Monday Morning Maybe

Add your email and we'll match picks to the services you stream at home.

Poster for The Christmas Candle

The Christmas Candle

Seen it?

2013 | 100 min | Drama, Family

Monday Morning Maybeearly rating

Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe

With just 22% on Rotten Tomatoes, a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for families. If you loved The Apartment, start here.
The mood
Feel-good.
The pace
Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 40 min.
What might put you off
Rated PG. Worth a look first if you have very young kids.

Deep in the heart of the English countryside lies the enchanting village of Gladbury. Legend has it every 25 years an angel visits the village candlemaker and touches a single candle. Whoever lights this candle receives a miracle on Christmas Eve. But in 1890, at the dawn of the electric age, this centuries old legend may come to an end.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsWeak

    22% on Rotten Tomatoes, 33 on Metacritic

  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Box office & staying powerWeak

    $3 million worldwide

  • Buzz & cultural impactWeak

    About 28K people sought it out in the past year

More like this

Want more like this, picked just for you? Get my picks

Cast & crew

Directed by John Stephenson

  • Hans MathesonDavid Richmond
  • Samantha BarksEmily Barstow
  • Lesley ManvilleBea Haddington
  • Sylvester McCoyEdward Haddington
  • James CosmoHerbert Hopewell
  • Susan BoyleEleanor Hopewell
  • Barbara FlynnLady Camdon
  • John HannahWilliam Barstow
  • Jude WrightCharlie
  • Emily ShewellOrphan Sarah