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1492 Pictures
Madhouse Entertainment
Ocean Blue Entertainment
The Christmas Chronicles Collection
Santa's in town early this year.
Siblings Kate and Teddy try to prove Santa Claus is real, but when they accidentally cause his sleigh to crash, they have to save Christmas.
Horseface
Sep 9, 2022 · via TMDB
Might be good, not sure. This is one of those films that punish you for having bought an HDR TV. I'm not sure what's going on here, because someone decided to turn down the brightness to 20%. It's possible there's a good movie here, and I do love Kurt Russell, but unfortunately I was unable to watch it, because on a 4k OLED HDR TV, this was just a dark gray mass of pixels moving around.
Peter McGinn
Dec 19, 2020 · via TMDB
Pretty standard fare mostly. Dad died, son going off the rails, daughter still believes, let’s haul Santa in to help. (Which he does by letting them help him.) I found myself poking holes in the plot, which is a silly thing to do anyway in a Christmas fantasy film, such as If Santa can make presents magically appear in the jail, why can’t he get himself out of the jail without help? But the writers have the last laugh, when it turns out that this all seems to be a test for the kids. Or something. Okay, Kurt Russell isn’t your typical Santa, but he is the movie version I would most want to hang out with. It is all a little predictable and silly in the way Christmas movies are, but there are worse ways to spend your time. Like shoveling snow!
r96sk
Dec 6, 2020 · via TMDB
Fun film, perfectly suitable for the festive period. I do enjoy Kurt Russell, I like most of the films that I've seen him in and this is another one to add to the list. He's great in the lead role, very much carrying the film. The other actors could've been better cast, but are still passable in their respective roles. There are also cameos for Goldie Hawn and Steven Van Zandt. The special effects are pleasant, the reindeer look alright but it's the elves that look the best. Plot-wise it's fine, nothing to shout about but it still makes for more than satisfactory viewing - they get the Xmas vibe right. There's only one scene I didn't rate, it involves a jail, yet it still kinda worked - in a cheesy way, of course. Without Russell I'd be rating <em>'The Christmas Chronicles'</em> lower, admittedly. Still, an enjoyable film.
Kamurai
Nov 30, 2020 · via TMDB
Decent watch at best, probably won't watch again, and can't recommend. Perhaps it's just that I don't like Kurt Russell and him injecting all his "Russellness" into Santa Claus ruins the magic of the character for me, but I really feel this portrayal of Santa Claus is lacking and borderline inappropriate. While the over all story structure and script are fine, there are just odd choices throughout the movie, particularly for the degree of life threatening risk in the adversity. I also hate the elves, they're basically furry smurfs. The really impressive thing is that Darby Camp can carry a movie. Despite everything happening, she is on it, mostly as a wide-eyed, dream filled kid, but she adds the charm of childhood spirit the movie requires.
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Darby Camp
Kate Pierce
Judah Lewis
Teddy Pierce
Kurt Russell
Santa Claus
Martin Roach
Dave Poveda
Lamorne Morris
Mikey Jameson
Kimberly Williams-Paisley
Claire Pierce
Oliver Hudson
Doug Pierce
Tony Nappo
Charlie Plummer
Vella Lovell
Wendy
Lauren Collins
Woman at Another Table
Steven Van Zandt
Wolfie
Goldie Hawn
Mrs. Claus
Tom Kane
The Narrator
David Kohlsmith
5 Year Old Teddy
Jack Bona
8 / 10 Year Old Teddy
Jameson Kraemer
Freddy
Seth Mohan
Vijay
Kayla Lakhani
Beena
Danielle Bourgon
Sheila
Chai Valladares
Valet
Jonathan Kim
Korean Student #1
Ish Morris
Thug #1
Jeremy Raymond
Thug #2
Chris LeBlanc
Thug #3
Debra Wilson
Lars
Kari Wahlgren
Jojo
Debi Derryberry
Fleck
Michael Yurchak
Bjorn
Jessica Lowe
Mina
Jeff Teravainen
Vincent
Elizabeth Phoenix Caro
Alicia Sanchez
Andrew Morgado
Hugg / Additional Voices (voice)
Elena Khan
Gangster
Jesse Gervasi
3 Year Old Teddy
Paul D. Austerberry
Production Design
Don Burgess
Director of Photography
Luis Sequeira
Costume Design
Alex Kyshkovych
Stunt Double
Clay Kaytis
Director
Adam Kolbrenner
Producer
Chris Columbus
Producer
Mark Radcliffe
Producer
Michael Barnathan
Producer
Chris Navarro
ADR Mixer
Christophe Beck
Original Music Composer
Ron Bartlett
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Arthur Windus
Visual Effects Producer
Matt Lieberman
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Matt Lieberman
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