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Noel (2004)
Director: Chazz Palminteri
Movie review
From Time Out New York
The charismatic Susan Sarandon can keep you enthralled just reading the names off of provisional ballots, yet she can't seem to get a read on the main character—a childless children's-book editor—in this labored ensemble piece. A series of loopy holiday story lines involving Robin Williams and Penélope Cruz, among others, contrivedly intersect to no real purpose before careering off in search of determinedly happy endings. Oh, those Christmas movie miracles! In trying so hard to be uplifting, Noel ends up being as hard to swallow as store-bought fruitcake.Author: MS
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Cast & crew
Director: Chazz Palminteri
Producer: Howard Rosenman, Al Corley, Bart Rosenblatt, Eugene Musso
Cast: Penelope Cruz, Paul Walker, Susan Sarandon, Alan Arkin full cast
Genre(s): Drama
Duration: 96 mins
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