Far from evoking heartwarming joy a la IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946), this muddled multinarrative story — the feel-bad movie of any year you choose to name — is a long, strange 90 minutes of cliches and bizarre plot twists bound to knock the holiday spirit out of unwary viewers. Ostensibly about strangers finding friendship and love during the holiday season, it begins as divorced Manhattan book-editor Rose (Susan Sarandon) pays a dutiful daily visit to her ailing, hospital-bound mother. She tries to keep the holiday spirit, but her nonexistent social life and unresponsive mother make it hard. Having left an angel by the bedside of a comatose man who never h...
Released:
2004
Rated:
PG
Length:
96 mins