Underplayed Gems

The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey (2007)

The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey poster
Directed by
Bill Clark
Genre
comedy drama, family film, Christmas film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 31m
Rated
PG
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 41 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A grieving widow and her young son move to a new town where the boy asks a sullen woodcarver to make a nativity set. Through their interactions the woodcarver slowly opens up and finds a new sense of family.

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What happens

The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey is a 2007 British film scripted and directed by Bill Clark. It was adapted from a 1995 book of the same name, written by Susan Wojciechowski and illustrated by P. J. Lynch. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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