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A Christmas Star

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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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Critics Reviews

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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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Grace Montgomery Common Sense Media Star-studded Irish holiday movie is cliched but sweet. Rated: 2/5 Jan 6, 2016 Full Review Grant Rollings The Sun (UK) This Northern Irish family movie is desperately short on original ideas. Rated: 2/5 Dec 4, 2015 Full Review Read all reviews

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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 Full Review Audience Member 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Audience Member Nice Christmas movie with a good story thats worth watching Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Audience Member It's a christmas film but nothing more. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member A nice Christmas movie that everyone can enjoy Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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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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