Christmas Magic (TV 2011)

Carrie Bishop (Booth) lives for her successful career as an event planner in New York City, but her life changes in an instant after a nasty car accident in a snowstorm. Carrie suffers head... See full summary »

Director:

John Bradshaw

Writers:

Joany Kane, Rickie Castaneda,

Stars:

Lindy Booth, Paul McGillion, Derek McGrath

Cast

Cast overview:
Lindy Booth	...	Carrie Bishop
Paul McGillion	...	Scott Walker
Derek McGrath	...	Henry
Kiara Glasco	...	Abby
Teresa Pavlinek	...	Rita
Tricia Braun	...	Lynette
Barbara Gordon	...	Betsy
Marqus Bobesich	...	Danny
Don Allison	...	Jefferson
Robert Clarke	...	Critic
Louise Nicol	...	Mrs. McCarty
Mark Wiebe	...	Waiter
Gerry Fiorini	...	Gas Attendant
Jackie English	...	Nurse
Emmanuel Kabongo	...	Chef #1

Storyline

Carrie Bishop (Booth) lives for her successful career as an event planner in New York City, but her life changes in an instant after a nasty car accident in a snowstorm. Carrie suffers head trauma and regains consciousness in Central Park with an older man, Henry (Derek McGrath, "Little Mosque on the Prairie"). Henry is Carrie's spirit guide and is there to help her "pass over" to Heaven. But before Carrie can move on, she must fulfill one last task on Earth - a type of Angel Duty. Henry tells Carrie that she must help guide a widowed, young restaurant owner, Scott Walker, (McGillion) who has recently considered suicide because his beloved restaurant/catering business is utterly failing. Carrie befriends Scott and his 8-year-old daughter and immediately displays a knack for promoting the restaurant. But time isn't on Carrie's side on this mission. She has until midnight Christmas Eve to turn the eatery around. As friendship grows, romance blooms, and Carrie finds it a struggle to keep...

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Plot Keywords:

angel | christmas

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Taglines:

Heaven can wait as a reluctant angel takes on one more earthly mission to earn her wings.

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Genres:

Drama | Fantasy

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Details

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 December 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

L'ange de noël

Filming Locations:

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Chesler/Perlmutter Productions

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

When Carrie is shown in a coma in her hospital bed, half the time she has a frown on her face, the other half she doesn't. You don't frown in a coma.

User Reviews

Reasonable Christmas movie

It's a TV movie, so don't expect too much, and unfortunately it looks like it was edited around advert breaks, so it cuts away at strange times. Okay, it's contrived, but then so is a story where a man gets visited by 4 ghosts all in the same night and then wakes to find that the prize Christmas turkey is still for sale, which gets delivered, cooked and eaten all in one day. The ending does go a bit quickly, which is a shame, as they could have extended that whilst speeding up some of the middle bits of the film, which did drag a bit. I enjoyed the movie, but will i watch it again? We will have to see this time next year.