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| Directed by | Darren Doane |
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| Cinematography | Andy Patch |
| Edited by | Postmill Factory |
| Music by | Brian Popkin |
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| Distributed by | Samuel Goldwyn Films |
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Running time | 79 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $500,000[3] |
| Box office | $2.8 million[4] |
Saving Christmas (also known as Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas) is a 2014 American faith-based Christmas comedy film. It was directed by Darren Doane and written by Doane and Cheston Hervey, based on an original story by Kirk Cameron. It was theatrically released by Samuel Goldwyn Films on November 14, 2014.[5][6]
The movie stars Cameron as a fictionalized version of himself. In Saving Christmas, Cameron, after explaining his views on Christmas directly to the audience, tries to convince his fictional brother-in-law, played by the film's director, that Christmas is still a Christian holiday.
The film received a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It was nominated in six categories for the 35th Golden Raspberry Awards and won four, including Worst Picture. It also became the lowest-rated film on the IMDb Bottom 100 List within one month of its theatrical release, and is now considered one of the worst films of all time.[7] Despite being panned by professional critics, Cameron defended the film, alleging that the low reviews were part of an atheist smear campaign that was allegedly hatched on Reddit.[8]
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- ^ XDX2 Archived March 22, 2016, at the Wayback Machine at the Internet Movie Database. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
- ^ "Kirk Cameron's 'Saving Christmas' Is The Best … Of The Worst IMDb Films Ever". Business 2 Community. December 5, 2014. Archived from the original on July 18, 2015. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
- ^ "Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
- ^ Siegemund-Broka, Austin (August 27, 2014). "Kirk Cameron's Faith-Based Saving Christmas Picked Up for Limited Release". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on August 31, 2014. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
- ^ Gilman, Greg (August 28, 2014). "Kirk Cameron Is Saving Christmas in New Trailer". TheWrap. Archived from the original on October 5, 2014. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
- ^ "Kirk Cameron's 'Saving Christmas' Sinks to Worst IMDB Rating in Site's History". December 5, 2014. Archived from the original on January 18, 2017. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
- ^ Holley, Peter (December 8, 2014). "Kirk Cameron Says Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas Is the Target of an Atheist Conspiracy". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on December 15, 2014. Retrieved December 9, 2014.