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Noel
2005
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Noel
Positive Reviews
9
Negative reviews
12
Average Rating
2.5
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2.5
I can be sentimental under the right circumstances, but the movie is such a calculating tearjerker that it played like a challenge to me.
Rogerebert
2.0
Despite modest concerns about negative content, tweens and under are unlikely to be interested in adults coping with aging parents and past traumas.
Common Sense Media
3.1
Noel manages to get considerable mileage out of a series of unpredictable and nutty spiritual flights of fancy.
2.0
Though clearly meant as a heartwarmer in the long standing holiday tradition, Chazz Palminteris film comes off as strange and sour.
The New York Times
1.9
The mawkishness meter is turned up full blast by the time Williams, wearing the hangdog expression he saves for maudlin dramas, shows up out of nowher ..
Ny Daily News
3.0
Mike, given a chance to do good on Christmas, speaks a word of forgiveness that is deeply moving to Artie; hes been waiting for years to hear just suc ..
Spirituality And Practice
1.5
Most of the redemptive notes ring false, as does the mythical Manhattan, where the snow is just too clean and everybody lives around the corner.
Village Voice
1.5
The all star cast do their best, but the individual stories are so truncated that they cant do much in the way of giving their characters real emotion ..
Tv Guide
3.1
Ultimately, though, Land of Plenty just doesnt work though youve got to admire Wenders for trying something different.
Reel Film Reviews
3.5
The story works because of the strong performances by Sarandon, Walker, Williams and Arkin.
Lariat
1.3
Horror fans will find plenty to shriek about.Everyone else should keep their distance.
Cs Monitor
1.5
swirl of contrived Christmas Eve magic thats forced and mostly phony and never quite hits the right notes...
4.5
Maybe Im being sacrilegious, but I found this humanistic movie a more rewarding Christmas film than the perennially over exposed Its a Wonderful Life.
Reel Talk Reviews
4.5
And it doesnt help its cause when it stars two of the most annoying people in Hollywood star (Paul Walker, Penelope Cruz) and theyre pretty annoying c ..
Cinema Crazed
2.0
Actress Jameela Jamil uses drama over Kim Kardashians maternity shapewear to remind us to second guess everything tabloids write about women.
Calendar Live
1.0
Utterly devoid of genuine emotion or warmth, Noel, which marks the directorial debut of actor Chazz Palminteri, is too sappy for words.
Boxoffice Magazine
1.5
Santa discontinued that whole coal in the stocking thing a while back. Now, he brings movies like this one when youre bad.
E Online
2.5
The sentiments are right on the money, but the execution never quite filled me with holiday cheer.
Aisle Seat
4.5
Fits snugly into the Christmas movie canon by tapping into familiar problems, tugging at the heartstrings and stirring your tired soul.
IGN Movies
1.3
Like way too many holiday films, it is shameless in its desperate grab at the heartstrings. What it latches onto firmly instead is the gag reflex, mak ..
Miami
3.2
Sentimental and sappy enough to keep a maple syrup factory busy all year long, but isnt that the point of Christmas movies anyway
Film Jerk
2.5
Desperate for warm and fuzzy holiday feelings, Noel is depressing and bland.
Film Force Ign
1.3
A handful of competent performances cant keep Noel from pulling its audience through a bleak, cheerless hour and a half.
Chicago Tribune
2.5
A film about folks celebrating Christmas together is about as interesting and carries as much dramatic thrust as the 1989 Christmas reunion video immo ..
Arizona Daily Star
3.5
I was sorry when I learned that Michaels, the well known childrens hair cutting salon at Madison Avenue and 90th Street, went out of business recently ..
Ny Observer
2.5
Three tear jerking stories about faith, love and the redemptive spiritual power of a frosty Christmas Eve
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