Film200496 min

Noel

Name: Noel
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 2004
Duration: 96 min
Cast: Susan Sarandon, Paul Walker, Penélope Cruz, Alan Arkin, Marcus Thomas

Taste attributes: dramaromanceholidaysslowtried & testedwholesomerealisticsimplelinearenclosedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipempowerment/personal growthhuman spirit/resilience/survivallove conquers allsocial commentary

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"Miracles are closer than you think"

Boxlist takeExpect a small-scale, slow-paced romantic drama, simple rather than intricate. Best if you like patience over pace.

Taste details

Pace: very slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: simple · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: very confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

Quality rating

5.9 /10

TMDB · 207 votes

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What lines up

Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
Weightiness: Balanced weightiness, just how this profile likes it
Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate
Originality: Tried & tested, where this profile leans fresh / original

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Synopsis

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.

Synopsis: TMDB