Noel

Noel

2004 · 96 min · EN · PG · 5.9 (270 votes)
Dir. Chazz Palminteri · Starring Susan Sarandon, Paul Walker, Penélope Cruz, Alan Arkin, Marcus Thomas, Sonny Marinelli · Music Alan Menken

Miracles are closer than you think

DramaRomance

Christmas Eve in New York, and the lonely divorced publisher, Rose Collins, needs a miracle to improve the health of her mother, interned in a hospital with Alzheimers. She feels sorry for another patient and meets his visitor. Meanwhile, Nina Vasquez breaks her engagement with her beloved fiancé Mike due to his suffocating jealousy, but misses him. Mike is stalked by a stranger, bartender Artie Venzuela. The poor Jules arranges to spend Christmas Eve in the hospital, where he spent the best Christmas of his life when he was a teenager. The lives of some of these characters cross with others along the night.

VIBE

A quiet, reflective holiday drama that finds unexpected connections amidst urban isolation. It’s a gentle, character-focused film about finding hope and healing during a lonely Christmas Eve.

melancholichopefulintrospectiveheartwarmingsteadyslice-of-lifecharacter-drivenurban dramalonelinesshealingconnectionforgiveness
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