I like Olivia d'Abo, her performance is good but held back here. The movie is severely limited by lack of story development, script, and poor casting. I don't understand why they didn't cast C Thomas Howell as her husband. They are near enough in age and he would have had a better part. CTH was basically wasted here. The daughter is good but doesn't have a big enough part. Several potentially interesting subplots are not developed or even explored. Because of this the story lacks much depth and it is basically a barebones stream towards the conclusion, which does still evoke some degree of genuine feeling only because of d'Abo as she finally manages to gather up a bit of acting ability and pull off a decent finish.
Review of A Christmas Eve Miracle
