Critic Reviews
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Chicago Sun-Times Doug Elfman
What's strange is the new live-action "Santa" and the old stop-motion animation "Santa" have one big thing in common: They both start out pretty bad -- bad acting, bad scenes -- then get better as they go and end satisfyingly. |
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People Weekly Jennifer Wulff
With a spot-on cast that includes a grumpy John Goodman as the big guy and Chris Kattan as a power-hungry elf, parents can stomach it just as well as the youngsters. [18 Dec 2006, p.41] |
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Philadelphia Inquirer Jonathan Storm
A couple of hours with this film won't substitute for a visit to The Nutcracker or The Messiah, but it's better than another episode of CSI. |
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Barbara Vancheri
In its quieter, old-fashioned moments, it's fine, but once it trots out the cameos and Mother Nature's feuding sons, it turns as noisy and distracting as a last-minute shopping trip to the mall. |
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Variety Brian Lowry
Seemingly made for (and perhaps by) those who have hit the eggnog too hard, the result is a peculiar holiday yarn can't decide whether it wants to be heartwarming or camp. |
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Washington Post Lavanya Ramanathan
It's as if the creators blew all their cash on the cast and underestimated viewers' ability to spot the places they'd skimped: cheap soundstage production, poor direction -- Delta Burke looks plain lobotomized as Mrs. Claus -- and gaping, lame writing. |
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