I'll be Home for Christmas (1998): Dir: Arlene Sanford / Cast: Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Jessica Biel, Gary Cole, Adam LaVorgna, Andrew Lauer: Idiotic holiday adventure that ranks right up there with Jingle All the Way as nerve wrecking stupidity. The title represents promise, which Jonathan Taylor Thomas does when his father invites him home from college promising a Porsche if he arrives by 6:00 on a particular date. He is off and running until his peers beat him up. They are angry with regards to an exam that he was suppose to help them cheat on. He wakes up in the desert wearing a Santa Claus suit. The rest is your basic road movie as he encounters strange people on his way home. Oh yeah. On a side note, his worst enemy is driving his girlfriend home. Directed by Arlene Sanford who had no better success with A Very Brady Sequel. This ranks as one of the worst of holiday films, with the handling of Thomas's rival proving mean-spirited. Thomas looks like the bunt of a bad joke. Jessica Biel recites her Seventh Heaven role, not to mention that her good girl image here is as predictable as any other in similar roles. Gary Cole is reduced to sitting at home and waiting. Perhaps he is waiting for a better script to arrive. Andrew Lauer plays a thief whom Thomas encounters on his hideous venture home. The result is an unnerving pile of road kill. Score: 1 / 10

This epic quote from it sums up both the movie and 90s/00s/10s culture: "I'm a millennial type of guy. I dig world music. I think freons should be banned. I'm all about yoga and macrobiotic food. I'm in touch with my inner child..." That's actually the first time I ever heard the word millennial. There is 90s pop culture oozing from every scene. The net (with a Yahooligans style graphic interface), answering machines, Aqua, overalls, beepers, Amber, backwards hats, leather jackets, Dave Matthews Band tickets, a photo of President Bill Clinton, payphones (even on a bus), Blink 182, travel agents, cordless phones, Cherry Popping Daddies, watches, frosted tips, and a Smash Mouth poster. Best of all, Allie is all about feminism, poetry, girl power, and slugging pervs. Aforementioned perv assumes she listens to Jewel, Sarah McLachlan, Fiona Apple, and Natalie Merchant, which makes me love her even more. We need more intelligent and free spirited women like them in the world.

I just watched it and I loved it. Its about a college kid who's father has promised him a Porsche if he can get home by 6:00 Christmas Eve. I think Jonathan Taylor Thomas was perfect for the role of Jake Wilkinson. He has just enough smart aleck in him and enough charisma to pull it off. Along the way, Jake must face many obstacles such as having a Santa beard and hat glued to his face and head respectively. The line that really got me hooked was at the beginning where Thomas, being his natural smart Aleck, witty talking self, told his girlfriend after saying he had tickets to an event and she reacted poorly that he knew she would be... p***ed. This is a definite holiday great. Right up there with Home Alone and Its a Good Life. Hope the review helped.

This movie is fabulous! It has great acting and a good story line. I saw this for the first time in fifth grade and I still love this movie so much. Jonathon Taylor Thomas did such a great job at his part. So did Jessica Biel. I suggest this movie to everyone!