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A Town Without Christmas

2001 · 91 min

A gentle, earnest small-town Christmas drama that balances a child's peril with warm community spirit and a touch of mystery.

Directed by
Andy Wolk
Genres
Family, Drama
Overview
In the small town of Seacliff, Wash., a child's letter to Santa Claus captures the nation's attention. When the little boy, Chris, writes that he wishes to leave this world so he will no longer be a burden to his divorcing parents, a race begins to find him before he harms himself.

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Directed by
Andy Wolk
Genres
Family, Drama
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • grief
  • isolation
  • redemption
  • parenthood
Places
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism7
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity3
Emotional weight6

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Genres
family, drama
Directed by
Andy Wolk
Written by
Michael J. Murray
Starring
Patricia Heaton, Rick Roberts, Ernie Hudson, Isabella Fink, Jeffrey R. Smith, Daniel Kash, Marnie McPhail, Peter Falk
Music
Lawrence Shragge
Cinematography
Paul Maibaum
Runtime
91 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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