Christmas with Tucker

TV Movie
2013
Not Rated
1h 27m

IMDb RATING

6.7/10

764

YOUR RATING

James Brolin, Barbara Gordon, and Gage Munroe in Christmas with Tucker (2013)

Drama Family

A young boy learns to be a man after the death of his father and forms a special bond with a dog.A young boy learns to be a man after the death of his father and forms a special bond with a dog.A young boy learns to be a man after the death of his father and forms a special bond with a dog.

Director
- Larry A. McLean
Writers
- Greg Kincaid
- Dave Alan Johnson
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

6.7/10

764

YOUR RATING

Director
- Larry A. McLean
Writers
- Greg Kincaid
- Dave Alan Johnson
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination

Trivia
Despite being a prequel to A Dog Named Christmas (2009) focusing on Bruce Greenwood's character from that film as a child, there are no cast & crew in common between the two films.

Goofs
Tucker, the star of the movie, is first shown to be a Golden Retriever. In some scenes, they use a Yellow Labrador Retriever, which is similar but with shorter hair and a few other minor physical differences. In the most common publicity photo Used, the dog shown is a Yellow Labrador Retriever and has obviously Been photo shopped in.

Connections
Follows A Dog Named Christmas (2009)

Soundtracks
Jingle Bells
(uncredited)

User reviews16

Review

Featured review

10/10

You Won't Tucker of this One- Excellent Movie

Disregard 6 of the 7 bad reviews on this movie. It was an excellent movie with excellent characters and story. Story was based on a book which gives the movie some depth. I only give about 10% of the movies a perfect 10, but this one had that special quality.

James Brolin at age 73 as the grandpa. It was just perfect. He played in Marcus Welby at about age 30. In 2016 he was in "I'll be home for Christmas". In this film he has that tough John Wayne presence. At the end of the film a great confrontation with a bad guy- great drama. The grandson was excellent and was the main character with his affection for Tucker the dog. The grandma actually played the grandma on "The Road to Christmas" 2006. She was great in this role, so pleasant. The friend was played by Olivia from Heartland. We also see Dr Crane and Dr Hebert from Doc.

This movie had that special bond between boy and dog as well as proud grandparents. The story showed how the boy was building character. In one part the grandpa told him he had to give up Tucker. Now that was a complete surprise, but the drama was intense. Definitely worth the watch.