Film-mas Day 2# - The Preacher's Wife

Okay, so it's not exactly day 2, but also I accidentally gave myself a few extra days before Christmas so I get some more days to finish the challenge lol. I also have made some fancy icons for each day, so scroll down to check out the icon I made for The Holiday! Day 2 is the 1996 film: The Preacher's Wife. Although this film has romantic moments it's more of a moralistic Christmas film, not to dissimilar to It's A Wonderful Life or A Christmas Carol. I hadn't heard of this film before my research into Christmas movies so I was totally surprised when I saw the star-studded cast this film has - Whitney Houston, Denzel Washington and surprise guest, Lionel Richie?

The most Christmassy!

As the title suggests the movie is about preacher Henry Biggs (Courtney B Vance) and his wife Julia (Whitney Houston) as they try and save their church from demolition. They have the most adorable kid ever called Jeremiah who sees angel Dudley (Denzel Washington) fall from the sky after he was asked by God to help the Biggs family out. Dudley keeps trying to help Henry and his family with their problems but has problems getting through to Henry, who doesn't believe that he is an angel. However, Dudley has better luck with Julia and accidentally begins to fall in love with her, further making Henry's life worse and pushing him away from his family. 

I really enjoyed watching this film but found that the message got a bit lost in the middle of the film. I think that they probably could of cut out a few storylines and focused more instead on the story's villian, Joe Hamiliton, because his story feels quite rushed. Personally, I like this type of Christmas movie with a feel good moral message, rather than just - Isn't it so great to be in a relationship in the holiday season? Although the movie itself focuses a lot on the Church community and the character's faith I think it could be enjoyed by people of any religious background because you don't need to be Christian to get it, y'know. Whitney Houston in particular is just perfect in it, and she gets to sing a lot which is brilliant, the sad thing is though, that this was her last ever film before she died. It's good it has such a heart warming message though, so people can remember her fondly.

The Christmas vibes were strong with this one so my Christmassy rating is gonna be high!

Christmassy rating: 9/10

Rewatch value: 6/10

Overall rating:  7/10