The Christmas Spirit (TV Movie 2013)

The Christmas Spirit: Directed by Jack Angelo. With Nicollette Sheridan, Bart Johnson, Amanda Foreman, Sammi Hanratty. A women lands in a coma but realizes her spirit is awake, so she tries to communicate with people in her town and convinces them to change their minds about pending real-estate development in their community.

“Beyond Awful! I did not care for this Christmas movie the first time I saw it. After seeing it again, I thought it was even worse! I profoundly noticed an underlying theme that surfaced, which is a mockery of Christianity! u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu0026quot;Charlotte,u0026quot; is ONLY a recently unemployed newspaper writer, but is glorified ad nauseum by the townu0026#39;s people, and whom they keep turning to and relying on for help regarding the potential buy-out situation….including the business owners. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eEven in the Church scene, the Reverend stated to his congregation –to the effect– that the greatest message of Christmas is Charlotteu0026#39;s life. (What about the message from the u0026quot;Reasonu0026quot; for the Christmas Season?)u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOlympia tells there was always something special about her ever since she was a child. Her contacts to the people were alluding to be miracles.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eShe was the deciding person whose u0026quot;righteousu0026quot; (or more accurately, self-righteous) influence would determine if her and Daniel would be returned to their bodies…the power over life or death. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIs she the townu0026#39;s u0026quot;savioru0026quot;??………..Also, she gains a power from the spirit world. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOlympia Dukakis constantly looked like she was in deep mourning at a wake (so depressed).u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBlatant Puzzling Mistake: When Charlotte and Daniel were walking on the sidewalk, he pulled out a wad of money. She tells him to put it away before it scares someone seeing money floating by. Well, um, since they are invisible and the money is not, then the money is going to look like itu0026#39;s floating no matter where he has it….including being thrown in Santau0026#39;s collection pot….and in the restaurant,u0026quot;hidingu0026quot; it to his side before placing it as a tip on the table. DUH!!!!!!! u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eNicolette Sheridan is a stoic actress, extremely little to mostly no expression…in all of her movies. No expression from her eyes, mouth, entire face, or sincerity with words. So for a movie that was supposed to be focused on conveying a heart-tugging message, she did not convey the message. She just played the part. One would solely have to listen to the words and rely on the plot. Therefore, she was not right for the part.”