Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus Movie Review

I’ve been a Charles Bronson fan since I was in the 3rd grade.

I grew up watching his movies and am still a fan to this day.

I’ve even made my girlfriend Mariah a fan of Bronson.

However, as much of a fan as I am, there was one movie in particular I had never seen until many years after it aired on television.

Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus was a TV movie released in 1991, actually when I became a fan, but I just missed it.

Hey better late than never.

This is quite the departure for what Bronson had become known for at this point.

He started off playing all kinds of different roles, but later on, he became known for playing killers, cops, and basically all tough guy roles.  And he did them well.

This movie brought him back, I think, to being a more well rounded character actor.

He plays Frank Church, a newspaper reporter who has covered so many big stories in his career.  However, his editor/friend played by Ed Asner, gives him the assignment of a lifetime:  writing a piece in reply to a little girl named Virginia asking the newspaper if there is indeed a Santa Claus.

Bronson’s character is also self destructive, having lost his wife recently, so he is struggling.  However, he does find inspiration and is able to respond to Virginia with this great, touching piece declaring that there is indeed a Santa Claus.

This is a very heartwarming and inspiring movie.

Also starring Richard Thomas as Virginia’s Dad, this is a great Christmas movie and just a great movie for the whole family to see.

Yes quite a departure from what Charles Bronson had become known for, but if you only know of his tough guy roles, this movie I feel will pleasantly surprise and show you that he really could act.

Although he does have one moment in the movie where he punches someone, his character here has much more depth and it was refreshing to see, even though I love his tough guy roles tremendously.

Also, I miss him very much.