Five New Yorkers come together on Christmas Eve, seeking a miracle.Five New Yorkers come together on Christmas Eve, seeking a miracle.Five New Yorkers come together on Christmas Eve, seeking a miracle.
Penélope Cruz
- Nina Vasquez
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- TriviaThroughout shooting the film on location in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Susan Sarandon would catch a 45-minute flight from New York City (where she lives) to Montreal. One return flight from Montreal turned into a reported 14+ hour ordeal due to a blizzard that shutdown most of the East Coast.
- GoofsWhen Rose enters her office, she hangs up her red beret on a coat hanger. She hangs her jacket up on the same hanger, and as she walks to her desk the beret falls off. However, after she has sat down at her desk, the beret appears back on the coat hanger.
- ConnectionsReferenced in A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! (2011)
- SoundtracksAngels We Have Heard on High
Traditional, lyrics written by James Chadwick (uncredited)
Traditional French Carol
Arranged by William Pursell
Performed by Daughters of St. Paul Choir
Courtesy of Pauline Records
Featured review
Touching moments, mostly worthwhile and well done
Quietly sitting in a hospital is a mysterious and kind man played by Robin Williams. Is he an angel? I'm not going to say. All I will say is that he and Rose help each other feel better.
Artie works in a restaurant. He lost his wife years ago and recognizes that Mike likes many of the same things his wife did. Could he be Mike's long-lost father? No, it's actually much weirder than that, and Artie and Mike end up spending time together, which is not entirely positive.
This is not always a pleasant movie, but it does have some touching moments and great performances. Susan Sarandon does such a good job, showing a very caring attitude, and putting on a good front when the truth her character is miserable. Penelope Cruz has such a positive attitude for what she is going through.
Alan Arkin also shows his talent.
And Robin Williams is amazing as always. He isn't that funny here but he has an ability for pleasant drama. Especially after what just happened to him, it's nice to see him as a man of faith and to hope Williams really did believe in something.
The storyline about Marcus I could have done without. He doesn't seem to interact with the others but merely happens to be in the same room at one point.
Is this a family movie? I wouldn't recommend it for kids, but it has some of the qualities of a holiday family drama. It just reminds us all too much that not everyone has happy holidays, while showing how we can make each other's lives better. And someone forgot to bleep the s-word a couple of times. I don't know whether this means everyone hears it or someone was supposed to be monitoring the movie as it aired. The sound did go out a couple of times later.
It's worth seeing if you don't mind being depressed before you feel better.
Artie works in a restaurant. He lost his wife years ago and recognizes that Mike likes many of the same things his wife did. Could he be Mike's long-lost father? No, it's actually much weirder than that, and Artie and Mike end up spending time together, which is not entirely positive.
This is not always a pleasant movie, but it does have some touching moments and great performances. Susan Sarandon does such a good job, showing a very caring attitude, and putting on a good front when the truth her character is miserable. Penelope Cruz has such a positive attitude for what she is going through.
Alan Arkin also shows his talent.
And Robin Williams is amazing as always. He isn't that funny here but he has an ability for pleasant drama. Especially after what just happened to him, it's nice to see him as a man of faith and to hope Williams really did believe in something.
The storyline about Marcus I could have done without. He doesn't seem to interact with the others but merely happens to be in the same room at one point.
Is this a family movie? I wouldn't recommend it for kids, but it has some of the qualities of a holiday family drama. It just reminds us all too much that not everyone has happy holidays, while showing how we can make each other's lives better. And someone forgot to bleep the s-word a couple of times. I don't know whether this means everyone hears it or someone was supposed to be monitoring the movie as it aired. The sound did go out a couple of times later.
It's worth seeing if you don't mind being depressed before you feel better.
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- Dec 11, 2014
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- Gross worldwide
- $2,280,924
- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1
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