Noelle

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***Noelle*** is an American fantasy adventure Christmas comedy film that premiered on Disney+.

It is directed and written by Marc Lawrence and stars Anna Kendrick, Bill Hader, Billy Eichner, Shirley MacLaine, and Julie Hagerty.

## Plot

At the North Pole, Santa Claus and the elves are undergoing preparations for the upcoming Christmas. After the most recent Santa Claus's death five months prior, his son, Nick Kringle, is having difficulties trying to complete his training in order to become the next Santa. His younger sister, Noelle, who has been placed in charge of distributing and maintaining Christmas spirit, continues to support him, and even suggests taking the weekend off as to avoid the stress and relax before the big day. Complying, Nick takes off overnight with the reindeer, and does not return following the weekend.

When the reindeer return without Nick and Noelle admits to giving him controversial advice, the elves get angry at her. The elf elders forcibly appoint her cousin Gabriel, the Kringles' tech support, to fill in as the new Santa. Guilt-stricken and forlorn, Noelle deduces that Nick fled to Phoenix, Arizona, and takes off with the Sleigh and reindeer with her childhood nanny Polly.

They set down in a mall. With the permission of manager Helen Rojas and the customers' support and belief that it was a Christmas exhibit, Noelle sets out into the city to find Nick, leaving Polly to tend to the sleigh and reindeer. She meets and hires Jake Hapman, a private investigator as well as a recently divorced dad, to track down Nick. Noelle also interacts with Jake's enthusiastic son Alex and several other people, discovering that she can understand and communicate in other languages (including American Sign Language), as well as tell the naughty from the nice.

Jake tracks Nick down to a yoga studio, where Nick is enthusiastic to see Noelle yet refuses to return north and become Santa. After a heated argument, Noelle leaves the building. She returns to the mall, where her reindeer friend Snowcone arrives with a letter from Mrs. Claus informing her about the situation back home and ordering her to find and bring Nick back home. During Noelle's time away, Gabriel had used an algorithm to determine that there were only 2,837 "nice" children in the world, much to the horror of the elves and Mrs. Claus.

With help from Snowcone, Noelle tracks down Nick to a yoga retreat at the Desert Botanical Garden, and convinces him to return. Meeting up with her and Polly at the mall the next day, Noelle has him continue to train by being a mall Santa. While Nick sees the text message being sent to children from Gabriel, Jake discovers that Noelle told Alex about his Christmas wish, something that he finds awkward as his ex-wife remarried. Noelle reveals that she is Santa's daughter, causing him to leave. When Nick is accosted by the actual mall Santa, Noelle intervenes and accidentally hurts a police officer, resulting in her arrest and later hospitalization for psychological evaluation.

After a visit from Polly, who reveals her identity as an elf, Jake removes Noelle from the hospital and she makes her way back to the North Pole with Nick, Polly, and the reindeer before Christmas Eve. Back home after a meeting with the elders, Nick nominates Noelle as the next Santa, which stirs up controversy throughout the town but unanimously gains agreement from the elders when they determine that there is no rule against a female Santa and they are convinced she naturally has the skills. After a few mishaps, Noelle successfully delivers the presents across the world and drops Jake off at his ex-wife's house to spend time with Alex.

Noelle is celebrated at the North Pole as Gabriel happily returns to tech support while Nick opens up a yoga studio and Polly becomes an elf elder. Noelle admits that she is proud to continue her father's legacy for being the 24th generational Santa and that Christmas will go on.

## Cast

* Anna Kendrick as Noelle Kringle
* Bill Hader as Nick Kringle
* Kingsley Ben-Adir as Jake Hapman
* Billy Eichner as Gabriel Kringle
* Julie Hagerty as Mrs. Kringle
* Shirley MacLaine as Elf Polly
* Diana Maria Riva as Helen Rojas
* Maceo Smedley as Alex Hapman
* Jason Antoon as Omar
* Michael Gross as Elder Elf Abe
* Billy Griffith as Elder Elf Billy
* Anthony Konechny as Elf Ted
* Aliza Vellani as Tech Elf Jojo
* Amitai Marmorstein as Tech Elf Robrob
* Ron Funches as Elf Mortimer
* Gary Sekhon as Tech Elf Maxwell
* Edwin Perez as Elf Chris
* Anna Van Hooft as Elf Mary
* Sean Amsing as Elf Serge
* Steven E. Rudy as Elf Simon (as Steven Rudy)
* Jagen Johnson as Elf Bop Beep
* Kurtis D'Aoust as Santa's Helper #1
* Michael Delleva as Santa's Helper #2
* Emma Pedersen as Santa's Helper #3
* Chris Olson as Santa's Helper #4
* Alvina August as Jessie
* Chelah Horsdal as Dr. Shelley Sussman
* Tyler McConachie as Angry Father
* Bentley Hixson as Kid in the Crowd
* Jackie Blackmore as Clara Torres
* Craig March as Desk Sargeant
* Brendan Taylor as Electronics Santa
* Marisa Nielsen as LIsa
* Andy Nez as Mall Santa
* Shaylee Mansfield as Michelle
* Chad Riley as Cop
* Ishaan Vasdev as Ajeet
* Vivian Lanko as Phone Woman
* Rian Rafiq as Roberto
* Jay Brazeau as Santa
* Angela Moore as Shelter Worker
* Viola Abley as Tonya
* Shauna Johannesen as Tonya's Mom
* Owen Vaccaro as Young Nick
* Arran Henn as News Anchor
* Clyde Lawrence as Elf Band #1
* Gracie Lawrence as Elf Carol
* Simon Chin as Elf Flobo
* Alex Rockhill as Evelyn's Dad
* Lissa Neptuno as Evelyn's Mom
* Ariana Nica as Young Evelyn
* Darcey Johnson as Arguing Man #1
* Keith Blackman Dallas as Arguing Man #2
* Thomas Cadrot as Homeless Father
* Kelly Metzger as Homeless Mother
* Eleftheria Kinfe as Homeless Daughter
* Jesse Filkow as Homeless Son
* Josa Vargas as Mr. Ortega
* Cody Fitzgerald as Elf Band #2
* Ash Lee as Tonya's Father
* Lauren Halperin as Yoga Pants Customer
* Joel Ray Ishman as DRM Security Guard (as Joel Ishman)
* Luca Sammarcelli as Jean
* Taylor Bedford as Teenage Noelle
* Burgess Jenkins as +Petco Dan
* Oakley Bull as Young Noelle
* Jon Kohler as New York Father
* Ines Sanchez-Nagakane as Elf Tracey (as Inez Sanchez-Nagakane)
* Cara Mantella as Bus Driver

### Uncredited

* Carolyn Anderson as Skating Elf
* Fritzgerald Ang as Elf
* Alison Araya as Sally
* Bernadette Beck as Skating Elf
* Lluvia Bermudez as Townsfolk
* Will Blagrove as Boarder
* Jasmine Bolton as Pedestrian
* Colleen Bradford as North Pole Elf
* Bryan Brendle as Santa
* Kevin Cameron as Extra
* Sue Chan as On-Set Reindeer
* Lisa Chandler as Security Guard
* Christianne Chiasson as Elf Shelter Volunteer Worker
* Brian Cook as Colorado Kyle
* Serena Crouse as Dancer
* Michael Diel as Elf Jurgen
* Tyler Domecq as Hospital Visitor
* Mike Dunston as Announcer
* Joaquin Elias as Emergency Medical Technician
* Jorg Everding as Civilian/Shopper
* Nicole Filer as Massage Therapist for Polly
* Eddie Flake as Phoenix Dad
* Jeff Glover as Hockey Elf
* Rex Go as City Skate Staff/Santa's Helper
* Glen Gordon as Young Nick
* Callum Gow as Tech Elf
* Aretha Perry Greene as Mall Shopper
* Dakota Guppy as Emma
* Ja'Donn JD Harris as Phoenix Shopper
* Wain Ho as Elf/Passerby
* Sam Holdren as Emergency Medical Technician
* Maestro Porus Irani as Extra
* Kyler Jackson as Crowd Member/Town Elf
* Wolfe Jin as Elf
* Yorkie Joaquin as Coronation Elf/Phoenix Mall Shopper/Phoenix Streeter/Town Elf
* Rami Kahlon as Reza
* Heather Kantor as Driver/Phoenix Race Fan
* Ryuta Kato as Elf
* Tony Chris Kazoleas as Extra
* Skyler Knight as New York Daughter
* Marissa Leong as On-Set Reindeer
* Lisa MacFadden as Phoenix Mom
* Kayden Magnuson as Carmen
* Andrea Maiuro as Ugly Sweater Runner
* Asia Martynenko as Elf
* Lucky Mokhesi as Mall Shopper
* Dorie Knutson Nichols as Shopper at Mall
* Joan Nichol as Xmas Shopper
* Polina Nikolai as Elf
* David Olivares as Extra
* Rick Papaleo as Street Vendor
* Tunde Pellicola as Shopper
* Yesenia Quinones as Christmas Tree Girl
* Lina Renna as Young Noelle
* Ashani Roberts as Ugly Sweater Cora
* Marcia Rocha as Shopper
* Connor Sage as Greg
* Liam Saretsky as Elf
* Leanne Scarbro as Elf
* Cindy Senaud as Shopper
* Lee Shorten as Officer Chen
* Zac Siewert as Dancer
* Maxum Smith as Deer Spectator
* Devan Stewart as Yogi
* Jack Stewart as Elder Elf
* Ann Stokes as Extra
* William Valenzuela as Matt Bautista
* Benjamin Weaver as Ugly Sweater Runner
* Dan Weisgerber as Mall Shopper
* Bill Yuan as Extra