Noel Movie Review 2004

Not designed for Christmas cheer, this coal-in-your-stocking drama (Palminteri's directorial debut) follows the intertwined stories of several lonely New Yorkers searching for happiness on Christmas Eve. Rose (Sarandon) is a divorced, workaholic book editor desperately trying for a final reconciliation with a mother who's in the last stages of Alzheimer's. Nina (Cruz) and Mike (Walker) are engaged but Mike's pathological jealousy is about to destroy the relationship. Waiter Artie (Arkin) thinks Mike is the reincarnation of his dead wife(!) and follows him around constantly. And homeless Jules's (Thomas) one happy holiday memory was a party in the hospital emergency room so he decides to have an "emergency." When Robin Williams shows up (unbilled) to give advice, you know you're in trouble.

Distribution

Not Yet Released

Available on DVD
Running time 96 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Christmas, Anthology, Only the Lonely, New York, New York, Nuns & Priests, Doctors & Nurses, Homeless

Screenplay

David Hubbard

Cast

Penelope Cruz, Susan Sarandon, Paul Walker, Alan Arkin, Marcus Thomas, Chazz Palminteri, Robin Williams

Cinematography

Russell Carpenter

Director

Chazz Palminteri

Music

Alan Menken

Other

Patrick Rousseau, Amanda Scheer Demme, Susan E. Morse, Renee April, Carol Spier

Producer

Howard Rosenman, Al Corley, Bart Rosenblatt, Eugene Musso, Convex Group, Neverland Films, Zvi Howard Rosenman