. He later went on to play, Grandpa Joe in, "Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory", and in the television show, "Chico and the Man", with the late Freddie Prinze. John's remake was the third, and Santa signs to the little girl. In the 70's version he speaks Spanish to her. But in the original, Klaus speaks Dutch to the orphaned girl. Watch this every year and even though my DVD has a colorized version, still prefer it in blacj and white. Watch the original, dear. ✌❤🌹
The actor playing the drunk Santa is one of my favorite character actors Jack McGee. He started out as a New York City firefighter and eventually became an actor. He can be seen in dozens of movies such as Scrooged, Lethal Weapon 2, Backdraft, The Fighter, Crash, Gangster Squad. But more notably he’s best known for playing the Fire Chief who commits suicide on the TV Series Rescue Me with Denis Leary.
Thanks so much for rewatching this! This movie is visually stunning and more sophisticated than any children’s film that could ever be made today. Also Mara Wilson is the absolute QUEEN.
Elizabeth Perkins also starred in another great film in 1994, a live action version of "The Flintstones", in which she played Wilma Flintstone. John Goodman played Fred, while the Barney and Betty Rubble were played by Rick Moranis and Rosie O'Donnell. Also, the secretary where Fred works is played by Halle Berry, and Wilma's mother is played by Elizabeth Taylor.
oh wow now I remember her face from that movie!! I remember it from seeing it on tv back in the day!! wild that I didn't clock the Elizabeth Perkins connection!
I just want to say, I REALLY enjoy your reactions and especially the technical aspects of filmmaking commentary! I'm really into looking at the contrasts of how the craft has changed in the decades. The sets ups, lighting, camera moves, acting choices, editing, for the era. I find that unique and so fascinating for reaction and commentary. And frankly, much more interesting than just a, "oh, that was cool..." reaction. So thank you for being unique!
That hair light you refer to is a rim light, which is more often used in filming where a character is lit from behind in a dark shot. In the case at 5:45 the light is coming from the back right of the shot going by the direction of the shadows. The semi translucency of hair can give something of a halo effect to the actors - which reminds us of the jolly season of angels on trees!
I love your videos and the comments you make when you’re watching films. You give great insight and funny quips. I’m super proud of your channel growth! I was more of a Santa Clause girl growing up, but this movie is very sweet and definitely gives me warm fuzzy feelings. Mara Wilson was a childhood icon and I love that she grew up to be such a cool person. She talked about making this movie in her book, which I definitely recommend.
ah thanks so so much! This movie actually directly competed with the Santa Clause and honestly that one is much easier for kids to digest I'd say...this one has SO much legal speak and the courtroom stuff. I'm almost shocked I was so obsessed with this movie at like 8... 😂
The purple shampoo is to get rid of the yellowish tones in his beard! As a hairdresser, I have recommended it to people with blonde hair, as well as grey hair, if it has too much brass in the color. Purple is the color that is the opposite of yellow on the color wheel, so it counteracts the gold and gives it a cooler, lighter tone. Loved your reaction! This is definitely one of my favorites, too! Mara Wilson is fantastic! She was on the Brotherly Love Podcast recently, with the Lawrence brothers who were also child actors!
Haven't seen this since I was a kid, and have yet to see the original. They did a great job with Richard Attenborough as Santa, and Mara Wilson is always a win. Knowing this film brings you to tears is perfect, and is a great reminder of the power that movies have over us at any age.
Great one! As for the cabs, the Checker Motor Company had made the Checker Marathon their staple vehicle throughout the 60's 70's and 1980's. So by 1994 there would be a lot of that particular model still all over New York.
+1 there were definitely Checker cabs in NYC well into the '90s. But I think their focus on the Checkers was quite intentional. They must have known that they were being phased out, and wanted to maintain a sort of "iconic snapshot of New York" look/feel, which is why the picture features so many old buildings, throwback fashions, etc. And it works; the picture feels "timeless", rather than "dated".
I grew up watching the 1947 version with Maureen O'Hara, Edmund Gwenn and Natalie Wood so I'm partial to that version, the courtroom scene is much more satisfying. The DVD also came with the 1985 made-for-TV version. Other Christmas movies: "Scrooged" is a must. In recent years I also like the screwball comedy "Mixed Nuts" starring Steve Martin, Madeline Kahn and Rita Wilson. There's also the Bette Davis picture "The Man Who Came to Dinner". For a darker Christmas film try "The Mothman Prophecies". For a tearjerker "The Time Traveler's Wife" starring Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams.
makes total sense, I grew up on this one so I love love it. and thanks for these. I'm attempting to get Scrooged into my December schedule. I'm still not very fast at churning these out. and thanks for the suggestions!
@@ShanelleRiccio ha ha I cheated and watched Scrooged again already..... definitely one of my favs for Xmas..... Carol Kane might be the best Christmas character of all time.
By commenting on how that was Allison Janney, in that tone of voice, you have given me another reason to love this channel! Also, could you please do the Princess Diaries movies? I promise you’ll find yourself fawning over Dame Julie Andrews and her performance....or is that just me whenever I see her in anything?
I’m an elementary school music teacher. This year we have a little girl who is so Mara Wilson. Other teachers agree. Everyone in the school knew who she was within the first 2 weeks even if they didn’t teach on the same floor as her. She has that very adult way of talking. I love this movie, but my Christmas movies are Emmet Otter’s Jug Band Christmas, for my sentimental side, and Christmas Story, for my slightly but not too jaded side.
I have seen the 1947 version - it was a regular on TV at Christmas time when I was a kid, and I think I have seen in 1959 version once. If you want a Christmas film with a difference, you could try Santa Claus Conquers the Martians. It's not good, but it is from the genre of films that inspired Richard O'Brien to write the Rocky Horror Show. It was also the first role for a young (age 10) Pia Zadora. She went on to become a B-movie actress in the 80s, infamous for winning both a Golden Globe and a Golden Raspberry for the same role in the film Butterfly. She also appeared in Hairspray and the third Naked Gun movie.
love you Shan, amazing how much the channel has grown in a year! 12/16. Thanks for staying genuine and not being obnoxious or sell out or desperate youtube antics robot.
In 1994 I was a single mom of a 4 yr old, full-time college student, and full-time supermarket employee. Needless to say, I did not have much time or money for movies lol. But I have always LOVED the original so naturally when I got a chance to rent this remake I did. I like some aspects of the original better, and some aspects of the remake better, but both are awesome films. I like the Santa Claus, too, but would always take one of the Miracles on 34th Street first TYVM. I'm a believer, always have been and always will be, so this film speaks to me.
17:55 There is a company that makes cabs that looks specifically like this. They are called the Checker Cab Company. This particular model, Model A11/A12 was manufactured from 1963 to 1982.
17:48 - That cab was accurate for the time period. Major American cities like Chicago and New York City used the Checker car company for their cab supplier from 1922 through 1982 when they ended production of that car. However, the Checker cars were on the streets all the way until the very last one in New York was retired from service in 2009. General Motors supplied most of the engine, transmission, and other mechanical parts so keeping them running after production ended was very easy and cheap. New York started replacing the Checker cabs in the late 1990s with Ford Crown Victorias/Police Interceptors but plenty of Checkers remained in use until '09.
In my family, the Muppets Christmas Carol was our go-to Christmas movie. Note about those old-style cabs: those cabs (checker cabs) did last in service in New York City until 1999 (the company that made those cars kept making them with the same 50s-style body until 1982), so it's not completely out of place in a 1994 film.
I will definitely watch it at some point... Obviously goes without saying but I'll always love this one just because it was my childhood fav!! thanks for watching!
@@ShanelleRiccio Edmund Gwen won the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for playing Kris Kringle in that film. I believe that the scene between him and the little Dutch girl was what secured him the Oscar.
its the best and no one can tell me otherwise haha some peeps in the comments are devastated I didn't watch the original! but hey -- I grew up on this one, this is MY childhood fav. lol
Haha great movie thanks for reacting so many Stars and once you pointed out her hair light it really stood out and Elizabeth Perkins is always so good and Attenborough I see him I think Flight of the Phoenix, but thanks for your enjoyable reaction and commentary I’m enjoying your channel you should be on the big or small screen you’ve got the “it”factors thanks
Oh SO glad you enjoyed...and I've been working on getting on TV for 20 years. 😂 here's to hoping a steadily growing youtube fanbase directly translates to a part on a TV sticom... but really thanks for saying such nice things. Makes me feel like im doing something right
Yes, there were cabs that still looked like that back in 1994. I know since I was there then as a life long New Yorker. There were newer cabs of course but Checker Taxis were still around albeit in diminishing numbers by 1994. This because despite decades passing the Checker cab company basically did not change it design of the Superba, the model of the iconic cab, from the first ones manufactured in 1960 until they went out of business in 1982 with only one minor change in 1963, so the youngest Checker was 11 or 12 years old by 1994. The last Superba left New York City streets in 1999.
in case you didn't know..... when Richard Attenborough signs to that little deaf girl..... he's telling her to go to Jurassic Park, and that it's very, very safe.
Only recently came across your reviews. Great job Shanelle. I love both the 47 and 94 versions of this movie and have watched them this week. There was another remake released in 73 but I really didn't like it. Loved your review of It's A Wonderful Life. Like you I get emotional watching the movies, that's how you know they are good. Have you checked out White Christmas (Bing Crosby)? Merry Christmas.
I say 'That... is Allison Janney' and seconds later, Shanelle says 'That... is Allison Janney' For someone who didn't know her before _Private Parts_, the revelation, and the echo from the screen make a double whammy.
I actually prefer the 1947 version of this movie. I am not even certain how many times it has been remade, or even if the 1947 version was first or not. But it's my favorite even though I agree with everything you say about this 1994 version. there's absolutely nothing wrong with this one and I really DO like it, I just get warmer fuzzies when watching the other one. Oh - and it's not like I am of the generation that only had black and white films, I was born in 1960. I just like the older one better. EDIT: I looked it up. There have been four versions filmed, 1947, 1955, 1973, and 1994.
If you haven't set your schedule of Christmas movies for 2021 yet, I strongly join the recommendations to watch the 1947 original version of Miracle on 34th St (my absolute favorite Christmas movie). Two others I recommend are The Shop Around the Corner (from 1940), which was remade as You've Got Mail, and The Bishop's Wife (1947) with Cary Grant, David Niven and Loretta Young. That one was remade as The Preacher's Wife with Denzel Washington, Courtney Vance and Whitney Houston. In all three cases the remake is good, but the original is even better.
My daughter and I were extras in this movie, too. (She was 6 at the time) As you noted, many scenes were shot in Chicago. We were in the crowd scene behind the guy on the telephone at 6:56 (time ref in your video here), as well as the crowd scene at 15:06. The big clock in the foreground in that shot is one of the famous clocks on the corners of the Marshall Field (now Macy's) big store in downtown Chicago on State Street. There is a clear night shot of the Cole's façade at 12:25. This is not the Art Institute (Was this error on IMdb?). It is the Michael A Bilandic Building at 160 N. LaSalle in Chicago. If you look it up on Google Maps street view you will see that's the building. We were staged in the Thompson building directly across the street (redressed as "Shopper's Express"). The Art Institute is a standalone building on Michigan Ave. It has lions in front of it. This is a fine remake, but I guess I grew up loving the original 1947 version with Edmund Gwenn. The 1973 remake was a forgettable Made-for-TV movie that I remember seeing, but detesting.
This is super cool!! Thanks for writing me! Weird it’s not the art institute? I think i found that on a list of facts on Miracle on 34th street! I guess i should fact check myself better haha
@@ShanelleRiccio BTW, I think your videos are great! Keep it up! By seeing your reactions, I've come to experience renewed joy in these great movies. And try watching 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒆, especially if you've never seen it.
It’s a good movie but my all-time favourite Christmas movie as a Christmas Carol from the movies to the book by Charles dickens himself and embodies every aspect of Christmas
This is a nice movie, but I prefer the original. It was one of the movies that we'd watch every year, like It's a Wonderful Life, The Wizard of Oz or The Ten Commandments. If you haven't already done it, you should do the original too, to show the differences. As for your comments about editing, I feel your pain on how many hours it takes and trying to decide what to keep and what to edit out. Before I started doing various reactions, I knew that editing would be the biggest part of the 'job', but I didn't fully comprehend how time consuming it could be. It can take me between 2 and 4 hours to edit and process a single hour episode. Movies can double that easily. As time consuming as it is though, I enjoy it.
I prefer the 1947 black and white version however this version is okay. If I had to choose, I would rather watch the other one. The best line from that version is after the daughter sees Santa doing something that makes her start to believe that Kris Kringle is real, her mother replies 'well I speak french but it doesn't mean I am Joan of Arc.' It makes me smile every time.
I struggled with Simon Jones in this movie if only because he is forever cemented in British minds as Arthur Dent in The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy (tv series). I like both this and the original equally I think, even though some plot details differ markedly between the two versions.
Note: I think the filmmaker stated that he was not really Santa, which means he's a crazy person and murdered the house owners or whatever at the end (hence how he knew where to send them and got her the house at the end)... let's just say, I choose to believe that he really is Santa and created the house out of magic as I'm not cynical and nihilistic and atheistic -- I love Christmas and a good children's film. Interesting film, though. Grew up on this one (the old version is good, too).
The trial resolution in the original is, in my opinion, more decisive. The judge in this version doesn't have any real reason to declare that THIS person must be Santa.
I can’t believe that you might not have seen Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings series, but if indeed you haven’t, I feel like you’ve got the sort of personality and interest in movies to appreciate them. If you haven’t seen them, please do!! (though I know there’s the possibility you wouldn’t love them, I just really feel you would) (and in your own time, though I’d HAPPILY watch your reactions to them, watch through the 9+ hours of making-of wonderfulness. . . You just sit there in awe of the minutia of detail they poured into it!!) . . . I hear an “ultimate edition” or something is even coming out soon. I can’t wait!!!
1. I too loved this movie as a kid and now as an adult. 2. As a fellow John hughes fan, id love a reaction to Curly Sue. I loved it. 3. I have some nerve BUT ill say it anyway....pleeeeassse watch Troop Beverly Hills! Shelley Long, Craig T. Nelson and some good laughs!
I never saw this version. How did the judge get convinced? In the original the post office delivered mail addressed to santa to the courtroom so the defense lawyer was like "If the government branch realizes he's Santa than how can the court deny it?"
This is my go-to movie for Christmas. I’m embarrassed to admit I didn’t watch it in 2020. But I did watch It’s a Wonderful Life”, for the first time ever. It was really good.
Alright, not that I'd be able to predict how mature and funny a blogger Mara Wilson would turn out to be, but that's only because weblogs _might_ have existed on something like Prodigy at the time, and my family's computer didn't have a modem then. I bet I would have thought 'that kid's gonna be a writer when she grows up' though.
I only watched this movie as an adult . . . And only years after it had been released. It came out the fall of my freshman year of college, so being a young adult, I probably thought it was “beneath me” _and_ I’m nothing if not loyal, so knowing that most remakes suck compared to originals, I was loyal to the original and didn’t want to be disappointed by what was likely a sad copy that was stripped of all the magic it should have. I probably didn’t watch it until 10 years later, and (thank God) of course loved it. 😂😂🥰
Do you think this is the best Christmas movie of all time? I'm talking heart warming, PG, warm fuzzies...sound off!
the original, yes.
The original one is in the top 3. This one is nowhere comparable ;)
Probably a reflection of my age. But I prefer the original movie.
I love both old and this version. This one I liked watching because of the music background. I also like some of the comedy. Like after defense lawyer questioned the other lawyers wife. Then the judge asked the lawyer would you like to cross examine your wife. I think the trouble people have with this one is tradition to the old. You cannot do it exactly because times changed and people change. The old one was at a different time. If the original was never made, people would love this one. I watch both movies every year and love them both. I watch them as if different movies, then I can enjoy both. I own on DVD. This year I found the one from 1973( I Think that year), with Sebastian Cabet( aka Family Affair). It was made for tv one. it was good , but way off in feel. It also reflected changes in people. This 1994 movie was not just a story it made you Christmas all the way through.
Not for me, no. It’s good, very good but it’s no “It’s a Wonderful Life”
The scene where Sir Richard signed to the young lady Sami was actually a real reaction from the little girl. Sir Richard wanted to make the scene special for Sami and learned all the signs for the scene so he could speak to her. The mother's reaction was real as well. Sir Richard had said that this was one of his most favorite moments in all of his acting career, seeing the look of wonder and joy on that little girls face when he started signing to her.
I'm partial to the great Natalie Wood and the 1947 original. This is good too. As for the best Christmas movie, that has to go to It's a Wonderful Life. Also highly recommend Scrooged.
I came down here in the comments to say almost the exact same comment as Mr. Tesla. I prefer the original film, and prefer It's Wonderful Life to both, but I'm partial to Jimmy Stewart. Mr Smith Goes to Washington is one of my favorite films of all time. He's also correct that Scrooged needs to be on your list if you haven't seen it yet.
Great reaction video! Subscribed.
I'm also partial to the original 1947 version as well. the dollar bill is definitely anticlimatic to the judge getting buried under the mountain of mail in the original movie.
I'm partial to the version of Scrooge where the Ghost of Christmas Future had that eerie screech, as it turned to point to what Scrooge was to observe. It really sunk in how scary the Scrooge's future would be if he didn't change his way.
The '47 version is the best ever version. It's a Wonderful Life is the best Christmas movie for me with The Thin Man running a close second.
I liked the ending sequence better in the '47 version too.
I prefer the 1947 OG as well!! I grew up with the OG and 1994 came later, making it less interesting to me for that fact! 🤔🤔
John Hughes was literally a genius! He made some of the most memorable and touching Christmas movies. The lightings are perfectly soft, suitable, and aesthetically pleasing!
YES and everyone is SO beautiful. I was like melting over the beautiful faces. I can't believe i literally just found out he had a hand in this film! and thanks for watching :):)
I've actually never seen that version. The original from 1947 is one of my favorites though.
I've seen both versions but 47 is my favorite.
@@toodlescae This is the only one I know, but if the 1947 is just as endearing I guess I have to watch! :)
@@ShanelleRiccio in the 1947 one Maureen O'Hara plays the mother and a very young Natalie Wood plays the little girl. If you know who these older stars are...
@@ShanelleRiccio Watch the 1947 one! I would love to see you react to it. I think they handle the courtroom scene the most realistically and Natalie Wood is AMAZING! The also did a remake of the movie in the early 1970's that is utterly unwatchable.
Yes the 47 version is the best. Another great black and white classic. Even has a very young Natalie Wood as the little girl. Well worth a watch. ❤️❤️
I think it is completely wrong of anyone to tell you to be silent during a review and commentary. That's what these videos are and like you this film is near and dear to my heart and has been ever since I first saw it at age 10. Attenbourough, despite having first seen him as John Hammond in JP, was my Santa Clause and more important Father Christmas. I felt he embodied everything warm and tender about the man the myth the legend and the Spirit. This is my favorite Christmas movie that I look forward to watching every year and it never gets old. I also appreciate that it doesn't shy away from the uglier, cynical and cruel sides of people as it makes his tenderness and overall goodness really shine. I too love Mara and all she was in and was saddened by the things said about her in her preteen and teenage years forcing her to walk away from the movie business. I feel I have found a kindred spirit and would love to talk to you more about this movie. It is a true treasure and I loved your reactions to it. Merry Christmas.... Case Dismissed Santa Claus Wins
Awww thanks so so much!! I appreciate you saying those things up top! I felt the need to add a disclaimer since it helps me get over it when people inevitable write shut up anyway... haha and I wanted to put this out to find others who were obsessed with this movie like me--it's got to be my top for the Christmas season. I'm trying to figure out a way we can all chat the movies in a more efficient way. There are such great people who have intelligent things to say about film and the movies I'm covering. Perhaps a live soon? I have no idea just yet, but I will figure it out!
As much as I like the original one element that bothers me is the humor used in very series situations especially the ending of the trial. I felt having the triumph along with the emotions that are so evident in everyone is so beautiful and so much more powerful in the remake. Same with the def sweet girl and how as you said you want to cry. I don't feel that same tearjerk in the Russian talk. This movie just has so much heart and gives so much without having to show anything. The magic is there you just don't have to see anything except the beautiful feelings from this incredible man. Merry Christmas and thank you again for sharing this video and your thoughts.
@@danielbonett7818 of course!! all super insightful. I'll have to watch the original to compare... this one was my favorite when I was a kid so I can't imagine liking anything better than this one!!
Christmas isn't Christmas without, "Miracle on 34th Street." However it is the 1947 original starring, Natalie Wood and Ed Gwen, for ME. Plus it has William Frawley who plays, Fred Mertz on, "I Love Lucy", and a young, Jack Albert playing the postal worker in the mail sorting roon. He later went on to play, Grandpa Joe in, "Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory", and in the television show, "Chico and the Man", with the late Freddie Prinze.
John's remake was the third, and Santa signs to the little girl. In the 70's version he speaks Spanish to her. But in the original, Klaus speaks Dutch to the orphaned girl.
Watch this every year and even though my DVD has a colorized version, still prefer it in blacj and white.
Watch the original, dear. ✌❤🌹
I prefer the 1947 OG as well!! I grew up with the OG and 1994 came later, making it less interesting to me for that fact! 🤔🤔
The actor playing the drunk Santa is one of my favorite character actors Jack McGee. He started out as a New York City firefighter and eventually became an actor. He can be seen in dozens of movies such as Scrooged, Lethal Weapon 2, Backdraft, The Fighter, Crash, Gangster Squad. But more notably he’s best known for playing the Fire Chief who commits suicide on the TV Series Rescue Me with Denis Leary.
He seemed super familiar! Like from a 90s fever dream of a character actor. Thanks for bringing him to my attention. I’m sure I’ve seen him in so much
Dude I cried so much wtf. I literally just watched this last week. 😭
yeah I had no idea I was going to get so emotional!!
Thanks so much for rewatching this! This movie is visually stunning and more sophisticated than any children’s film that could ever be made today. Also Mara Wilson is the absolute QUEEN.
YES YES YES. Couldn't agree more. I love this film :) thanks for coming by!
Elizabeth Perkins also starred in another great film in 1994, a live action version of "The Flintstones", in which she played Wilma Flintstone. John Goodman played Fred, while the Barney and Betty Rubble were played by Rick Moranis and Rosie O'Donnell. Also, the secretary where Fred works is played by Halle Berry, and Wilma's mother is played by Elizabeth Taylor.
oh wow now I remember her face from that movie!! I remember it from seeing it on tv back in the day!! wild that I didn't clock the Elizabeth Perkins connection!
I just want to say, I REALLY enjoy your reactions and especially the technical aspects of filmmaking commentary! I'm really into looking at the contrasts of how the craft has changed in the decades. The sets ups, lighting, camera moves, acting choices, editing, for the era. I find that unique and so fascinating for reaction and commentary. And frankly, much more interesting than just a, "oh, that was cool..." reaction. So thank you for being unique!
That hair light you refer to is a rim light, which is more often used in filming where a character is lit from behind in a dark shot.
In the case at 5:45 the light is coming from the back right of the shot going by the direction of the shadows.
The semi translucency of hair can give something of a halo effect to the actors - which reminds us of the jolly season of angels on trees!
Wonderful reaction/ review video. And thank you so much for the trivia part too! Love your curiosity and enthusiasm!!
I absolutely love this movie. Watch it every Christmas
This is one of my favorite Christmas movies!!!! Thank you so much for doing this!! :)
yesss!! I love it so so much!!
Definitely check out the 1947 Miracle 34th St original movie. You’ll love it! That version is def. great movie.
Yeah I totally must must. everyone is recommending it!!
@@ShanelleRiccio Very interesting how the original movie resolves the court case.
There aren’t a lot of remakes that I enjoy as well as the originals. You’ve Got Mail and this one are two of the few that get it done so well. 🥰🥰
The original is great and is a true classic, but I LOVE John Hughes so this one is my favorite simply for that JH touch.
Mars Wilson was also in 'Matilda' as Matilda, directed by Danny Devito. Devito also plays the father
I love your videos and the comments you make when you’re watching films. You give great insight and funny quips. I’m super proud of your channel growth!
I was more of a Santa Clause girl growing up, but this movie is very sweet and definitely gives me warm fuzzy feelings. Mara Wilson was a childhood icon and I love that she grew up to be such a cool person. She talked about making this movie in her book, which I definitely recommend.
ah thanks so so much! This movie actually directly competed with the Santa Clause and honestly that one is much easier for kids to digest I'd say...this one has SO much legal speak and the courtroom stuff. I'm almost shocked I was so obsessed with this movie at like 8... 😂
Huge congrats on getting over a thousand subs!🎉 You will have 25k by February, keep up the good work, you’re awesome!😀🙌🏻
Im SO excited to be at 1000!! I can't believe it!! thanks for the support :)
Congratulations on Your first thousend subscribers ! 👍🎂❤️
yayayay thanks so much!!
I absolutely LOVE your channel. Thanks for another great one. 🎄
hey and thank you for watching!! and making this all possible :)
You really are the best cure for a headache at 4.00 in the morning, thank you 😊
Mara Wilson sounds like a Peanuts character! Love her performance in this!
Watching this reaction again 2 years later! Because this movie is awesome and so is Shan' reaction! Merry christmas all!
The purple shampoo is to get rid of the yellowish tones in his beard! As a hairdresser, I have recommended it to people with blonde hair, as well as grey hair, if it has too much brass in the color. Purple is the color that is the opposite of yellow on the color wheel, so it counteracts the gold and gives it a cooler, lighter tone. Loved your reaction! This is definitely one of my favorites, too! Mara Wilson is fantastic! She was on the Brotherly Love Podcast recently, with the Lawrence brothers who were also child actors!
This has always been my favorite Christmas movie as well. You have a great page!!
I have FAITH in your reactions and film knowledge! You are fun to watch you make me react and feel. Thank you!
My favourite new Christmas movie is Klaus ughhh it’s so cute and heartwarming and the animation is gorgeous
Haven't seen this since I was a kid, and have yet to see the original. They did a great job with Richard Attenborough as Santa, and Mara Wilson is always a win. Knowing this film brings you to tears is perfect, and is a great reminder of the power that movies have over us at any age.
Def need to watch the 1947 original
Great one! As for the cabs, the Checker Motor Company had made the Checker Marathon their staple vehicle throughout the 60's 70's and 1980's. So by 1994 there would be a lot of that particular model still all over New York.
+1 there were definitely Checker cabs in NYC well into the '90s. But I think their focus on the Checkers was quite intentional. They must have known that they were being phased out, and wanted to maintain a sort of "iconic snapshot of New York" look/feel, which is why the picture features so many old buildings, throwback fashions, etc. And it works; the picture feels "timeless", rather than "dated".
I grew up watching the 1947 version with Maureen O'Hara, Edmund Gwenn and Natalie Wood so I'm partial to that version, the courtroom scene is much more satisfying. The DVD also came with the 1985 made-for-TV version.
Other Christmas movies: "Scrooged" is a must. In recent years I also like the screwball comedy "Mixed Nuts" starring Steve Martin, Madeline Kahn and Rita Wilson. There's also the Bette Davis picture "The Man Who Came to Dinner". For a darker Christmas film try "The Mothman Prophecies". For a tearjerker "The Time Traveler's Wife" starring Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams.
makes total sense, I grew up on this one so I love love it. and thanks for these. I'm attempting to get Scrooged into my December schedule. I'm still not very fast at churning these out. and thanks for the suggestions!
@@ShanelleRiccio ha ha I cheated and watched Scrooged again already..... definitely one of my favs for Xmas..... Carol Kane might be the best Christmas character of all time.
By commenting on how that was Allison Janney, in that tone of voice, you have given me another reason to love this channel!
Also, could you please do the Princess Diaries movies? I promise you’ll find yourself fawning over Dame Julie Andrews and her performance....or is that just me whenever I see her in anything?
I’m an elementary school music teacher. This year we have a little girl who is so Mara Wilson. Other teachers agree. Everyone in the school knew who she was within the first 2 weeks even if they didn’t teach on the same floor as her. She has that very adult way of talking. I love this movie, but my Christmas movies are Emmet Otter’s Jug Band Christmas, for my sentimental side, and Christmas Story, for my slightly but not too jaded side.
I have seen the 1947 version - it was a regular on TV at Christmas time when I was a kid, and I think I have seen in 1959 version once. If you want a Christmas film with a difference, you could try Santa Claus Conquers the Martians. It's not good, but it is from the genre of films that inspired Richard O'Brien to write the Rocky Horror Show. It was also the first role for a young (age 10) Pia Zadora. She went on to become a B-movie actress in the 80s, infamous for winning both a Golden Globe and a Golden Raspberry for the same role in the film Butterfly. She also appeared in Hairspray and the third Naked Gun movie.
love you Shan, amazing how much the channel has grown in a year! 12/16. Thanks for staying genuine and not being obnoxious or sell out or desperate youtube antics robot.
In 1994 I was a single mom of a 4 yr old, full-time college student, and full-time supermarket employee. Needless to say, I did not have much time or money for movies lol. But I have always LOVED the original so naturally when I got a chance to rent this remake I did. I like some aspects of the original better, and some aspects of the remake better, but both are awesome films. I like the Santa Claus, too, but would always take one of the Miracles on 34th Street first TYVM. I'm a believer, always have been and always will be, so this film speaks to me.
17:55 There is a company that makes cabs that looks specifically like this. They are called the Checker Cab Company. This particular model, Model A11/A12 was manufactured from 1963 to 1982.
17:48 - That cab was accurate for the time period. Major American cities like Chicago and New York City used the Checker car company for their cab supplier from 1922 through 1982 when they ended production of that car. However, the Checker cars were on the streets all the way until the very last one in New York was retired from service in 2009. General Motors supplied most of the engine, transmission, and other mechanical parts so keeping them running after production ended was very easy and cheap. New York started replacing the Checker cabs in the late 1990s with Ford Crown Victorias/Police Interceptors but plenty of Checkers remained in use until '09.
I need other Xmas movies, Elf, Christmas Vacation and Mixed Nuts. All great Xmas movies!!!!
In my family, the Muppets Christmas Carol was our go-to Christmas movie. Note about those old-style cabs: those cabs (checker cabs) did last in service in New York City until 1999 (the company that made those cars kept making them with the same 50s-style body until 1982), so it's not completely out of place in a 1994 film.
Hair lights schmairlights! I noticed in your reaction that they used SOFT EYE-LIGHTS! SOLD! (it’s on Disney+ so I’ll be watching it there)
5 seconds in, and i'm in, ha. Signing for the little girl will get me every time. every damn time.
KILLLED ME!! haha
@@ShanelleRiccio The little girl didn't know that Richard Attenborough was going to be signing to her. That's real surprise. Such a sweet moment!
8:01 That is indeed Allison Janney in one of her first film roles!
You really should check out the original 1947 version. So much better imo.
I will definitely watch it at some point... Obviously goes without saying but I'll always love this one just because it was my childhood fav!! thanks for watching!
@@ShanelleRiccio Edmund Gwen won the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for playing Kris Kringle in that film. I believe that the scene between him and the little Dutch girl was what secured him the Oscar.
I grew up watching this version. Not the old rone, an shave seen the older one before but absolutley love this version in my top 5 Christmas movies!
That woman is Allison Jammy. She won an oscar for best supporting actress in 'I, Tonya'
So pumped to find someone who loves this movie as much as me! BEST. CHRISTMAS. MOVIE. EVER.
its the best and no one can tell me otherwise haha some peeps in the comments are devastated I didn't watch the original! but hey -- I grew up on this one, this is MY childhood fav. lol
This is such a wonderful retelling of the original….
Haha great movie thanks for reacting so many Stars and once you pointed out her hair light it really stood out and Elizabeth Perkins is always so good and Attenborough I see him I think Flight of the Phoenix, but thanks for your enjoyable reaction and commentary I’m enjoying your channel you should be on the big or small screen you’ve got the “it”factors thanks
Oh SO glad you enjoyed...and I've been working on getting on TV for 20 years. 😂 here's to hoping a steadily growing youtube fanbase directly translates to a part on a TV sticom... but really thanks for saying such nice things. Makes me feel like im doing something right
Yes, there were cabs that still looked like that back in 1994. I know since I was there then as a life long New Yorker. There were newer cabs of course but Checker Taxis were still around albeit in diminishing numbers by 1994. This because despite decades passing the Checker cab company basically did not change it design of the Superba, the model of the iconic cab, from the first ones manufactured in 1960 until they went out of business in 1982 with only one minor change in 1963, so the youngest Checker was 11 or 12 years old by 1994. The last Superba left New York City streets in 1999.
Yes, if I know John Hughes was involved, it’s pretty much a guarantee I’m going to enjoy it.
17:45 cabs like that in 2023 still exist actually. It’s actually the city paying homage to the original nyc cabs.
I remember the man playing Santa as also John Hammon in Jurassic Park. But he was a perfect cast for the role of Santa.
@14:40 Wardrobe - "You're a 46 long, right?"
"I'm a 44 regular"
"46 long it is!"
It always gets me how many British actors are in this. Richard Attenborough, Simon Jones, Jane Leeves and Joss Ackland that I recognise.
I was in New York City once for a week and I saw 'Cats', 'Phantom of the Opera', and 'Beauty and the Beast'
in case you didn't know..... when Richard Attenborough signs to that little deaf girl..... he's telling her to go to Jurassic Park, and that it's very, very safe.
It is very safe, they've spared no expense
It was delightful to see your analytical self superseded by something lovely in you.
Why thank you!
Only recently came across your reviews. Great job Shanelle. I love both the 47 and 94 versions of this movie and have watched them this week. There was another remake released in 73 but I really didn't like it.
Loved your review of It's A Wonderful Life. Like you I get emotional watching the movies, that's how you know they are good. Have you checked out White Christmas (Bing Crosby)?
Merry Christmas.
I say 'That... is Allison Janney' and seconds later, Shanelle says 'That... is Allison Janney' For someone who didn't know her before _Private Parts_, the revelation, and the echo from the screen make a double whammy.
Oh my gosh!! I never noticed Jennifer Morrison in that role!!
The original is great, but I agree with Shanelle here: This one is THE Christmas movie!
I actually prefer the 1947 version of this movie. I am not even certain how many times it has been remade, or even if the 1947 version was first or not. But it's my favorite even though I agree with everything you say about this 1994 version. there's absolutely nothing wrong with this one and I really DO like it, I just get warmer fuzzies when watching the other one. Oh - and it's not like I am of the generation that only had black and white films, I was born in 1960. I just like the older one better.
EDIT: I looked it up. There have been four versions filmed, 1947, 1955, 1973, and 1994.
The other remake is with Sabastin Cabot that play Mr. French in "Family Affair. I believe it was produced in the late 70's.
If you haven't set your schedule of Christmas movies for 2021 yet, I strongly join the recommendations to watch the 1947 original version of Miracle on 34th St (my absolute favorite Christmas movie). Two others I recommend are The Shop Around the Corner (from 1940), which was remade as You've Got Mail, and The Bishop's Wife (1947) with Cary Grant, David Niven and Loretta Young. That one was remade as The Preacher's Wife with Denzel Washington, Courtney Vance and Whitney Houston. In all three cases the remake is good, but the original is even better.
I don't think this is the BEST Christmas movie of all time, BUT it DEFINITELY belongs to be somewhere in the top 20 or 10 best Christmas movies ever.
My daughter and I were extras in this movie, too. (She was 6 at the time) As you noted, many scenes were shot in Chicago. We were in the crowd scene behind the guy on the telephone at 6:56 (time ref in your video here), as well as the crowd scene at 15:06. The big clock in the foreground in that shot is one of the famous clocks on the corners of the Marshall Field (now Macy's) big store in downtown Chicago on State Street. There is a clear night shot of the Cole's façade at 12:25. This is not the Art Institute (Was this error on IMdb?). It is the Michael A Bilandic Building at 160 N. LaSalle in Chicago. If you look it up on Google Maps street view you will see that's the building. We were staged in the Thompson building directly across the street (redressed as "Shopper's Express"). The Art Institute is a standalone building on Michigan Ave. It has lions in front of it. This is a fine remake, but I guess I grew up loving the original 1947 version with Edmund Gwenn. The 1973 remake was a forgettable Made-for-TV movie that I remember seeing, but detesting.
This is super cool!! Thanks for writing me! Weird it’s not the art institute? I think i found that on a list of facts on Miracle on 34th street! I guess i should fact check myself better haha
@@ShanelleRiccio BTW, I think your videos are great! Keep it up! By seeing your reactions, I've come to experience renewed joy in these great movies. And try watching 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒆, especially if you've never seen it.
@@aatragon happening for sure!! And thank you!
My fave Christmas movie too!! 💗
I agree with you 100% this is a beautiful movie!
It’s a good movie but my all-time favourite Christmas movie as a Christmas Carol from the movies to the book by Charles dickens himself and embodies every aspect of Christmas
Great reaction.I knew Allison Janney would be in it but I hadn’t seen it til now
Speaking of "Big", throw that one in the queue to react to.
yesss!!
The shot at 7:20 is possible to do practically if you assume it is a set instead of a real apartment (they often are a set).
This is a nice movie, but I prefer the original. It was one of the movies that we'd watch every year, like It's a Wonderful Life, The Wizard of Oz or The Ten Commandments. If you haven't already done it, you should do the original too, to show the differences.
As for your comments about editing, I feel your pain on how many hours it takes and trying to decide what to keep and what to edit out. Before I started doing various reactions, I knew that editing would be the biggest part of the 'job', but I didn't fully comprehend how time consuming it could be. It can take me between 2 and 4 hours to edit and process a single hour episode. Movies can double that easily. As time consuming as it is though, I enjoy it.
I prefer the 1947 black and white version however this version is okay. If I had to choose, I would rather watch the other one. The best line from that version is after the daughter sees Santa doing something that makes her start to believe that Kris Kringle is real, her mother replies 'well I speak french but it doesn't mean I am Joan of Arc.' It makes me smile every time.
Perhaps you should try watching all five of the telling's of this tale, and then make a choice.
this definitely has TV movie qualities.
I struggled with Simon Jones in this movie if only because he is forever cemented in British minds as Arthur Dent in The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy (tv series). I like both this and the original equally I think, even though some plot details differ markedly between the two versions.
I like this version, but I LOVE the original. I wasn't wild about the made-for-TV one with Sebastian Cabot as Santa in the 1970s.
Note: I think the filmmaker stated that he was not really Santa, which means he's a crazy person and murdered the house owners or whatever at the end (hence how he knew where to send them and got her the house at the end)... let's just say, I choose to believe that he really is Santa and created the house out of magic as I'm not cynical and nihilistic and atheistic -- I love Christmas and a good children's film. Interesting film, though. Grew up on this one (the old version is good, too).
The trial resolution in the original is, in my opinion, more decisive. The judge in this version doesn't have any real reason to declare that THIS person must be Santa.
The guy who was trying to Buy Coles Out He Looked like one of my supervisors damn he was a Nasty bird .
I can’t believe that you might not have seen Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings series, but if indeed you haven’t, I feel like you’ve got the sort of personality and interest in movies to appreciate them. If you haven’t seen them, please do!! (though I know there’s the possibility you wouldn’t love them, I just really feel you would)
(and in your own time, though I’d HAPPILY watch your reactions to them, watch through the 9+ hours of making-of wonderfulness. . . You just sit there in awe of the minutia of detail they poured into it!!)
. . . I hear an “ultimate edition” or something is even coming out soon. I can’t wait!!!
1. I too loved this movie as a kid and now as an adult.
2. As a fellow John hughes fan, id love a reaction to Curly Sue. I loved it.
3. I have some nerve BUT ill say it anyway....pleeeeassse watch Troop Beverly Hills! Shelley Long, Craig T. Nelson and some good laughs!
I never saw this version. How did the judge get convinced? In the original the post office delivered mail addressed to santa to the courtroom so the defense lawyer was like "If the government branch realizes he's Santa than how can the court deny it?"
You might want to see the 1947 version with Natalie Wood, Maureen O'Hara, Edmund Gwenn (the best Version).
I wish mara Wilson still acted in movies like this
You really can not say this is better than the original, if you have never seen the original. The original has a different way of proving a point.
I once met Attenborough, a very nice man💜👍🎩
This is my go-to movie for Christmas. I’m embarrassed to admit I didn’t watch it in 2020. But I did watch It’s a Wonderful Life”, for the first time ever. It was really good.
Watched that one also, so good loved it! UA-cam blocked my video though :(
Alright, not that I'd be able to predict how mature and funny a blogger Mara Wilson would turn out to be, but that's only because weblogs _might_ have existed on something like Prodigy at the time, and my family's computer didn't have a modem then. I bet I would have thought 'that kid's gonna be a writer when she grows up' though.
Shout out to those wanting you to “stop talking” 🤣🤣🤣
Lmaoooo they all say heyyyyy
scrooge with bill Murray is quite a good chrismas movie too
16:10 😲 I also do that with my sleeve!
I only watched this movie as an adult . . . And only years after it had been released.
It came out the fall of my freshman year of college, so being a young adult, I probably thought it was “beneath me” _and_ I’m nothing if not loyal, so knowing that most remakes suck compared to originals, I was loyal to the original and didn’t want to be disappointed by what was likely a sad copy that was stripped of all the magic it should have. I probably didn’t watch it until 10 years later, and (thank God) of course loved it. 😂😂🥰
You should also do the ORIGINAL Miracle On 34th Street. I think you'll like it even more than this version, which is still pretty good.