
96 minutes
11/12/2004
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.

Susan Sarandon
as Rose Collins

Paul Walker
as Mike Riley

Penélope Cruz
as Nina Vasquez

Alan Arkin
as Artie

Marcus Thomas
as Jules Calvert

Sonny Marinelli
as Dennis

Daniel Sunjata
as Marco

Chazz Palminteri
as Arizona

Robin Williams
as Charlie Boyd / The Priest

Rob Daly
as Paul

John Doman
as Dr. Baron

Billy Porter
as Randy

Carmen Ejogo
as Dr. Batiste

Donna Hanover
as Debbie Carmichael

Merwin Mondesir
as Glenn

Una Kay
as Helen

Sonia Benezra
as Aunt Sonya

Marcia Bennett
as Nurse Stein

Howard Rosenstein
as ER Doctor

Jane Wheeler
as Karen

David Julian Hirsh
as Barton
Marguerite Kinh
as Mrs. Lee

Arthur Holden
as Piano Player

Maurizio Terrazzano
as Tom

Rachelle Lefevre
as Holly

Erika Rosenbaum
as Merry
Charles Rosenblum
as Coffee Vendor

Victoria Sanchez
as Young Mother

Scott Faulconbridge
as Man in Front Row

Budd Mishkin
as NY1 Reporter

Carmen Echeverria
as Young Girl

Gianpaolo Venuta
as Young Guy

Nicholas Haze
as Waiter

Ruth Chiang
as Nurse Woo
Kevin Ryder
as Bartender
Andy Bradshaw
as Security Guard #1
Robert Newton Brown
as Security Guard #2
Bill Corday
as Meek Man

Jennifer Seguin
as Young Woman

Lindsay Owen Pierre
as Friend

David Schaap
as Man with Head Injury

Lynne Adams
as Head ER Nurse

Kathleen Mackey
as Heather
Donna Giaimo
as Singing Nun of the Daughters of St. Paul
Fay Josephine Pele
as Singing Nun of the Daughters of St. Paul
Bridget Charles Ellis
as Singing Nun of the Daughters of St. Paul
Mary R.G. Grissom
as Singing Nun of the Daughters of St. Paul
Kathryn J. Hermes
as Singing Nun of the Daughters of St. Paul
Bernadette M. Reis
as Singing Nun of the Daughters of St. Paul
Margaret Timothy Sato
as Singing Nun of the Daughters of St. Paul
Patricia C. Shaules
as Singing Nun of the Daughters of St. Paul
Patricia C. Shaules
as Singing Nun of the Daughters of St. Paul
Nancy M. Usselmann
as Singing Nun of the Daughters of St. Paul
Christina M. Wegendt
as Singing Nun of the Daughters of St. Paul

Gabriella Palminteri
as Girl in Red Coat
James Callaghan
as Extra (uncredited)

Isabelle Champeau
as Party Guest (uncredited)

Lucinda Davis
as Nurse Gomez (uncredited)

Francesco Giannini
as Family member (uncredited)
Chantal Lonergan
as Joy (uncredited)

Dante Palminteri
as Boy in Hospital (uncredited)

Adrianne Richards
as Nurse Kline (uncredited)