I heard the song "Christmas Shoes" for the first time last holiday season and every time I'd listen to the song, I could not keep from choking up and crying. So I was curious about the movie. This movie wasn't anything spectacular but was touching and of course gave one some food for thought as to what's really important in life.
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There were a couple of things at very end of the movie that didn't seem to quite add up.
First of all, the son is shown as an adult at cemetery visiting mother's grave and he leaves behind red pair of Christmas shoes he bought for her the Christmas Eve she died. If the shoes were so important and son wanted his mother to "have them when she went to heaven", why wasn't the mother laid to rest wearing the shoes? Did the son buy more pairs of the same shoes later? Secondly, the son was also wearing the baseball cap that was given to him by Rob Lowe's character's mother. I wouldn't think a baseball cap that fit a child's head would fit a grown adult's head after he grew up!
As for the song "Christmas Shoes", there is a short segment played near end of movie as son runs home with the shoes. I found myself getting a bit choked up, but not sure if I would have felt that way if the song hadn't been played during that scene.
Given the two things I mention above that had me thinking "humm" -- overall the movie was enjoyable and worth a watch.
***Possible Spoilers Below***
There were a couple of things at very end of the movie that didn't seem to quite add up.
First of all, the son is shown as an adult at cemetery visiting mother's grave and he leaves behind red pair of Christmas shoes he bought for her the Christmas Eve she died. If the shoes were so important and son wanted his mother to "have them when she went to heaven", why wasn't the mother laid to rest wearing the shoes? Did the son buy more pairs of the same shoes later? Secondly, the son was also wearing the baseball cap that was given to him by Rob Lowe's character's mother. I wouldn't think a baseball cap that fit a child's head would fit a grown adult's head after he grew up!
As for the song "Christmas Shoes", there is a short segment played near end of movie as son runs home with the shoes. I found myself getting a bit choked up, but not sure if I would have felt that way if the song hadn't been played during that scene.
Given the two things I mention above that had me thinking "humm" -- overall the movie was enjoyable and worth a watch.