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Joyeux Noel Reviews

2005

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When war breaks out in the lull of summer 1914, it surprises and pulls millions of men in its wake. And Christmas arrives, with its snow and multitude of family and army bundles. But the surprise won't come from the inside the generous parcels which lie in the French, Scottish and German trenches. That night, a momentous event .. Read more

Starring	Diane Kruger, Benno Furmann, Guillaume Canet, Gary Lewis
Director	Christian Carion
Genres	Drama, World Cinema

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  - 4
  Expected more
  
  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 ... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Graeme Barton
  - London
  - 12 Jan 2006 at 10:50
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  - 0
  Excellent!
  
  This film tells of the 1914 Christmas truce on the Western Front, just one incident of many hundreds. Well thought and moving - recommended viewing.
  
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- - Michael
  - Hampshire
  - 19 Jan 2012 at 14:07
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  touching film
  
  Outstanding film. I heard much about the story when I was kid and thought it was amazing. But seeing the film made it more real. Politicians argue and send ... read more »
  
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- - alanvan
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  - Pinner
  - 12 Aug 2011 at 13:39
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  We're all the same
  
  Beautiful movie. We 're all humans, all the same. Even during those specific hard times, these mens could see it.
  
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- 1001908
- - a customer
  - 07 Jun 2011 at 22:32
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  - 0
  Far too quiet on the western front
  
  Wartime drama about the fraternisation between Allied and German trenches during Christmas 1914. Although much of it is indeed based on fact, the director does ... read more »
  
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- - Oldbloke
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  - Sidmouth
  - 06 Dec 2010 at 00:15
- - 1
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  Joyeux Noel
  
  This was excellent for treating such a sensitive topic - the truce and fratranization of the troops with the Germans on Christmas Eve the first year of WW1. One... read more »
  
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- - maggy
  - 9 reviews
  - Kidlington
  - 03 Oct 2010 at 17:04
- - 1
  - 0
  Noble purpose, imperfectly executed
  
  I wanted to like this film more than I actually did. It's a famous tale that needed to be properly told. But in the end, what is the story? Only that the ... read more »
  
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  - Noseyjoe
  - 167 reviews
  - London
  - 20 Jul 2010 at 09:27
- - 0
  - 0
  Don't save it for Christmas
  
  This isn't Santa Claus the Movie, so don't think this is a seasonal film! It's a historical drama to be seen at any time of year. Christmas is ... read more »
  
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  - Isle of Skye, Scotland
  - 10 May 2010 at 11:14
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  Mixed message, but sincere film
  
  Is the title of the film to be taken ironically? No, but it is certainly ambivalent, and like the reviewer ['Expected More'], I have reservations, in... read more »
  
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  - Picaro
  - 62 reviews
  - Bangor
  - 16 Oct 2009 at 20:48
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  feel good non offensive schlock
  
  Cheesy, predictable.. interesting at first.. fluffy feel good.. eventually evolves into the complete and total ludicrous... what starts as a film making a ... read more »
  
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- - VanessaS
  - 5 reviews
  - London
  - 04 Jul 2009 at 04:05
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  Worth watching
  
  for moving stories well told. A difficulty here is whether one is reveiewing the film or its subject.
  
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- - Boatthink
  - 76 reviews
  - Burton
  - 22 May 2009 at 13:24
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- - 37
  - 4
  Expected more
  
  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 ... read more »
  
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- 193006
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Graeme Barton
  - London
  - 12 Jan 2006 at 10:50
- - 12
  - 1
  Peaked too soon
  
  Joyeux Noel was a well-shot, mostly well-acted film whose writers simply allowed their story to peak too soon. The run-up to the trenches and the camraderie ... read more »
  
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- - Andybe
  - 195 reviews
  - Richmond
  - 11 Dec 2006 at 19:26
- - 10
  - 0
  Sentimental
  
  And a bit anti-English too, in my opinion. The movie starts with a poem spoken by a German boy about killing the English. But the British in this movie are ... read more »
  
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- - simexdude
  - 26 reviews
  - London
  - 25 Sep 2007 at 09:27
- - 7
  - 3
  joyeux noel
  
  this was a good film but found it very irritating to keep having to read subtitles
  
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  - Atherstone
  - 11 Jan 2008 at 17:09
- - 6
  - 0
  True class
  
  A human, harrowing and enlightening film about ordinary men involved in the extraordinary situation of war. There aren't many decent films about the first ... read more »
  
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- - Juls
  - 13 reviews
  - Teddington
  - 19 Apr 2007 at 12:03
- - 5
  - 0
  Superb even if some of the cracks are obvious
  
  War is hell as well as futile - how many films try to cover this ground ?. Whilst countless movies tread this subject little can be based on historical fact. ... read more »
  
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- - SamFromMaidenhead
  - 254 reviews
  - Maidenhead
  - 20 Jan 2007 at 12:13
- - 5
  - 0
  First Class
  
  A beautifully constructed film, it told the tale of a Christmas truce on the Western front in a novel way and raised the background issues in a thought ... read more »
  
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  - Hampshire, England
  - 04 Mar 2007 at 12:54
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  - 2
  AVOID
  
  FRENCH GERMAN LITTLE ENGLISH DID NOT GRAB ME
  
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  - STOKE
  - 10 Dec 2007 at 20:07
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  Hard to believe but (almost entirely) true
  
  I researched this topic at length for a School assembly and can confirm that almost all of it really did happen. The only bits I was unhappy with were the ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - UK
  - 14 Feb 2007 at 09:04
- - 3
  - 1
  True class
  
  A human, harrowing and enlightening film about ordinary men involved in the extraordinary situation of war. There aren't many decent films about the first ... read more »
  
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- - Juls
  - 13 reviews
  - Teddington
  - 19 Apr 2007 at 11:59

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  When war breaks out in the lull of summer 1914, it surprises and pulls millions of men in its wake. And Christmas arrives, with its snow and multitude of family and army bundles. But the surprise won't come from the inside the generous parcels which lie in the French, Scottish and German trenches.<...