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Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Mitch Davis
Written by	Mitch Davis ; Tyler McKellar
Produced by	Mitch Davis; Larry King; Shawn Southwick; Ken Bretschneider
Starring	Patrick Stewart; James Roday; Julianna Guill ; Jon Heder; Cheryl Hines; Gary Cole
Cinematography	Ty Arnold
Edited by	Danny Ramirez; Steven Ramirez
Music by	Christian Davis
Production; company	Unstuck
Distributed by	Amplify/GoDigital
Release date	December 4, 2015;
Running time	95 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$91,302

Christmas Eve is a 2015 American Christmas comedy film, directed by Mitch Davis, written by Davis and Tyler McKellar, and produced by Davis and Larry King. The film features a large ensemble cast led by Patrick Stewart, James Roday, Julianna Guill, Jon Heder, Cheryl Hines, and Gary Cole.

Set in New York City, the film tells the stories of various characters as they become trapped in six different elevators on the titular evening.

Cast edit

Patrick Stewart as Harris
James Roday as B
Julianna Guill as Ann
Jon Heder as James Harris
Cheryl Hines as Dawn
Gary Cole as Dr. Roberts
Christina Chong as Karen
Max Casella as Randy
Juliet Aubrey as Marta
David Bamber as Walt
Jenny Oaks Baker as Mandy
Steve John Shepherd as Glen (as Steven John Shepherd)
Lex Shrapnel as Tim
Jaclyn Hales as Lila
Clara Perez as Amelia

Reception edit

Christmas Eve was panned by critics. On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 0%, based on 10 reviews, an average rating of 4.1/10.^[2] On Metacritic, it holds a score of 24 out of 100, based on 4 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".^[3]

Joe Leydon of Variety wrote "Davis obviously aims to indicate a grand design to seemingly random events, and the presence of a higher power — probably God — capable of affecting human destinies." He further noted, "the movie can serve as undemanding home-screen amusement to enjoy while wrapping Christmas presents."^[4]

Jared Whitley of the Star Trek fan site Trek Movie gave the film "3 out of 4 lights," noting that "Patrick Stewart fans will no doubt remember his iconic role as Ebeneezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol and will be happy to know that Stewart brings plenty of that regal Scrooge-ness to his role in Christmas Eve." He further noted that all the characters "have the kind of amazing cathartic experiences that can only happen in movies when you’re trapped in elevator with strangers."^[5]

The film was nominated for an AML Award.

References edit

^ "Christmas Eve (2015) - Box Office Results". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved March 31, 2016.
^ "Christmas Eve (2015)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
^ "Christmas Eve". Metacritic. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
^ Leydon, Joe. “Film Review: ‘Christmas Eve’”, “Variety,” December 8, 2015
^ Whitley, Jared. “There Are 24 Lights: Patrick Stewart Headlines Light-hearted ‘Christmas Eve’ ”, “TrekMovie.com,” December 11, 2015