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64% Critic Match
The Christmas Tree
6.4 / 10• 1996• 1h 33m•NR• English
DramaFamilyTV Movie
Storyline
A story about a forming friendship between an elderly nun, Sister Anthony, and New York's Rockefeller Center's head landscape architect Richard Reilly, who wants to fell a tree she's been growing for decades and move it to New York for Christmas display.
Cast & Crew
Julie Harris
Sister Anthony
Lead
Trini Alvarado
Beth
Andrew McCarthy
Richard Reilly
SH
Suzi Hofrichter
Anna 1939
Betty Aberlin
Sister Sarah
Nili Bassman
Anna 1950
IB
Imogene Bliss
Sister Lucia 1996
TC
Therese Courtney
Mother Superior 1939
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Sally Field's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Christmas Tree is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
