This
film is based on a bestselling novel by Max Lucado. The village of Gladbury is in
the English countryside. There is
a legend that every 25 years an angel comes to the shop of the village candle
maker and lights a single candle.
This candle is the Christmas Candle and the person who lights the candle
will receive a miracle on Christmas Eve.
This Christmas season is in the year of 1890 and the electric light bulb
is coming to the village. This new advancement may end the candle legend. There is also a new pastor preaching
good deeds and acts of kindness instead of miracles.
There
are low reviews for this film but this is a Christmas film and not one about
rocket science? I thought this was
interesting and enjoyable, just a nice story. It’s a good movie for families and children. Susan Boyle introduces a new song,
Miracle Hymn and it’s very nice. 3
½* (I liked this movie)
100
min, Drama directed by John Stephenson with Hans Matheson, Samantha Barks,
Lesley Manville, Sylvester McCoy, James Cosmo, Susan Boyle, Barbara Flynn, John
Hannah, Jude Wright, Emily Shewell.
Note: Imdb 5.4 out of 10, 18% critic 78%
audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Roger Ebert 1 ½*, Amazon 4.5* out of 5* with 89
reviews.
Special
Note: Echolight Studios produced
this film and the CEO is former presidential candidate Rick Santorum. This is the first film for Susan
Boyle. She is a mezzo-soprano and
the most successful singer to get her start on Britain’s Got Talent in 2009. Billboard Soundscan lists her as the
having the biggest female debut since they started keeping statistics with
700,000 sold the first week.
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