"The Christmas Card" (2006).
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 5:18 pm
"The Christmas Card" inspired by real-life situations, that looks at the unlikely romance between a soldier serving in Afghanistan and a woman from a small California mountain town, which all begins when he gets one of the Christmas cards she sent out en masse to the troops.
John Newton ("The Untouchables") stars as Army Sgt. Cody Cullen, who can't stop rereading the handmade card from Faith Spelman (Alice Evans), which includes photos of her picturesque hometown of Nevada City.
When a sad errand for a fallen comrade takes him back to the states at Christmastime, Cody visits Nevada City and meets Faith. After performing a heroic act, he winds up practically adopted into the Spelman family and even takes a temporary job at the family lumber mill. Although Faith's parents, Luke and Rosie (Ed Asner, Lois Nettleton), adore Cody -- and Faith connects with him as well -- there's the pesky question of her wealthy but largely absent boyfriend, Paul (Ben Weber).
"The Christmas Card" is an old-fashioned heart-tugger, and that's fine with Newton, who says, "I've probably only cried two times reading a script. ... But when I got to the end, I was so caught up in the story -- it sounds cliche, but I really was -- I cried a little bit.
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