Le souhait de Noël

This falls in the category of sappy Christmas movie, but it's a good one. It's a sweet story with likable characters and a satisfying ending.

Like most Christmas and/or feel good movies, the plot is a bit contrived, but nothing too far fetched. I especially enjoyed the young girl - once she got over the bratty phase and started letting her personality show. The old man - Sam - gave a heartwarming performance, and his reading of the story of Simeon was beautiful.

There is a message of faith, but it's subtle and you certainly don't feel preached at.

A Christmas Snow is a must see movie that deals with the outward and inward problems we all experience in our daily lives. It is a fantastic story about life's mistakes, forgiveness, self reflection, family and the inner working relationships of each of these areas. Not being a professional movie critic, but, dealing with my own life problems and those of many friends and family, I can honestly say that this is a life changing movie. Whether it changes your life for moments, hours, weeks, months or a lifetime, it WILL change your life.

Take the time to watch and experience the struggles of these characters as you reflect on your own life experiences. If you're not changed by this movie, it will be the only thing that surprises this viewer.

Take the time to watch this, be patient as the movie develops it's plot and let me know if YOU cry in the end, I surely did!! Enjoy

Am I the only one that thought the boyfriend was out of line charging in *with no notice* to his (clearly not longstanding) girlfriend's house WITH his kid's suitcase and expecting the girlfriend to take care of the kid overnight? And then, later, he has the sheer audacity to get peeved at her for taking in the man who saved her life, because she may be endangering his daughter?

This all happens early on as mostly the setup for the story, but I lost a lot of respect for the main character in those two scenes, because in everything else she's portrayed as tough as nails, and if she'd kept in character she would have told the guy to forget it. This scenario made it easy for the writer to set up the next events, but it made the story less strong. Even a small conversation about why he hadn't phoned her first to ask her if it was all right or even actually phoning and her agreeing to it would have saved both those characters in my eyes.

Does your dad leaving you and your mom when you were a child justify being mean and rude to just about everyone and acting more of a child than the cute kid you are babysitting? It's a little extreme, but once you get past that, things lighten up and Cameron Ten Napel shines as a precocious, cute, and very wise child. The last half of the movie, especially the ending is very heart warming.

This is a faith based movie with one theological problem that we'll just ignore. There is a strong message about forgiving, faith, and family.

The sappy meter is quite high on this one, so if you don't like sappy, then be warned.

Should I mention that the ground is almost bare of snow except for a few patches on the day after a blizzard shuts down the city so bad that the lady can't even drive to work? Just ignore all that too.

Wonderful Christmas movie with a great message about the power of forgiveness. The actors are great and not cheesy. They make the story very real and believable.