Santa Claus: The Movie
“You'd better watch out! This year he REALLY IS coming to town.”
Certified Crap. CrapScore 63, rated by 1 admin.
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Santa's origin story grows into a modern toy-business crisis with an elf who makes a deeply unfortunate career move. The expensive festive ambition and relentless elf puns are conspicuous, but the heavy sentiment and flat-looking magic make this better for nostalgic curiosity than a guaranteed party.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
- Acting
- 6.5/10
- Plot
- 6.5/10
- Effects
- 6/10
- Dialogue
- 7/10
- Rewatchability
- 5.5/10
“The workshop has a corporate problem and an oversupply of elf jokes.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 63
Synopsis and movie facts
In ancient times, a man named Claus, who delivers toys in his small village, fulfils his destiny to become Santa Claus after meeting an expert toy-making elf, Patch, in the North Pole. In the present day, Santa Claus has become overwhelmed by his workload, and the disgruntled Patch flees the workshop to New York City. There, Patch unknowingly threatens the fate of Christmas by taking a job at a failing toy company run by a scheming businessman.
- Released
- 1985
- Directed by
- Jeannot Szwarc
- Running time
- 108 min
Starring
- Dudley Moore as Patch
- John Lithgow as B.Z.
- David Huddleston as Santa Claus
- Burgess Meredith as Ancient Elf
- Judy Cornwell as Anya Claus
- Jeffrey Kramer as Towzer
- Christian Fitzpatrick as Joe
- Carrie Kei Heim as Cornelia
Research behind this pick
Researched . Explore the film references and reviews below.
- Film reference · themoviedb.org
Canonical film identity, release date, runtime, director credits, cast, genres, synopsis and poster checked against TMDB movie 13764.
- Review · moriareviews.com
The review criticises the elf jokes, leaden sentiment and Christmas-card-like effects.
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