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Three Wishes

Play trailer Poster for Three Wishes PG,  1995,  1h 54m,  Fantasy Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 14% 14 Reviews Tomatometer 52% 5,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
14% Tomatometer 14 Reviews 52% Popcornmeter 5,000+ Ratings
When single mother Jeanne Holman turns to avoid hitting a dog with her station wagon, she unwittingly hits bearded drifter Jack McCloud. Against the protests of her scandalized neighbors, Holman insists that the injured man stay at the Holman residence to heal. As the eccentric McCloud recovers from the accident, he becomes a positive influence on -- and an unexpected father figure to -- her young sons, Tom and Gunny.

Critics Reviews

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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Jan 1, 2000
1.5/4
Three Wishes tugs at our hearts, but by the end, I was tugging back. The movie lays it on so thick that even with the best will in the world, I couldn't go along on its slow and soppy ride. Go to Full Review
Susan Wloszczyna USA Today Jan 1, 2000
2/4
The script is draggy and overly obvious except for a mystifying mumbo-jumble of special effects. Go to Full Review
Chuck O'Leary Fantastica Daily Oct 6, 2005
2/5
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Jun 27, 2005
1/5
Carol Cling Las Vegas Review-Journal Apr 16, 2004
1/5
Rebecca Murray About.com Feb 2, 2004
2/5
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Cast & Crew

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Martha Coolidge

Director

Patrick Swayze

Jack McCloud

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

Jeanne Holman

Joseph Mazzello

Tom Holman

Seth Mumy

Gunther `'Gunny'` Holman

David Marshall Grant

Phil

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Three Wishes

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Movie Info

Synopsis When single mother Jeanne Holman turns to avoid hitting a dog with her station wagon, she unwittingly hits bearded drifter Jack McCloud. Against the protests of her scandalized neighbors, Holman insists that the injured man stay at the Holman residence to heal. As the eccentric McCloud recovers from the accident, he becomes a positive influence on -- and an unexpected father figure to -- her young sons, Tom and Gunny.
Director
Martha Coolidge
Producer
Clifford Green, Ellen Green, Gary Lucchesi
Screenwriter
Elizabeth Anderson
Production Co
Rysher Entertainment
Rating
PG
Genre
Fantasy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 4, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA)
$6.7M
Runtime
1h 54m
Sound Mix
Stereo, Surround
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