ChicRawIdol
A brilliant film that helped define a genre
StyleSk8r
At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.
Calum Hutton
It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...
Bob
This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.
blumdeluxe
"Silent night" is not so much a movie about Christmas as it is one about war and peace. In it, American and German soldiers meet at a hut inhabited by a woman and her young son on Christmas eve during WWII. They agree to remain peaceful for this one night and find out about the more human side of their enemy.Undoubtedly, this film moves close to being cheesy. On the other hand, it is a clear statement that peace is always and in every situation possible if only people agree on it. In my eyes the movie could have been even better by including German actors and letting them each speak in their respective language supported by subtitles, because that way some of the story would have been additionally supported. In a genre that deals mostly with the horrors of war, a topic this film doesn't exclude at all, it still manages to remain hopeful and set a positive marker. If you're able to see this as a single piece and don't forget about what else happened during that time, I think it has its rightful place as a pacifist contribution not through shock but through kindness.All in all this is a beautiful movie with some exaggerations (I don't believe even a young soldier would think the war is over in that situation, especially having witnessed everything that led to it, e.g.). There are still possible improvements but it does deliver its message quite clearly.
dragadraga borabora
as a soldier myself, in duty of the swiss army, the first thing that seemed strange to me was the inaccuracy of the soldiers behaviour. e.g. only one guy checks out the house and so on. but that concerns me with every war movie since my service :-)it's not really what bothers me the most. could it be, that such a high-rated movie could not afford actors who are actually capable of speaking German properly?? actually, they should all be real German actors. it seemed rather awkward to me, hearing those "German" soldiers speaking an odd dialect or even a broken version of German which i've never heard before. clearly, they're Americans trying to speak German. I'm aware that it may not be recognized by English people who watch it. however, it really started to annoy me and i'm sure i'm not the only one who feels that way.good story though.
Armand
A story about Chistmas. Withaut Santa, carols or ethical lesson. A story about the differences between people as only little shadows, about the force of every mother , about the colors of war and its essential nuances. So, it is difficult to say if it is god, bad, spectacular or boring. Because this film is, in fact, a form of pray. Self definition. And testimony of a night which lives in every soul. In few words, food for soul. An experience. And invitation to define what is important in our lives. The recipes is same of Hallmark movies. But , i believe, it is a moment, in interesting times, when movies like it may be tasted for not have the feature of a shadow.
lastliberal
It may seem like another version of Joyeux Noël, but this actually came three years before. Both are based upon true stories, proving that everyone in the world is not evil, and that we can get along if we try.American and German soldiers together in Linda Hamilton's (A Mother's Prayer, "Beauty and the Beast") cabin. Seeing "Sarah Connor" in a dramatic role like this was a testament to her ability. Rodney Gibbons directed a film that was tense and sweet. A true Christmas miracle.Hamilton was supported by Romano Orzari (Burnt Eden), Alain Goulem, Martin Neufeld, and Mark Antony Krupa in this touching film of a mother trying to protect her son.
