Rotten
Melds the intriguing with the hokey in a variation on the standard template of a nonbeliever who changes his outlook amid a holiday miracle.
Kyle Smith, New York Post
The Christmas Candle
Believe the Miracle
2013 · 1h 40m · PG
Drama, Family
Directed by
John Stephenson
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The Christmas Candle
Overview
Deep in the heart of the English countryside lies the enchanting village of Gladbury. Legend has it every 25 years an angel visits the village candlemaker and touches a single candle. Whoever lights this candle receives a miracle on Christmas Eve. But in 1890, at the dawn of the electric age, this centuries old legend may come to an end.
Director and cast
- John Stephenson Director
- Hans Matheson as David Richmond
- Samantha Barks as Emily Barstow
- Lesley Manville as Bea Haddington
- Sylvester McCoy as Edward Haddington
- James Cosmo as Herbert Hopewell
- Susan Boyle as Eleanor Hopewell
- Barbara Flynn as Lady Camdon
- John Hannah as William Barstow
- Jude Wright as Charlie
- Emily Shewell as Orphan Sarah
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
22%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Relates the weak-tea parable of a town that receives a wish-giving candle every 25 years from an angel.
Nicolas Rapold, New York Times
Rotten
This holiday movie about a man of God who regains his faith thanks to a miraculous candle is as picturesque as a snow globe and just about as full of human life.
Michael Sragow, Orange County Register
Rotten
This odd Dickens-meets-Sunday-school movie is as artless as the setup is muddled.
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News
Rotten
"The Christmas Candle," based on a book by Texas minister Max Lucado, might be the ideal movie for Christians in search of family-friendly entertainment, but its appeal won't stretch beyond that demographic.
Stephanie Merry, Washington Post
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