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Movie Overview
Cast
Penélope Cruz
Susan Sarandon
Alan Arkin
Director
Chazz Palminteri
MPAA Rating
PG - sensuality, thematic material, and some language
Noel (2004)
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OFCS Rating: 55% Rotten
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"A holiday gift wrapped in sadness -- but tied tenderly with hope."
ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Betty Jo Tucker
2/5
"There's nothing at all surprising about Noel, except for the fact that it was ever made."
Filmcritic.com
Christopher Null
2.5/4
"[Director Chazz] Palminteri seems to have accepted the heavy-handed nature of the screenplay and embraced it whole-heartedly."
Reel Film Reviews
David Nusair
2.5/4
"
Noel
manages to get considerable mileage out of a series of unpredictable and nutty spiritual flights of fancy."
Slant Magazine
Ed Gonzalez
B-
"Sentimental and sappy enough to keep a maple syrup factory busy all year long, but isn’t that the point of Christmas movies anyway?"
FilmJerk.com
Edward Havens
3/5
"Noel delivers two astonishing scenes of love and forgiveness that will take your breath away and are perfectly in tune with the miraculous nature of Christmas."
Spirituality and Practice
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
"[A] swirl of contrived Christmas Eve ‘magic’ that’s forced and mostly phony and never quite hits the right notes..."
Flick Filosopher
MaryAnn Johanson
2/4
"The sentiments are right on the money, but the execution never quite filled me with holiday cheer."
Aisle Seat
Mike McGranaghan
B
"If you are looking for a Christmas film that is unconventional, that has a lot of heart without wallowing in sentimentality, this is a good bet."
Laramie Movie Scope
Robert Roten
5/10
"Three tear-jerking stories about faith, love and the redemptive spiritual power of a frosty Christmas Eve"
Modamag.com
Susan Granger
"Click here to see review"
Wolf Entertainment Guide
William Wolf
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Cinema Crazed
Felix Vasquez Jr.
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