Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

SpuffyWeb Sadly Over-hyped

Stevecorp Don't listen to the negative reviews

Gurlyndrobb While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Christmas-Reviewer A German mother, Elisabeth Vincken (Linda Hamilton), who had already lost her eldest son in the Battle of Stalingrad and whose husband is a cook serving in the German army, and her son, Fritz, are seeking refuge in a cabin near the front lines in the Ardennes forests region of western Europe. They are invaded by three American soldiers and then soon after three German soldiers, and after much resistance the mother manages to convince the enemy soldiers to put aside their differences for one night and share a Christmas dinner.To tell you more about the story would be a crime. The film is so well made that you are drawn into the story once the first images hit the screen. The film is well paced. I was pleasantly surprised on how much I enjoyed the movie. Now this film is "A Christmas THEME" film but it is made for an older audience and not for children. Now children can watch but they would be bored. When this film pops up on Television watch it.

Armand A story about Chistmas. Withaut Santa, carols or ethical lesson. A story about the differences between people as only little shadows, about the force of every mother , about the colors of war and its essential nuances. So, it is difficult to say if it is god, bad, spectacular or boring. Because this film is, in fact, a form of pray. Self definition. And testimony of a night which lives in every soul. In few words, food for soul. An experience. And invitation to define what is important in our lives. The recipes is same of Hallmark movies. But , i believe, it is a moment, in interesting times, when movies like it may be tasted for not have the feature of a shadow.

kevdor I was watching late night TV when I came upon this movie and I was completely absorbed by it. All I have to say is wow.. just wow! Everything is so different in this film, it shows the true human nature behind the killing machines soldiers become, and how enemies can even bind in the most unlikely situations. It is not meant to show the atrocities of war (bullets flying everywhere, guts being spilled on the ground, etc) but how ridiculous it can be for living, breathing, thinking human beings to kill each for causes that are not even their own.I highly recommend it to anyone, WW2 passionnate or not

sasamijurai The film seems too contrived for me. I can't believe that soldiers who were endocrinated to hate their enemy and who suffered years of war and personal loss, would lay down their weapons to have a Christmas dinner.Secondly what's with the "yokels on horseback" remark about the Polish defenders in 1939. The so called yokels held the Wehrmacht back long enough to evacuate the bulk of their forces to be able to fight on the Western front when the time came and they held on for much longer than the French and British did in continental Europe. A WW2 movie which insults a country which lost 22% of its population while glorifying the Axis powers? Get real.All in all, this film seems to naive in its premise. Maybe an event like this transpired but the way these actors play their parts, well I wouldn't imagine it so.