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Carol of the Bells (2019)
Another great feel good Christmas movie
"Carol Of the Bells" is about a man with cerebral palsy trying to find her biological mother, and he is shocked to see that she has down syndrome. At first, he gives up trying to find her, but his wife encourages him to reconcile with her, and they form a friendship. It is a feel good movie with a deep message. This story made me feel happy and sad at times. It made me feel happy when he finally celebrated Christmas and his son's birthday, because he finally cares about all that. It made me feel sad when his mother's mother didn't want them to see each other, because she doesn't know how that will affect Carol's mentality.
RJ Mitte, who played the main character, Scott Johnson, gave a powerful performance as a person trying to escape his past. I really connected to him because he's struggling to forgive his mother for all of the bad things she did to him. Yuly Mireles, who played Scott's wife, Karen, also gave an impeccable performance as a woman trying to get her husband to reconcile with his mother. She is the glue that's keeping this family together. Elijah Maximus, who played their son, Jeremy, plays a child who you immediately fall in love with because he is...just the cutest little peanut. He's important to the story because he wants his father to care about Christmas and his own birthday. Andrea Fay Friedman, who played Scott's mother, Carol, the title character, was very good in this movie because you are convinced when she's sad because she misses her son. Donna Mills, who plays Carol's mother, Helen Harris, is a misunderstood woman who's running Carol's life. She's important to the story because she is trying to keep this family apart.
The technical aspect that helped tell the story is the cinematography, which is what I love about movies. This movie is beautifully filmed, like the shot of the tiny hand and the big hand holding each other. All of the lights on the set really stand out, like the establishing shots of the Johnson house, and the shot of the Christmas tree at the end. The drone shots of the city made this movie cinematic. The cinematography helped tell the story because, as a Christmas family movie, it should be a well-lit, well-shot picture, which it was.
"Carol Of the Bells" is a movie about a broken family being brought back together, which is what Christmas is all about. In my opinion, it is an honest, heart-felt, meaningful movie that deserves to be shown every Christmas season.