A Christmas Star

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A Christmas Star

2015

1h 22m

Holiday

Drama

Adventure

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When a developer threatens Noelle's peaceful life, she and her friends use her gift of performing miracles to thwart his plans and save their village.

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

Against all odds, the film, though not short on Yuletide schmaltz, is pretty good, and a huge improvement on such 'family fare' as the dread Nativity franchise.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 23, 2016

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Kate Muir

Times (UK)

This is a children's film made by adults who think they knwo what children want.

Rated: 2/5

Nov 12, 2015

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Leslie Felperin

Guardian

This Northern Ireland-set fable steals adroitly from all kinds of classic Christmas-themed movies - a bit of Miracle on 34th Street, a dash of Nativity!, a big dollop of It's a Wonderful Life, and so on.

Rated: 3/5

Nov 12, 2015

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Matthew Bond

The Mail on Sunday (UK)

With the exception of one or two performances from its junior cast, this is awful, a feeble reworking of Local Hero weighed down with ersatz sentiment, clunking parallels with the Nativity story and a charmless script.

Rated: 1/5

Oct 26, 2017

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Grace Montgomery

Common Sense Media

Star-studded Irish holiday movie is cliched but sweet.

Rated: 2/5

Jan 6, 2016

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Grant Rollings

The Sun (UK)

This Northern Irish family movie is desperately short on original ideas.

Rated: 2/5

Dec 4, 2015

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Mike W

For anyone who found the Christian allegory in the Narnia books a bit too subtle, this may well be the film for them. Christmas child Noelle, born in a stable to parents Joe and Maria, using her miracle powers and with a little help from her friends, foils the evil plans of villainous property developer McHerod (who would no doubt have got away with it if it hadn’t been for those meddling kids) Yes, it’s Jesus meets ScoobyDoo…

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

12/22/24

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Audience Member

This is a great movie for children who think that every Christmas movie is set in New York, or at least the US. The thrill of seeing a film set in a small town in N. Ireland made the children in the school film club declare it was the best Christmas film they have ever seen! It has a decent plot and is well acted, the children stealing the show. Lots of Christmas messages and a sprinkling of schmaltz. Sure what more do you want?

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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If you equate Christmas with boredom then this movie is for you. If you actually like movies avoid this like the plague.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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Audience Member

Loved it! Great to see unknown kids playing most of the main characters... this wasn't a rerun of anything,?in fact it's based on true happenings in the town of GlenArm in Northern Ireland.. I've watched a few times and love it everytime

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Audience Member

Nice Christmas movie with a good story thats worth watching

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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Audience Member

It's a christmas film but nothing more.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Synopsis

When a developer threatens Noelle's peaceful life, she and her friends use her gift of performing miracles to thwart his plans and save their village.

Director: Richard Elson
Producer: Joan Burney Keatings
Screenwriter: Maire Campbell
Production Co: Cinemagic Inc.
Genre: Holiday, Drama, Adventure
Original Language: British English
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 20, 2016
Runtime: 1h 22m

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