This is a movie all grandparents will enjoy watching with their grandkids and families will enjoy watching together. Ernest Borgnine, who was nominated for an Emmy for his performance in this movie, is featured in A Grandpa for Christmas as a retired actor who is estranged from his daughter. When she is injured in a car accident, Social Services places her daughter with him and the two of them have to work on this unknown and uneasy relationship. The whole family in A Grandpa for Christmas receives the special gift of learning that family is the greatest gift of all in this "heartwarming story of hope, love and forgiveness&qut;. As the characters move from strangeness and estrangement to the closer feelings of being a family, they each realize that wishes do come true. Sometimes you wish you could get away from the franticness of the season and just enjoy some quiet family time. A Grandpa for Christmas presents a nice little story of love, family and redemption that will be a pleasure for a family to share and watch together. A Grandpa for Christmas runs about 85 minutes, just enough time to enjoy the movie and a nice dish of popcorn.