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
Susan Sarandon
Rose Collins
Paul Walker
Mike Riley
Penélope Cruz
Nina Vasquez
Alan Arkin
Artie
Marcus Thomas
Jules Calvert
Sonny Marinelli
Dennis
Daniel Sunjata
Marco
Chazz Palminteri
Arizona
Robin Williams
Charlie Boyd / The Priest
Rob Daly
Paul
John Doman
Dr. Baron
Billy Porter
Randy
Carmen Ejogo
Dr. Batiste
Donna Hanover
Debbie Carmichael
Merwin Mondesir
Glenn
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.
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