PREVIEW: The Noel Diary (PG)

WHO’S IN IT?

Justin Hartley (Red Canyon), Bonnie Bedelia (Die Hard), Treat Williams (Once Upon a Time in America), James Remar (Persecuted), Essence Atkins (How High), Andrea Sooch (100 Years of Evil), Barrett Doss (Marshall), Vivian Full (Status Update), Aaron Costa Ganis (Lazy Eye)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Charles Shyer (Father of the Bride), director, writer; Rebecca Connor (film debut) and David Golden (Dangerous Lies), writers; Margret H. Huddleston (Most Likely to Die), Timothy O. Johnson (It Came from Somewhere Else) and Stephanie Slack (Love, Guaranteed), producers; Dara Taylor (The Tender Bar), composer; Ashley Rowe (Calendar Girls), cinematographer; Ryan C. Fill (Ghosts of the Ozarks) and David Moritz (Rushmore), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Jacob Churcher (Hartley), a bestselling romance novelist, learns that his estranged mother has passed away, and left him her old house in his home town. Travelling just before Christmas to settle his mother’s affairs, Jacob discovers among the many items that his mother left behind a diary belonging to someone named Noel, which holds many secrets to his and his mother’s difficult past. Soon, he teams with unexpected visitor Rachel (Doss), a young woman looking for the mother who gave her up many years ago, to find Noel and discover who she really was…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Netflix’s new festive outing is a tad more dramatic than the lighter Hallmark fare they’ve been putting out, but it’s filled with enough mystery and uplifting romance to keep your Christmas spirits up.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

THURSDAY 24TH NOVEMBER 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON NETFLIX

 

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