Review of It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

It Came Upon The Midnight Clear is a wonderful television flick for the Christmas holiday that has vanished from television screens. In the 1980s this movie was on around Christmas but those days have ceased. Why? Nobody knows. This film is special for Mickey Rooney's performance. His relationship with his grandson, Scott Grimes, makes the movie flow. The most powerful part of the movie is Rooney's meeting with the priest from his youth, Lloyd Nolan. The singing of the church choir as Rooney gives his final confession before he must return to Heaven is powerful. The quest Rooney undertakes, to find the missing angel and to restore the Christmas spirit to New York makes this film one to see and only one can hope it will return to television screens in the years to come. The ending of the film is a bit of let down but the acting by Rooney makes you believe in the presence of Christmas angels. Mickey Rooney by far steals the show and It Came Upon The Midnight Clear is a Mickey Rooney and Christmas classic.