Joyeux Noel Details

2005

On Christmas Eve during world War I, the Germans, French, and Scottish are trying to make peace, so they bury their dead and play football... Read more

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Joyeux Noel

On Christmas Eve during world War I, the Germans, French, and Scottish are trying to make peace, so they bury their dead and play football...

Starring	Diane Kruger, Benno Furmann, Guillaume Canet, Gary Lewis, Dany Boon, Daniel Bruhl
Director	Christian Carion
Studio	COLUMBIA TRISTAR FILMS
Certificate
Genres	Drama, World Cinema
Language	German, French, English
Subtitles	English
Released	DVD: 06 Nov 2006 Production year: 2005
Format	DVD

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• 34 out of 37 people found this review helpful

  

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  This is a look at the effect of the coming of the First World War from the perspective of soldiers on the French, German and Scottish sides and the famous events of the 1914 Christmas armistice.
  
  While the film features some strong performances, particularly from Guillaume Canet and Daniel Bruhl and there is some impressive cinematography, I found this film to be a touch heavy-handed in its approach, weighed down by some poor dialogue in places. This film also features some of the worse lip-synching you will ever see on screen from Diane Kruger and Benno Fuhrmann.
  
  Despite its flaws, Joyeux Noel is touching, particularly in the way it shows the camaraderie between the different armies' soldiers. Solid but not great.
  
  If you liked this, I would also recommend A Very Long Engagement.

  • • Graeme Barton from London
    • Posted 12 Jan 2006 10:50

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• 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

  

  Just ok

  A great movie as it's based on a true story, but very slow to watch and not that interesting, it took a lot to keep me focused.

  • • A customer from Wirral
    • Posted 10 Jun 2008 15:31

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  On Christmas Eve during world War I, the Germans, French, and Scottish are trying to make peace, so they bury their dead and play football......