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Audiences rate it 30 points higher than critics do. Most of the 7,172 2010s drama movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
Deep in the heart of the English countryside lies the enchanting village of Gladbury. Legend has it every 25 years an angel visits the village candlemaker and touches a single candle. Whoever lights this candle receives a miracle on Christmas Eve. But in 1890, at the dawn of the electric age, this centuries old legend may come to an end.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes22%
Metacritic33/100
Audiences rate it 30 points higher than critics do.
45 audience votes
Key crew
- Candace LeeWriter
- John StephensonDirector
- Tim AtackOriginal Music Composer
- Eric NewmanWriter
Cast
- Hans MathesonDavid Richmond
- Samantha BarksEmily Barstow
- Lesley ManvilleBea Haddington
- Sylvester McCoyEdward Haddington
- James CosmoHerbert Hopewell
- Susan BoyleEleanor Hopewell
- Barbara FlynnLady Camdon
- John HannahWilliam Barstow
- Jude WrightCharlie
- Emily ShewellOrphan Sarah
- James GreeneOld Man
- Beatrice CurnewAgnes Chumley
