It’s a good holiday telefilm for the most part, but I suppose when it comes to the yearly “writer covers Christmas” storylines, Hallmark’s “Angel of Christmas” is not one of the better ones, but it is intriguing.
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TITLE: Angel of Christmas
FILM YEAR: 2015
DURATION: 84 Minutes
COMPANY: Hallmark Channel
Based on the novel “The Christmas Angel” by Jane Maas
Directed by Ron Oliver
Teleplay by Gary Goldstein
Executive Producer: Howard Braunstein, Michael G. Larkin
Produced by Christian Bruyere
Music by Michael Richard Plowman
Cinematography: Eric J. Goldstein
Edited by Jason Pielak
Casting by Jackie Lid, Penny Perry
Production Design by Paul McCulloch
Set Decoration by Tamara Gauthier, Ashlee Radu
Costume Design by Valerie Halverson
Starring:
Jennifer Finnigan as Susan Nicholas
Jonathan Scarfe as Brady Howe
Holly Robinson Peete as Yvette Collins
Christine Lang as Hayley
Francis X. McCarthy as Grandpa James
Wanda Cannon as Heather Nicholas
Barclay Hope as David Nicholas
Tahmoh Penikett as Derek Hamilton
Marc Bendavid as Owen Thomas
Chloe McClay as Jessica Rose
Candice-May Davies as Maggie
A holiday Grinch ever since her boyfriend dumped her on Christmas, newspaper staffer Susan gets her first big break to write her own headline story.
What happens when a hopeful news journalist who dislilkes Christmas, must write a news story for her possible big break?
This is the storyline for “Angel of Christmas”, a 2015 Hallmark holiday telefilm directed by Ron Oliver and written by Gary Goldstein and based on the novel of the same name by Jane Maas.
The film stars Jennifer Finnigan (“Tyrant”, “Salvation”, “Close to Home”, “Moonshine”), Jonathan Scarfe (“The Equalizer 2”, “Van Helsing”, “Hell on Wheels”), Holly Robinson Peete (“21 Jump Street”, “For Your Love”, “Howard the Duck”) and Christie Laing (“Arrow”, “Smallville”).
The film revolves around Susan Nicholas (portrayed by Jennifer Finnegan), a copywriter looking for her big break as a journalist.
Her editor Yvette (potrayed by Holly Robinson Peete) tends to decline her article suggestions but is open for her to writing a Christmas story. While Susan takes on the challenge, the problem is that Susan is not a big fan of Christmas and can’t stand it.
Her friend Hayley (portrayed by Christie Laing) tells Susan to go with her idea of writing a holiday story about a holiday Christmas angel that her grandfather had carved out of wood.
Meanwhile, she meets Brady Howe (portrayed by Jonathan Scarfe) who is a painter that she keeps running into at different locations. And also being asked out a lot by her co-worker Derek (portrayed by Tahmoh Penikett).
But what will Jennifer discover as she uncovers the secrets of the wooden Christmas angel her father had carved?
For the most part, “Angel of Christmas” is an interesting storyline.
While the telefilm is banal in the fact that you get your journalist who goes back home and also meets a guy that she grows close with, it’s always a plot used over and over in holiday films and the same goes for “Angel of Christmas”.
But what makes this interesting is the story of why her grandfather carved the wooden Christmas angel and the history and magic of this Christmas angel that may open up Susan from hating Christmas, to actually enjoying it.
It’s a good holiday telefilm for the most part, but I suppose when it comes to the yearly “writer covers Christmas” storylines, Hallmark’s “Angel of Christmas” is not one of the better ones, but it is intriguing.
Purchase “Angel of Christmas” on Amazon
