Hoax for the Holidays [HD]

H-o-a-x For The Holidays
This is a CANADIAN film--which you'd not notice except for the foreign currency.
This film contains O-N-E objectionable word that prompted the label on the DVD box:
"WARNING: THIS FILM CONTAINS COURSE LANGUAGE"
It is closed captioned, and subtitled in Spanish.

Casey (Martha MacIsaac) is a small, pretty, dark haired, dark-eyed girl that looks
to be about 17. She might still be in highschool. She works at the local doughnut
shop, and in a moment of defiance throws a cup of coffee on a white brick wall, rubs
the mess around a bit, and there it is: the face of Jesus-- some people say it looks
like Willie Nelson.
Casey's family is Catholic. She's an atheist, most-likely bedcause her older sister
is comatose; it isn't explained-- she just IS.
I won't go into deep detail for personal reasons, but I found the movie to be acceptable
fare-- at least to me. It is more of a FORGIVENESS and FAITH film than a Christmas one.
I...

hoax for the holidays
was not the movie i thought it was, but i ended up enjoying it. it has a good christmas message about knowing yourself.

Not the usual Christmas fare, but worth checking out
When it came out in 2010, this film's original title was "Faith, Fraud & Minimum Wage"-- adapted by Josh MacDonald from his stage play "Halo". Released on DVD in 2011, its title was changed to "Hoax for the Holidays", presumably so it could be marketed as a Christmas film. In a way, it is one, as it does take place during that season. However, it's not at all like "It's A Wonderful Life", although it features a film-fan priest who proposes screening that particular movie to cheer up the economically-depressed town. Russ Hunt, who reviewed the original 2003 theatre production, noted that this is "a Christmas show that might actually struggle through the fog of saccharine around the holiday and actually generate a bit of clarity, about miracles, and death, and loneliness". And I agree with his assessment, since it gets at some pretty deep issues about faith, betrayal, and what friendship and community really mean. So if you don't mind your Christmas stories on the dark and bittersweet...

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