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Saving Christmas Spirit

  • 2022
  • 1h 27m
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
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Louis Emerick, James Robinson, Persephone Hawkins, Ashley Newbrough, Joanne Randle, Wendy Faraone, and Jake Satow in Saving Christmas Spirit (2022)
An archaeologist discovers the importance of letting a little festive wonder back into her life and finds both history and love.
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An archaeologist discovers the importance of letting a little festive wonder back into her life and finds both history and love.An archaeologist discovers the importance of letting a little festive wonder back into her life and finds both history and love.An archaeologist discovers the importance of letting a little festive wonder back into her life and finds both history and love.

  • Director
    • Wendy Faraone
  • Writer
    • Joelle Sellner
  • Stars
    • Ashley Newbrough
    • James Robinson
    • Jake Satow
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.8/10
    740
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Wendy Faraone
    • Writer
      • Joelle Sellner
    • Stars
      • Ashley Newbrough
      • James Robinson
      • Jake Satow
    • 13User reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 nominations total

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    Ashley Newbrough
    Ashley Newbrough
    • Dr. Lucy Stewart
    James Robinson
    James Robinson
    • Duncan McAvoy
    Jake Satow
    Jake Satow
    • Finn McAvoy
    Joanne Randle
    Joanne Randle
    • Edina McAvoy
    Layla Burns
    Layla Burns
    • Caitrin Abernathy
    Tibu Fortes
    Tibu Fortes
    • Percy McDonnell
    Nicholas Karimi
    Nicholas Karimi
    • Iain Cambell
    • (as Nick Karimi)
    Misty Upham
    • Angus
    Louis Emerick
    Louis Emerick
    • Coach Ferguson
    Jack Daynes
    • William
    Andy Carr
    • Ewan
    John James Blackley
    • Rugby Player
    Archie Campbell
    • Rugby Player
    Sandra Jean Collinge
    • Caroler
    Rachel Curtis
    • Caroler
    Allyson Entwistle
    • Caroler
    Johannah Herron
    • Caroler
    AngusIan Hunter
    • Rugby player
    • Director
      • Wendy Faraone
    • Writer
      • Joelle Sellner
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    10nancaren

    Wonderful Christmas movie, beautiful scenery

    What a wonderful Christmas movie! The scenery is gorgeous and the acting is delightful. Very special, unique Christmas movie. Loved all the locations, the landscapes, the house, the mountains, the scenery. The actors are warm and endearing. I laughed and cried and I wanted to know each of the characters more. The kids were adorable and believable. Loved their story line about the girls rugby team. Loved the innkeeper. She's hilarious. The two leads were great. Loved the reindeer. And the music, especially the last song is really nice. There's a lot of history and Scottish folklore too. Definitely worth seeing on a cold night around a warm fire!!
    9loufren-73642

    Gorgeous, magical Christmas movie with warm characters and beautiful Scotland as its backdrop

    This is a gorgeous, magical Christmas movie with delightful characters set in lovely Scotland. And bonus! It's not one of those factory produced, typical Christmas films with the same boring plot! It's got romance and humor, drama, reindeer and plenty of storyline to keep you interested and warm and fuzzy inside. Loved Ashely Newbrough and James Robinson as the leads, and loved the actors who played the kids in the subplot which really moves the story along and gave it extra layers. Layla Burns who is also in Outlander plays a darling and feisty red headed rugby player, and Jake Satow from The Dropout plays a charming and heartfelt kid who tries to help her start a girls rugby team. Louis Emerick from Brookside is fabulous as the grumpy coach and Joanne Randle is so funny as the cheeky Aunt Edina. This movie has Christmas magic from start to finish, and the traditional ceilidh dance and end song truly top it off! The scenery and locations are beautiful throughout and make you want to go there. The musical score is also really great. Beautifully filmed. This is one to watch every year by a cozy fire with a warm beverage in hand.
    8robert-fordntlworldcom

    Who's was the close out song?

    I watched this on C5 last night.

    Thank goodness, a new Christmas film, it made a change from the constant repeats we've been given recently.

    This was a bit of a mixture, it was like any other romantic film. But, in places, it seemed a bit of a fantasy.

    Like the steam train. Obviously a heritage line, but why just the heroine and the station master alone on the platform, twice?

    The ghost of the landlady's husband, moving stuff about.

    The brewery? Far too big to be what we were supposed to believe it was.

    The "bed and breakfast" more like a castle.

    The reindeer turning up unaccompanied, one complete with a bell around its neck, from where did they come?

    The young star rugby player? You could tell he'd never touched a ball in his life from the clips of his training. But a nice little sub-plot romance.

    However, it was a pleasant enough film and despite its faults I enjoyed it.

    I was really impressed with close out song.

    "It's the light of Christmas."

    It suited the fantasy.

    Anyone know, who was the girl singer?

    A very attractive voice.

    I've done a search but can find nothing.

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    8SunnyDaise

    US is getting better at UK movies

    American movie makers are getting better at Brit flicks! Ironically the most stereotypical character is the over-the-top camp New Yorker, but fortunately he's not in it much, and even he gets some of the many amusing lines to make him slightly less run-of-the-mill. There's a good mix of characters, with three generations providing a range of plots. Many of the set-ups have the usually predictable endings, but plenty occurs to keep watching for as everything eventually resolves. I like a bit of sadness to add depth even in a Christmas movie, but there is a lot of bereavement and divorce here to deal with, which of course the characters do. This could be a series of films, exploring different elements of Scottish history.
    7A_Different_Drummer

    Above average X-mas romp

    Like everything else in our currently upside-down society, the best way to review an X-mas film these days is by observing what it is NOT. Saving Christmas Spirit is, first and foremost, not a product of the Great Canadian X-Mas Movie Machine, an sub-industry in Canada which each year strives to produce as many generic X-mas movie knockoffs as humanly possible. It also is not an X-Mas movie that believes in bowling over the viewer with bright colors, bright lights, and glitzy surroundings, all with the intent to substitute looks for quality. Rather, this is a nice, lazy, easygoing, and quite comfortable romp with appealing characters and a story that holds the attention. Ashley Newbrough is the "glue" that keeps the whole thing working. She has a very distinctive way of delivering dialog, almost as if she is talking directly to the audience. And all those Scottish accents ... who can resist? Brings to mind the iconic SNL skit with the punchline "IF IT's NOOO SKOTTISH.... IT'S KKRRRAPPP!" Recommended! ((Designated "IMDb Top Reviewer." Please check out my list "167+ Nearly-Perfect Movies (with the occasional Anime or TV miniseries) you can/should see again and again (1932 to the present))

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      Reindeer are the only deer species in which females also have antlers.
    • Goofs
      Ghillie can't be male only female reindeer have antlers in winter.
    • Soundtracks
      Deck the Hols
      Written by Jeff Meegan and David Tobin

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    • Release date
      • April 30, 2023 (Canada)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Duch Vianoc pre celý svet
    • Filming locations
      • Glenfinnan, Scotland, UK
    • Production company
      • Pandora Persephone Films
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 27m(87 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9 HD

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