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Merry Christmas (Joyeux Noël)

Joyeux Noël

2005

Christian Carion

Diane Kruger, Benno Fürmann, Daniel Brühl, Guillaume Canet ...

6.8

5,121

Drama This movie is inspired by a true story, which happened during the First World War, for Christmas Eve 1914, in many different places of the battlefront. When war breaks out in the lull of summer 1914, it surprises and pulls millions of men in its wake. And Christmas arrives, with it's snow and multitude of family and army presents. But the surprise won't come from inside the generous parcels which lie in the French, Scottish and German ... [+]

	Author	Review
	Fabien Lemercier Cineuropa	"A classic which does not try to be innovative, gaining its strength from the emotion and importance of the subject."	POS
United Kingdom	Trevor Johnston Time Out	"Christian Carion’s approach is accessible, unashamedly old-fashioned even, but it’s impressive and moving precisely because it never resorts to easy lachrymosity"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"It is strongly and competently told, and the poignancy of warriors stricken by the sound of Stille Nacht floating across the trenches still has the power to move (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Wesley Morris Boston Globe	"Carion has taken one of the more astounding and surreal moments in 20th-century history and turned it into a moral greeting card (...) It's harder not to find the movie dull."	NEG

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