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  • 2022
  • TV-14
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 39 m
  • 2022
  • TV-14
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 39 m

Summary When best-selling author Jake Turner (Justin Hartley) returns home at Christmas to settle his estranged mother's estate, he discovers a diary that may hold secrets to his own past and that of Rachel (Barrett Doss) - an intriguing young woman on a mission of her own. Together, they embark on a journey to confront their pasts and discover ...

Directed By: Charles Shyer

Written By: Rebecca Connor, David Golden, Richard Paul Evans, Charles Shyer

  • 2022
  • TV-14
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 39 m
  • 2022
  • TV-14
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 39 m

The Noel Diary

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 4 Critic Reviews
63
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 5 User Ratings
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Summary When best-selling author Jake Turner (Justin Hartley) returns home at Christmas to settle his estranged mother's estate, he discovers a diary that may hold secrets to his own past and that of Rachel (Barrett Doss) - an intriguing young woman on a mission of her own. Together, they embark on a journey to confront their pasts and discover ...

Directed By: Charles Shyer

Written By: Rebecca Connor, David Golden, Richard Paul Evans, Charles Shyer

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Generally Favorable Based on 4 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 4 Critic Reviews
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70
Nov 29, 2022
The director Charles Shyer brings a journeyman’s ease to the screenplay (based on Richard Paul Evans’s novel by the same name): embracing holiday movie expectations here, gently deflecting them there.
By Lisa Kennedy FULL REVIEW
70
Nov 29, 2022
Overall, this picture is a refreshing alternative to the synthetic, simplistic Christmas movies that proliferate this time of year. Ditch the mistletoe and holly and it would still be a well-crafted, well-balanced character sketch, following two lost souls as they discover what they’ve been missing.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW

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60
Nov 29, 2022
The film exceeds expectations with respect to being a Netflix Christmas production, but it is thoughtful and sincere all the same.
By Patrice Witherspoon FULL REVIEW
38
Nov 29, 2022
Charles Shyer, who co-wrote this with a Netflix house hack (“Dangerous Lies”) blows too many of his shots at “charming,” never quite nails down the “romance” and dithers away the “mystery” in this flavorless variation on formula.
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Production Company Change Up Productions, Johnson Production Group, Netflix Studios
Release Date Nov 24, 2022
Duration 1 h 39 m
Rating TV-14
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Website https://www.netflix.com/title/81045305/
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