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Delivery By Christmas | 2022 Christmas Movies

December 14, 2022 Cassandra Morgan

I haven’t watched too many foreign Christmas movies this year. Thankfully, Netflix gave us the Polish movie, Delivery By Christmas, to help open our minds and get us away from Hallmark and Lifetime for awhile.

Marysia (Monika Frajczyk) is a delivery person. When a coworker sabotages the packages she was to deliver before Christmas Eve, Marysia spends Christmas Eve with one of her customers, Krzysiek (Piotr Pacek), trying to correct all of the mistakes.

While Marysia is the main character of Delivery By Christmas, at the same time the movie isn’t about her. Each of the customers with misdelivered packages gets their story told. We see them open the wrong packages and try to figure out why they received such a thing. Then we see them work through various relationships, both good and bad, as a result. It is an interesting not quite ensemble movie.

Now, I watched it in the original Polish with English subtitles. For me, it makes foreign films feel a little closer to what the director intended. I know not everyone is able to watch subtitled movies. Based on the Polish language version, I think Delivery By Christmas is a good movie. I don’t think everyone will enjoy it since it is set up more like a drama so there are more interpersonal stories than things actually happening. But if you like that kind of thing, I think you might like it too.

In Christmas movies Tags Netflix, Christmas 2022, Christmas movie, Delivery By Christmas, Polish movie, Monika Frajczyk, Piotr Pacek, Franciszek Krupowicz, Dorota Kolak, Miroslaw Baka, Marek Kalita, Barbara Kurzaj, Lukasz Simlat, Lukasz Gawronski, Zdzislaw Wardejn, Zuzanna Pulawska, Radoslaw Rozniecki, Tomasz Schuchardt, Agnieszka Roszkowska, Maria Maj, Malgorzata Hajewska, Karolina Szeptycka
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David and the Elves | 2021 Christmas Movies

December 14, 2021 Cassandra Morgan

We have another foreign Christmas movie brought to us by Netflix. David and the Elves is a Polish family-friendly flick. It is available dubbed or subtitled in a variety of languages. I watched this one in the original language with English subtitles.

David (Cyprian Grabowski) loves listening to the Christmas stories his father, Piotr (Michał Czernecki), tells him. His favorite story is about Albert the Elf (Jakub Zając), who is the most popular elf at the North Pole. But Albert’s magic is beginning to wane. In order to regain his strength through the love of humans, Albert takes a trip to Warsaw. While Albert has fun with David, he learns that he is not as popular with humans as he thought. Can David save Albert before he loses his magic, turns into a toy, and disappears forever?

While I thought this was an adorable movie, I can see how some people might think it’s rather slow paced. There aren’t any big impressive scenes and most of the movie is actually a bit sad. After the move to Warsaw, both of David’s parents spend a lot of time working, leaving David by himself. Albert starts out as a fun-loving elf who just wants to give everyone gifts but he gets very depressed when he learns that humans don’t believe in him. To me, that sadness makes the ending all the more happy.

David and the Elves isn’t a movie for small children. Not because of the content but because I don’t think the movie would hold their interest for very long. Especially in the US. Kids in the 8-10 age range might enjoy it though. They are at that age where the belief in Santa is starting to wane and kids on the playground are starting to make fun of the kids that do believe. And that is where this movie lives - that space in between belief and disbelief. Even if your kids don’t want to watch it or don’t enjoy it, I think a lot of adults will find it enjoyable without them.

In Christmas movies Tags Netflix, Christmas 2021, Christmas movie, David and the Elves, Polish movie, Cyprian Grabowski, Jakub Zajac, Cezary Zak, Anna Smolowik, Michal Czernecki, Monika Krzywkowska, Piotr Rogucki, Elzbieta Jarosik, Witold Debicki
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