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Noel
A first-rate cast comes together for this collection of intertwining tales of lonely New Yorkers reaching out to each other on Christmas Eve. Susan Sarandon plays Rose, a widowed editor who spends way too much time at the hospital bed of her Alzheimers-stricken mother. Robin Williams is the mysterious fellow who later prevents .. Read more
| Starring | Susan Sarandon, Paul Walker, Alan Arkin, Marcus Thomas |
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| Director | Chazz Palminteri |
| Genres | Drama |
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Noel
A first-rate cast comes together for this collection of intertwining tales of lonely New Yorkers reaching out to each other on Christmas Eve. Susan Sarandon plays Rose, a widowed editor who spends way too much time at the hospital bed of her Alzheimers-stricken mother. Robin Williams is the mysterious fellow who later prevents her from possibly jumping in the East River. Meanwhile Nina (Penelope Cruz) gets tired of the violently jealous outbreaks of her cop boyfriend, Mike (Paul Walker), and breaks their engagement. An obsessive old waiter (Alan Arkin) is convinced Mike is the reincarnation of his dead wife, while in another story a troubled young man (Marcus Thomas) attempts to smash up his hand so he can attend an emergency room Christmas party. Needless to say, these tales intersect movingly and the miracle of Christmas provides major healing to each character involved. Sarandon is a stand-out among the many fine performances here, Cruz is beautiful as always, but the real jaw-dropping surprise is Paul Walker. Famous as the dopey guy in those 'Fast And The Furious' films, Walker reveals great depths of tortured feeling as the cop struggling to save his future family. Actor Chazz Palminteri ('A Bronx Tale') directed this, his first feature film. Though set in New York, it was filmed in Montreal, so no, it's not a Christmas miracle that the city looks so nice and clean. Alan Menken ('The Little Mermaid') provides the score.
| Starring | Susan Sarandon, Paul Walker, Alan Arkin, Marcus Thomas, Donna Hanover, Robin Williams |
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| Director | Chazz Palminteri |
| Studio | LIONS GATE HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 33 mins Watch now: 1 hr 32 mins |
| Certificate | DVD: , Watch Online: |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English Watch Online: English |
| Released | DVD: 05 Dec 2005 Watch now: 14 Aug 2009 Production year: 2005 |
| Watch now | £2.49 |
| Format | DVD |
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So how are you planning to spend the holiday season? For lonely forty-plus singleton Sarandon, it'll be looking after... read more on Time Out
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
nice'n'easy
nice'n'easy film with good
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Angels have wings, monsters have hair.
Not exactly memorable. Resists the temptation to be overly sentimental but may still squeeze a tear from your eye on Xmas Eve. On the other hand( to coin a rather apt phrase in this case)and on a strictly personal level, you may, like me, feel so repulsed by the extreme hairyness of Robin Williams that to find him believable as some kind of Xmas angel is too much. Werewolf, yes. He should do more of that kind of thing.
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A first-rate cast comes together for this collection of intertwining tales of lonely New Yorkers reaching out to each other on Christmas Eve. Susan Sarandon plays Rose, a widowed editor who spends ... -