Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

Surprisingly incoherent and boring

Memorable, crazy movie

Good movie but grossly overrated

This movie makes no sense and is a just a cheap emotion grab for the holidays. Stiff acting and weird camera work, let's hope this does not get a remake ever.

Five New Yorkers come together on Christmas Eve, seeking a miracle.and in this film there is key attraction of 2main characters among this a list of ensemble Xmas stories so in new york on Xmas eve Christmas Eve in New York, and the lonely divorced publisher, Rose goes on a date with a younger worker but her head is not there so with a lot of intertwining stories of helping one another like as rose and her mother as her mother , needs a miracle to improve the health of her mother, interned in a hospital with Alzheimers. She feels sorry for another patient and meets this visitor. Meanwhile, Nina Vasquez breaks her engagement with her beloved fiancé Mike due to his suffocating jealousy, but misses him. Mike is stalked by a stranger, bartender Artie Venzuela. The poor Jules arranges to spend Christmas Eve in the hospital, where he spent the best Christmas of his life when he was a teenager. The lives of some of these characters cross with others along the night.Susan suarandon character rose is losing her mind and is tempting other things until mystery person who is right next door helps her see the ways she can help her mother unkowngly not known who the man was . Paul walker character mike has this jealousy which is ruining his relationships Penelope Cruz character Nina is sultry but strong headed but the two supporting characters bring the meaning of being close this is a subplot to the main story The central characters are touched by oddballs, played by Robin Williams and Allan Arkin, .they bring a certain man love to their roles like "Prelude to a Kiss," and similarly help them reach important epiphanies at dawn. they bring closer on peoples lives who they cross this reminds us that no one is ever truly alone this Xmas this is my

In New York City, Rose is a children's book editor who has never had children and divorced her husband years ago, though when she meets a former friend she tries to claim she is happy with a Wall Street big shot and twin daughters Brittany and Ashley. The truth is she tries to care for everyone else but herself and she needs a relationship ... well, actually, people tell her she needs more than that. Her co-worker Marco might be able to provide her with what she needs, but she doesn't see him that way.Mike and Nina are engaged but Mike, a cop, is suspicious and controlling, though not abusive. Nina is gorgeous and cares a lot about her large family.Marcus had a terrible childhood and he gets by committing crimes. What he wants is a nice Christmas but the only time he ever had Christmas was when his abusive father beat him up and put him in the hospital. So he goes to the hospital hoping he can participate in the activities. Told he has to be a patient, he takes desperate measures.Rose's mother has Alzheimer's and can't remember her, but she is dedicated and visits anyway. Across the hall is a comatose patient who never seems to get visitors, so she decides to be nice and visit the person. Quietly sitting there is a mysterious and kind man played by Robin Williams. Is he an angel? I'm not going to say. All I will say is that he and Rose help each other feel better.Rose and Nina also interact and as a result, Rose ends up spending time with Nina's wonderful family.Meanwhile, Mike and his partner on the force encounter Artie, who works in a restaurant where they eat. He lost his wife years ago and recognizes that Mike likes many of the same things his wife did. Could he be Mike's long-lost father? No, it's actually much weirder than that, and Artie and Mike end up spending time together, which is not entirely positive.This is not always a pleasant movie, but it does have some touching moments and great performances. Susan Sarandon does such a good job, showing a very caring attitude, and putting on a good front when the truth her character is miserable. Penelope Cruz has such a positive attitude for what she is going through.Alan Arkin also shows his talent.And Robin Williams is amazing as always. He isn't that funny here but he has an ability for pleasant drama. Especially after what just happened to him, it's nice to see him as a man of faith and to hope Williams really did believe in something.The storyline about Marcus I could have done without. He doesn't seem to interact with the others but merely happens to be in the same room at one point.Is this a family movie? I wouldn't recommend it for kids, but it has some of the qualities of a holiday family drama. It just reminds us all too much that not everyone has happy holidays, while showing how we can make each other's lives better. And someone forgot to bleep the s-word a couple of times. I don't know whether this means everyone hears it or someone was supposed to be monitoring the movie as it aired. The sound did go out a couple of times later.It's worth seeing if you don't mind being depressed before you feel better.

I found this film, and I had obviously never heard of it before reading about it, that is because it is a low budget independent film, but it was because of a good cast of stars I decided to try it. Basically it is Christmas Eve in New York City, and we see unconnected lives of people living in the city as they try to cope with their problems, all as difficult to deal with, even with the happy day approaching. Lonely divorced publisher Rose Collins (Susan Sarandon) is caring for her mother in hospital as she is suffering from Alzheimers disease, no longer recognising or communicating with her own daughter. Nina Vasquez (Penélope Cruz) is engaged to be married to cop Mike Riley (Paul Walker) who is constantly suspicious of her activities, which causes friction between the loving couple. Lonely bartender Artie Venzuela (Alan Arkin) is stalking Mike, believing he is the reincarnation of his dead wife, but a trip to hospital proves he is not the only person to hear this claim. Jules Calvert (Marcus Thomas) has not experienced a happy Christmas since he was last in hospital, and to try and reenact the enjoyment he had in this time he breaks his arm to have the warm spirit experience where he last had it, in hospital. Former priest Charlie Boyd (Robin Williams, who is uncredited) is a constant visitor for Rose's mother, and when he finds her thinking of suicide he comforts her and suggests talking and trying to make it through the night, and of course the spend the night together, he find himself able to find his faith again. In the end Mike sees poor Artie pass away, but he does get back Nina, Jules I suppose finds some solace, and Rose, after watching Charlie pass away peacefully, does find connection with her mother. Also starring The Usual Suspects' Chazz Palminteri, also directing as Arizona and Sonny Marinelli as Dennis. The cast do relatively well both to bring your spirits up and down, but ultimately to make you feel sympathy, Sarandon is alright as the woman trying to find a miracle through the despair, Walker, Cruz and Arkin do what they do fine, and Williams gets his time as the nice man, this is obviously the sort of film you would expect to see as an alternative and more serious Christmas movie, but it doesn't really do everything to pull you in with whatever silly twists it throws in, it is a slightly tedious, but not a completely awful seasonal drama. Okay!