A little girl needs her friends, her special Yule powers, classic Christmas movies, Kylie Minogue and Pierce Brosnan to fight capitalism in a Northern Irish village
Wee Noelle (Erin Galway-Kendrick) was born on Christmas Day in a barn, lives in a factory town where they make festive snow globes, and has a magical ability to defuse arguments and strike good cheer into the hearts of all with a blink. But even her supernaturally enhanced Yule powers are not enough to defeat the forces of capitalism without help from her school friends. This Northern Ireland-set fable steals adroitly from all kinds of classic Christmas-themed movies – a bit of Miracle on 34th Street, a dash of Nativity!, a big dollop of It’s a Wonderful Life, and so on. But the slapdash, script-on-the-back-of-an-envelope aesthetic becomes part of the charm in the end, especially when a parade of random celebrities (including Liam Neeson,...
Wee Noelle (Erin Galway-Kendrick) was born on Christmas Day in a barn, lives in a factory town where they make festive snow globes, and has a magical ability to defuse arguments and strike good cheer into the hearts of all with a blink. But even her supernaturally enhanced Yule powers are not enough to defeat the forces of capitalism without help from her school friends. This Northern Ireland-set fable steals adroitly from all kinds of classic Christmas-themed movies – a bit of Miracle on 34th Street, a dash of Nativity!, a big dollop of It’s a Wonderful Life, and so on. But the slapdash, script-on-the-back-of-an-envelope aesthetic becomes part of the charm in the end, especially when a parade of random celebrities (including Liam Neeson,...
- 11/12/2015
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Guardian - Film News
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