The Christmas Candle
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| Directed by | John Stephenson |
| Produced by | Tom Newman Hannah Leader Steve Christian Ivan Dunleavy Huw Penallt Jones Brian Lockhart |
| Written by | Candace Lee Eric Newman Max Lucado |
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Hans Matheson Samantha Barks Lesley Manville Sylvester McCoy James Cosmo Susan Boyle Barbara Flynn John Hannah |
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| Distributed by | Pinewood Studios (UK) EchoLight Studios (US) |
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| Country | United Kingdom United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2,258,620 |
The Christmas Candle is a 2013 British/American Christmas drama film.
It is based on Max Lucado's novel The Christmas Candle. The film is an Impact and Big Book Media Production presented by Pinewood Pictures being distributed by Rick Santorum's film production company EchoLight Studios in the US and by Pinewood Pictures in the UK. It is Susan Boyle's debut on the big screen. Boyle also contributes an original song to the film, "Miracle Hymn".
It was shot in Gloucestershire, Worcestershire and in the Isle of Man. Locations included Stanway House, Tudor House in the Worcestershire village of Broadway, and the Wiltshire village of Biddestone, including the White Horse pub. Studio work was completed on the Isle of Man in the Mountain View Media Village studios in Lezayre.
In the fictional village of Gladbury, every twenty-five years an angel visits the candlemaker and bestows a miracle upon whomever lights the Christmas Candle. However, shortly after the arrival of a new pastor, David Richmond in 1890, the Christmas Candle goes missing.
The Christmas Candle makes use of the Bible and the main character, the pastor, quotes Jesus from the Gospels while focusing on the Advent season. The viewpoint of the movie is a mixture of Protestant and Roman Catholic theology, where the main character is struggling to find his lost faith.
The film was critically panned and holds an 18% critical score on Rotten Tomatoes. The New York Daily News described it as a "Dickens-meets-Sunday-school movie", and that it was "as artless as the setup [was] muddled". The New York Post referred to it as a "throwback, made-for-TV-style film" with a "cheesy climax". The Arizona Republic judged it as "resolutely stiff and hollow".
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