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- 2014
- PG
- HBO Max
- 1 h 42 m
- 2014
- PG
- HBO Max
- 1 h 42 m
Summary A father and son who team up to save Christmas once they discover Santa Claus sleeping in their garage after crashing his sleigh and finding himself on the run from the police.
Directed By: Christopher Smith
Written By: Christopher Smith
- 2014
- PG
- HBO Max
- 1 h 42 m
- 2014
- PG
- HBO Max
- 1 h 42 m
Get Santa
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Summary A father and son who team up to save Christmas once they discover Santa Claus sleeping in their garage after crashing his sleigh and finding himself on the run from the police.
Directed By: Christopher Smith
Written By: Christopher Smith
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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17% Positive
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1 Review
83% Mixed
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5 Reviews
0% Negative
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Get Santa is an at-times adorably daft holiday farce.
There’s enough sly wit in the margins to engage the grown-ups and the whole thing conveys Christmas cheer without being overly cynical.
You’ve got to take the rough with the smooth, and there’s a lot of smooth here. Jim Broadbent has the balance of jollity and melancholy just right as Santa.
Some parts – the solid cast, a few well-turned one-liners – are really quite good indeed, although viewers have to wade through a moderate fug of reindeer fart jokes to get to them.
Midway through, the plot gets rather bogged down, unfolding on what seems like one of the longest December days for daylight hours ever witnessed in the Northern Hemisphere. However, Broadbent keeps the smiles coming in a wonderfully committed turn as the incarcerated toymaker.
The film is listing, overladen with cheap trinkets. Dogged, heartfelt acting works hard to prop it up.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 6 User Ratings
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 6 User Ratings
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83% Positive
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