Two separate stories mesh - in the first, a young music teacher, Maggie Andrews, begins dying of a heart condition and her son Nathan tries to get a pair of Christmas shoes for her before she dies. In the second, lawyer Robert Layton and his wife Kate are slowly drifting apart and the matter comes to a head during Christmas when Kate takes over for Maggie for the school choir.
Acting
Rob Lowe's commitment to this nonsense is almost admirable.
Score
That song. You know the one. It haunts malls nationwide.
Director
Andy Wolk
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on the 2000 Newsong single that launched a thousand mall Christmas playlists and evangelical tearjerkers.
Rob Lowe reportedly took this role during his post-West Wing 'serious actor' phase; the irony remains delicious.
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