Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Hans MathesonDavid Richmond
- Samantha BarksEmily Barstow
- Lesley ManvilleBea Haddington
- Sylvester McCoyEdward Haddington
- James CosmoHerbert Hopewell
- Susan BoyleEleanor Hopewell
- Barbara FlynnLady Camdon
- John HannahWilliam Barstow
- Jude WrightCharlie
- Emily ShewellOrphan Sarah
Recommendations
- 63
Chicago Sun-Times
Despite some fine production values, lovely photography and smart casting of a range of British stage and screen actors, The Christmas Candle can’t quite move beyond the weary metaphors. It has the feel of a slick television movie. - 60
Los Angeles Times
The Christmas Candle" seems destined to be a Hallmark movie of the week. But in spite of the hammy histrionics requisite for the genre, it is not at all a turkey. - 50
Washington Post
It’s hard to imagine this tale of tradition and miracles leading skeptics to contemplation, much less faith. - 50
New York Post
Ultimately, this throwback, made-for-TV-style film takes the easy way out in a cheesy climax, but its resolute quaintness may appeal to the kind of viewers who regard electricity as disturbingly newfangled. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
Its hopelessly stodgy execution will test the patience of even the most enthusiastic audiences for faith-based films. - 40
The New York Times
The residents of the English village Gladbury in the period holiday film The Christmas Candle might as well be bustling about in a snow globe for all their dimples, yuletide obsession and quaint, consumptive coughs. - 40
Empire
Indigestible Christmas stodge. - 30
Austin Chronicle
The Christmas Candle is not only as picturesque and beautiful as a holiday card but also just as two-dimensionally flat.
