Michael Thompson I give every Christmas movie out there 10 stars, because Christmas does what it does to the world, it makes everyone act nice to each other for just a few days, then everybody goes back to being introverted, to put it mildly. But I give this one two stars due to the awfully written story line, it was a wasted opportunity.What would you do if an elf gave you 12 wishes for Christmas ?, and your lovely little dog was in the pound because your landlord said, "no dogs"!Well the first thing I would do is wish for my dog to be with me again, but not our heroin, her wish list doesn't even receive depth of thought, her wishes are all about me me me, material goodies.I struggled with this film, even though the story triumphs when things go wrong with her 12 wishes and everything she has wished for turns sour, it is then the elf tells her to look to her heart, and this she does., and everything turns out all right in the end.I have a Yorkie myself, and this film made me give her an extra extra hug. And she gave me extra licks......

Yvaughn So much of this Christmas movie is downright delightful -- the casting, the music, the locations. Heck, the chemistry between our romantic couple is better than I've seen on many of these Lifetime/Hallmark movies (and I do love this kind of Lifetime/Hallmark movie). But I was upset about the dog (sub)plot when I thought this was titled "12 Wishes for Christmas." Now that I see its original title is "12 Wishes for Christmas for my Dog" I'm even more annoyed -- hence, the SPOILER ALERT.No, the dog doesn't die. But still....The dog is adorable -- but for some reason our heroine, who volunteers two days a week at a shelter/dog sanctuary, either adopted it while living in an apartment that doesn't allow pets, or moved with it to an apartment that doesn't allow pets, and to me, both those things make her a fairly irresponsible dog owner. Early on in the story, she's caught by management and told to either move out or get rid of the dog, SO SHE GETS RID OF THE DOG! Yes, she tells the dog "it's only for a little while" as she shuts the chain-link gate in its face at the shelter, but we then see her make NO (zero) effort to fix the problem. She doesn't look for a new apartment. She doesn't talk to management and ask if she can put down a significant deposit or something. Even once she gets her 12 wishes, she spends them on silly things -- new clothes, jewelry, a new car, winning the lottery, giving her best friend a good hair day -- and at no point do we see her even consider using one of those wishes to get her little dog back!Even worse, she gets so busy at work that she's even skipping her two days/week volunteering at the shelter -- the shelter owner says "long time no see," and our heroine makes excuses. Even after she's resolved almost everything toward the end (other than the dog issue, she does a pretty good redemption), she's having friends over to her house for Christmas WITHOUT THE DOG! The only reason she gets it back is that her new boyfriend arrives with the dog and says he talked to her manager and made arrangements for her to keep it. As a pet lover, I *really* hated this. I once had to put my cat in quarantine, and I visited her every day, for hours--I wrote and graded papers in the quarantine room--to minimize the time she had to feel abandoned. So if you love pets like I do, fair warning.Also, her Life-Coach helper (who is delightful) seems to be some kind of elf until, halfway through the story she references her halo, and our heroine starts calling her an angel, with no indication of surprise. Okay.Again, the acting and chemistry was great. The heroine's redemption in everything but the dog issue was wonderful. But I have to wonder if the writers ever had a pet of their own because, if they were as irresponsible as our protagonist, that might not be a good thing unless they take some kind of classes in pet ownership.

atinder This is about a lady, who ends up having a really bad time, So with many things going wrong and her Friends tells her to see a Life Coach.Which tells her to go to a website, which give her 12 wishes, so she makes them and they do come true, they seem to be fine at first but soon after the Wishes takes a really wrong turn.She thought her life would have been better, if she never made a wish, as she messed up her life, more then before. There some very nasty people at her place, can people really be that nasty, some one getting fired every time was just silly , it wasn't funny. Some parts of the movie had some really good funny moment, i Thought it would have been a lot more funny then it was , it was more of Drama then a comedy.The acting was really good all around, This movie had really nice Christmas feel to the movie.

Erika Cawkins Corny and predictable. The only thing on my TV on a Saturday afternoon. 12 wishes per person per lifetime..no refunds or exceptions. She stupidly wastes all her wishes on unnecessary and selfish things then (big surprise) karma comes back and bites her in the ass and she finds herself completely alone and miserable. It's just another story of a typical ditz with a jackass boyfriend, more ditsy friends, a scary boss, and a crappy apartment (which she lives in for the entire duration of the movie AFTER winning the lottery, a new car, and, not to mention, she is granted her three wishes. Just don't watch this movie..TRUST ME..you already know exactly what it's about and exactly what's going happen. There are much better Christmas movies out there. Why do they waste money and time making these cheesy holiday/chick flicks?? lame..two thumbs down