there be many and many good christmas movie out there to watch than this one . mickey rooney play mike halligan and a retired new york city detective who die before christmas and be send back to earth to find an alcoholic angel and sober him up in time for christmas to spread the christmas cheer to the citizen of new york . along the way and the retired detective kidnaps his grandson and be suppose to show him a real new york christmas . the trouble be and there be nothing very christmassy about death or new york city with no christmas light or decoration . obviously film during the summer and this movie have no feeling for christmas whatsoever . scott grime and who play the grandson and be a lousy actor for a kid and he can only portray a chipper and bright eye sparrow on the screen even when the scene call for a deep and emotional moment . lot of sub par acting and virtually no storyline make for a really bland christmas movie that should be move at time and but instead come off a force and weak . i do not understand all the high rating for this film and it miss the mark so often and lack any true depth of feeling in it character . don not waste your time with this one and you will only be bore and disappoint i be afraid .