FREE Holiday Movie Wishin' and Hopin'

Tuesday, December 23rd 2025 Main Street Torrington is inviting you to the Civic Center in Coe Memorial Park for a fun filled event.

This event is FREE and open to everyone, seating is LIMITED TO 75 SEATS for each showing - Donations (optional) for Main Street Torrington are will be accepted during the evening.

Enjoy this very special and VERY RARE holiday movie shot in Connecticut...

Wishin' and Hopin' (2014) is a nostalgic Christmas film based on Wally Lamb's book,following 10-year-old Felix Funicello in 1964 Catholic school as he navigates fifth grade, his famous cousin Annette, and the chaos surrounding the Christmas pageant, spiced up by a new substitute teacher and a Russian student, with narration by Chevy Chase.

Evening Includes

• 2 FREE Showings - 4pm & 7pm
• FREE Popcorn & Hot Chocolate or Coffee
• Bumble & Yukon Cornelius Photo Booth (5:30-6 or 6:15-6:45)

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About the Film
The ups and downs of life at a parochial school for 10-year-old Felix as the Christmas nativity pageant approaches.

Based on the New York Times best-selling novel by award-winning author Wally Lamb, vivid slice of 1960s life "Wishin' and Hopin'" is a wise-and-witty holiday tale that celebrates where we've been-and how far we've come.

In the small town of Three Rivers, Connecticut, we go straight into the halls of St. Aloysius Gonzaga Parochial School with Felix Funicello, a Catholic-school fifth-grader in 1964, whose claim to fame is his cousin Annette Funicello, the famous Mouseketeer and teen movie queen.

But grammar and arithmetic move to the back burner this holiday season with the sudden arrivals of substitute teacher Madame Frechette and feisty Russian student Zhenya Kabakova.

While Felix learns the meaning of French kissing, cultural misunderstanding, and tableaux vivants, "Wishin' and Hopin'" barrels toward one outrageous Christmas.

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