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Silver Bells
MOVIE: CBS, Sunday 11/27 at 9:00p (120 minutes)

Silver Bells
Critic Score
Metascore: 38 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
7.1 out of 10
based on 6 reviews
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Starring Anne Heche, Tate Donovan, Michael Mitchell, and Courtney Jines

This Hallmark Hall Of Fame holiday drama brings a widow and widower (a Christmas-tree salesman, no less!) together in snowy "New York City."

GENRE(S): Drama, Family, Holiday
FIRST AIR DATE: November 27, 2005

What The Critics Said

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50
Entertainment Weekly Dalton Ross
Will it all work out in the end? It is a Hallmark movie, so what do you think? [25 Nov 2005, p.97]
50
Wall Street Journal Nancy DeWolf Smith
Yes, it's all fairly formulaic.
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40
Hollywood Reporter Barry Garron
Despite its pedigree as a "Hallmark Hall of Fame" presentation, "Silver Bells" is only slightly more sophisticated than an after-school special.
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40
Los Angeles Times Robert Lloyd
Like a Hallmark card, it is a thing of prefabricated sentiment.
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25
USA Today Robert Bianco
Donovan is barely present, and while Heche may have her strengths as an actress, warmth would not seem to be one of them.
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20
Variety Brian Lowry
The holiday kitchen at Hallmark has served up an unusually bland dish, with a script flatter than one of the company's cards.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this tv show is 7.1 (out of 10) based on 8 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Patricia H gave it a9:
Wonderful!

Elizabeth A gave it a10:
This was a great holiday hit...it had everything from suspense to romance...anyone would enjoy the heart-felt message that it conveys: look up at all your possibilities. Great job CBS and Hallmark Hall of Fame.

Zach E gave it a0:
It made me hate christmas.

Vern H gave it a10:
Those shown critics are all wet. Phonies. They are just like the sports announcers think the know it all and are really boring . Silver Bells was so everything, mystery, suspence, romance, hert warming everything . This I hope will be a classic. Can a dvd be available.

MELINDA G gave it a10:
I loved this movie. I got it on DVD

John W gave it a0:
Truly an awful show.

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