

With Christmas Eve just around the corner in bustling New York, five lonely and sad strangers find their lives inadvertently intersected.
Acting
Susan Sarandon commits to unhinged grief with zero shame
Direction
Chazz Palminteri's debut: competent, workmanlike, deeply beige
Score
Michael Convertino deploys every sentimental string known to man

Director
Chazz Palminteri
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Chazz Palminteri directed this solely so he could cast himself as the mysterious doctor who delivers the titular miracle.
This is Penélope Cruz's lost holiday movie era between Vanilla Sky and Volver—she plays furious and pregnant while Paul Walker simping for Robin Williams haunts the background.