Christmas Miracle

Nice story but why all staying in this church while the house is on walking distance for a boy?

Eight people get stuck in an abandoned church in a snowstorm on Christmas Eve. Here they evaluate their lives in the usual Christmas movie way.

You know what you are going to get in most Christmas TV movies and the success of them in my opinion rests on the performance of the cast and the script. Personally I thought the acting was pretty good in this one, especially from Aaron Pearl, and the characters were more interesting than a lot of other Christmas movies. Although maybe a touch predictable the script stayed just on the right side of schmaltz.

The wonderful snowy settings were an added bonus and added nicely to the good overall Christmas feel.

This is a very easy watch, a film that puts you in the mood for Christmas and on that basis I think it does it's job. It's got snow, a Christmas Tree, Christmas carols, church bells and characters called Mary and Joseph. What's not to like. Although nowhere near perfect, for it's type, I thought Christmas Miracle was slightly above average.

Def not worth a one or 2 other reviewers have given. Very beautiful story Would have been a 7 but for the child actor. Painful to watch. Hope we don't see much more of him as an 'actor'. Shame. As the other acting was nice. Makes you stop. Think and re evaluate. Yes. Some terrible moments such as the insulin incident. Very cringeworthy in its incorrectness. All the food and drinks the mother managed to put together. But overall. So what. Who really cares. Give it a go.

Not many movies can retale a often told Story without boring the viewer. Solid performances and a good cast helps to keep the story moving. One thing to keep in mind though, this is not only a Christmas movie but a family orientated movie as well. I must admit that towards the end of the movie the plot takes a somewhat twist which does render a question mark. I made note that not only was this a (again) a Christmas movie but it contained the word "miracle" in the title. I won't reveal the scene but it was a bit hard to believe. I did give this movie 8 out of 10 star's mainly on the performances, believable characters and strong Story.

Christmas Miracle (2012) -

This film was a bit depressing right from the start and had none of the Christmas cheer that I've come to expect from these Made For TV films.

I'd already turned off a God bothery film before I started watching this one, so I was a bit apprehensive about seeing another one, actually set in a church, however I loved Dan Payne in 'Mulligans' (2008), so I was prepared to give it a fair try. He wasn't in it enough, didn't get even topless and it wasn't really worth it overall in the end.

By the time the credits rolled I wasn't sure that any of the couples should have been married or stayed together. The experience that they all faced only seemed to show them up more than ever, especially the newlyweds.

And James Mason (Why would you choose that name?) was a strange one too. He felt like a creepy preacher from a horror film or someone that should be on a list, if you know what I mean?

What I found really weird was that nobody phoned the Police or the Ambulance services at any point in this film, despite having phone service. Surely they weren't the only people on the road that night and the police would have been better at search and rescue? Not to mention the need to prevent further collisions and risk to others. Even if they'd tried and been unable to get through or the phone line had cut out, it would have been something, because otherwise it was a gaping hole in the plot.

It definitely wasn't my favourite Christmas film, but at least the story was different to the usual formulaic romances, although I do love some of those.

Some of the acting was pretty bad and it got very Bible bashy and drawn out at the end too. There was no point in turning it off at that point though.

My crush on Dan aside (He was way too good for Allison Hossack as Mary), I don't think that I will revisit this film again, because I just feel that it could be made with a bit more joy. Which kind of reflects my thoughts about the church as a whole. Be more gospel and less dirgey!

4/10.