This is a dark, dark movie. It is certainly not a feel-good holiday movie.
It starts with Santa getting a letter about a friend passing away.
From there it's constant peril:
* Santa gets hit by a car and robbed in the street.
* There's a crooked foster mother who locks children in the basement and burns their toys in a garbage incinerator.
* One of the little girls actually gets into the incinerator to save the dog (who is now a stuffed dog) from being incinerated.
* Santa ends up in the hospital near death, and his elf's efforts to save him seem to be a failure.
My 7 year old daughter looked at me in the middle of it and said, "this is really scary."
Granted in the end there's a happy ending, but it really doesn't offset the peril that the viewer has to endure.
I do not recommend it.
It starts with Santa getting a letter about a friend passing away.
From there it's constant peril:
* Santa gets hit by a car and robbed in the street.
* There's a crooked foster mother who locks children in the basement and burns their toys in a garbage incinerator.
* One of the little girls actually gets into the incinerator to save the dog (who is now a stuffed dog) from being incinerated.
* Santa ends up in the hospital near death, and his elf's efforts to save him seem to be a failure.
My 7 year old daughter looked at me in the middle of it and said, "this is really scary."
Granted in the end there's a happy ending, but it really doesn't offset the peril that the viewer has to endure.
I do not recommend it.