Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
positive
4(57%)
mixed
3(43%)
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You have to love any movie in which Robert Mitchum sells trains in a toy store and Janet Leigh looks the greatest she ever did on screen this side of Jet Pilot. [19 Dec 2008, p.6E]
70
Lightweight but enjoyable. [11 Dec 1997, p.F48]
70
A sweet-natured romantic movie. [15 Dec 2002, p.8]
70
Mitchum’s tough-guy demeanor serves him well here, giving an odd energy to the love story.
60
An amiable little romance in which a boy meets a girl at Christmas-time, and the sentiments are quite as artificial and conveniently sprinkled as the snow is provided—for those who like such things—in RKO's Holiday Affair.
60
Charming seasonal fare. [15 Dec 2012, p.36]
50
Mitchum gives a surprisingly strong performance as a character-type he normally steered away from.
