By Martine Bates Sharp
The Christmas Candle
EchoLight Studios
Did the fact that the title of this movie started with “Max Lucado” grab you? It did me. In fact that is why I chose it to review. I figured it would be a good movie. It turned out to be a great movie!
Of course, I’m a sucker for Christmas movies anyway and may be a trifle prejudiced. My husband, Rick, is not. He usually goes upstairs to play his guitar when I start watching one. When I started watching “The Christmas Candle,” he stood up and started to leave the room. Ten minutes later he was still standing there. Fifteen minutes later I suggested (with a little smirk) that he might be more comfortable sitting down to watch the movie. He did. It was that good.
The movie, set in 1890 England, is the story of a legend that says every 25 years an angel visits the candlemaker in the village of Gladbury and touches one of his candles. Whoever lights the candle on Christmas Eve receives a miracle. Of course many people in the village are desperate for a miracle.
The characters are beautifully presented and the story unfolds with unexpected twists and turns. I won’t give away the details but at the end one is left with a picture of what can happen when we love God and our fellow man.
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