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Miracle on 34th Street

Film4 HD, 1.25pm/film4+1, 2.25pm ★★★★

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While it doesn’t quite capture the magic of the classic 1947 seasonal fantasy, this update is certainly an improvemen­t on the 1973 made-for-tv version. Ably filling the boots of original star Edmund Gwenn, Richard Attenborou­gh is perfectly cast as the department store Santa who is forced to go on trial to prove his sanity when he claims to be the real Claus. The appealing Mara Wilson, who also shone in Mrs Doubtfire and Matilda, takes over the role of the little girl who believes him, played by Natalie Wood in the original. 1994, U,114MIN

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