Story :Christmas Eve in New York, and the lonely divorced publisher, Rose Collins, needs a miracle to improve the health of her mother, interned in a hospital with Alzheimers. She feels sorry for another patient and meets his visitor. Meanwhile, Nina Vasquez breaks her engagement with her beloved fiancé Mike due to his suffocating jealousy, but misses him. Mike is stalked by a stranger, bartender Artie Venzuela. The poor Jules arranges to spend Christmas Eve in the hospital, where he spent the best Christmas of his life when he was a teenager. The lives of some of these characters cross with others along the night.
Cast
Susan SarandonRose Collins
Paul WalkerMike Riley
Penélope CruzNina Vasquez
Alan ArkinArtie
Marcus ThomasJules Calvert
Sonny MarinelliDennis
Daniel SunjataMarco
Chazz PalminteriArizona
Robin WilliamsCharlie Boyd / The Priest
Rob DalyPaul
John DomanDr. Baron
Billy PorterRandy
Carmen EjogoDr. Batiste
Donna HanoverDebbie Carmichael
Merwin MondesirGlenn
Una KayHelen
Sonia BenezraAunt Sonya
Marcia BennettNurse Stein
Howard RosensteinER Doctor
Jane WheelerKaren
David Julian HirshBarton
Marguerite KinhMrs. Lee
Arthur HoldenPiano Player
Maurizio TerrazzanoTom
Rachelle LefevreHolly
Erika RosenbaumMerry
Charles RosenblumCoffee Vendor
Victoria SanchezYoung Mother
Scott FaulconbridgeMan in Front Row
Budd MishkinNY1 Reporter
Carmen EcheverriaYoung Girl
Gianpaolo VenutaYoung Guy
Nicholas HazeWaiter
Ruth ChiangNurse Woo
Kevin RyderBartender
Andy BradshawSecurity Guard #1
Robert Newton BrownSecurity Guard #2
Bill CordayMeek Man
Jennifer SeguinYoung Woman
Lindsay Owen PierreFriend
David SchaapMan with Head Injury
Lynne AdamsHead ER Nurse
Kathleen MackeyHeather
Donna GiaimoSinging Nun of the Daughters of St. Paul
Fay Josephine PeleSinging Nun of the Daughters of St. Paul
Bridget Charles EllisSinging Nun of the Daughters of St. Paul
Mary R.G. GrissomSinging Nun of the Daughters of St. Paul
Kathryn J. HermesSinging Nun of the Daughters of St. Paul
Bernadette M. ReisSinging Nun of the Daughters of St. Paul
Margaret Timothy SatoSinging Nun of the Daughters of St. Paul
Patricia C. ShaulesSinging Nun of the Daughters of St. Paul
Patricia C. ShaulesSinging Nun of the Daughters of St. Paul
Nancy M. UsselmannSinging Nun of the Daughters of St. Paul
Christina M. WegendtSinging Nun of the Daughters of St. Paul