New York Christmas – Weihnachtswunder gibt es doch (2015)

New York Christmas – Weihnachtswunder gibt es doch: Directed by Mitch Davis. With Margaret Clunie, Roxy Cook, Steve John Shepherd, Taylor James. Hilarity, romance, and transcendence prevail after a power outage traps six different groups of New Yorkers inside elevators on Christmas Eve.

“Patrick Stewart is a diverse and lovable actor, one that can fit any role and be endearing to audience. The first flaw of many this movie has is secluding him form the rest of cast and makes him recites dull version of A Christmas Carol. The other plots are different groups of similarly pretentious characters trying to be humorous and delivering some warm message, all of which fail to do so.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis is several short stories woven together with one underlying theme; finding solace in unfavorable situation of confined in elevator. There are so many noises and gibberish, it just doesnu0026#39;t feel authentic in any way. Most of these characters speak and do things no ordinary person would even consider normal. Perhaps the movie would like audience to suspense judgement to these supposed colorful characters, but they are simply revolting.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMaybe only one or two of them are decent, and thatu0026#39;s already an overstatement considering they rely so heavily on terrible script. If this is an attempt to build any connection then itu0026#39;s a misguided one. The photographer and random lady subplot is superbly awful, almost rude even. They are just silly in an attempt for mild romance which eventually ends up creepy and inauthentic.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThere is actually a good cast here, they are just trapped in situation or company no one would like to see, let alone experience. The orchestra assembly stuck in one elevator is just too much, too crude and with no real focus. Jon Heder is pretty good, although he must content with horrible boss cliché. The one elevator that has some kind of heart is the hospital one, it sometimes looks real enough, however itu0026#39;s still lacking depth to present a drama of faith.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWith so many angles and good cast, itu0026#39;s actually surprising that every single one of them is flawed. Having insipid script and appalling characters, itu0026#39;s better to be stuck on an elevator in real life than trapped watching this.”