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Why You Should Give Lucy Shimmers and the Prince of Peace a Try

This offbeat tearjerker is having a surprise moment on social, and yes, people are weeping.

By Madeline Nagler
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One’s a 5-year-old recovering from pneumonia. The other’s a hardened criminal with kidney failure. And somehow, Lucy Shimmers and the Prince of Peace is the holiday movie that’s making TikTok cry. 

This 2020 indie is suddenly having a bit of a moment: Lucy Shimmers (Scarlett Diamond), a precocious little girl with a positive attitude and an old soul, strikes up an unlikely friendship with Edgar (Vincent Vargas), a prisoner grappling with regret and illness. What follows is a redemptive and heartwarming journey full of softness, faith, and surprise tears. 

It’s sweet. It’s strange. And the movie might just break you (in a good way). 

Stream Lucy Shimmers and the Prince of Peace on Peacock.

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