The Christmas Spirit (2013): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2013, The Christmas Spirit is a comedy, drama, romance and tv movie film directed by Jack Angelo, running about 84 minutes. “A renowned journalist who will stop at nothing to get the truth.” — that tagline sets the tone.

What it’s about. Charlotte Hart, a distinguished journalist, is spending time with her family over the holidays when a real estate developer approaches their small town with quite an offer. Skeptical and looking for the real scoop, Charlotte drives to see the real estate head honcho to question him. While she's en route, she gets into a terrible car accident and wakes up in the hospital only to realize that her body is in a coma, but her spirit is very much awake. She meets another spirit, who just happens to be the greedy developer. It turns out that he was on the other end of the accident and he too is in a coma. With only a few days left before the town votes on the development, Charlotte must try to change the minds of the developer and the town, but that is no easy task when no one can see or hear her. Will her voice be heard?

Who’s in it. The Christmas Spirit stars Nicollette Sheridan as Charlotte Hart, Olympia Dukakis as Gwen Hollander, Bart Johnson as Daniel Huntsman and Sammi Hanratty as Morgan, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 5.2/10, The Christmas Spirit has proved divisive with audiences.

Where to watch. In US you can stream it on fuboTV, Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel and AMC+. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch The Christmas Spirit page.

If you liked it. Fans of The Christmas Spirit tend to enjoy Forrest Gump, Parasite, Life Is Beautiful and Fight Club.