As a lover of Christmas my wife and I enjoy good Christmas Movies and I am sorry to say that this was far from that description. Like other reviewers I thought it had bad acting, bad script and wonder how films like these ever get passed those who have to Rate them, why this was rated PG for the United Kingdom beats me, surely its time for a Z classification to warn people away from movies like this. Lillith was the only character worth watching and I see that she has never made any other films since, which is a shame as she seemed to be very promising.
Do yourself a favour watch Tim Allens Trilogy of Santa Claus Films or Miracle on 34th Street but not this.
Dear Santa
1998
Action / Comedy / Family / Fantasy
Dear Santa
1998
Action / Comedy / Family / Fantasy
Keywords: christmassanta claus
Plot summary
Mr. Covington has a tough job and a mean boss, but some things in life are more important than work. When he breaks a promise to spend Christmas with his family, Randy, a six-foot elf, appears and turns him into Santa Claus. Now Mr. Covington has to learn the true meaning of Christmas as he gets to work putting some crooks in jail, making up with his family and, oh yes, delivering presents to children all over the world.
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Now I've seen them all
Nice heartfelt family film.
It's a story about a father named Gordon Covington, who is having financial problems. Christmas is approaching and Gordon is really down because he can't provide for his family. There is the side story that the owner of the used car lot where Gordon works wants him to sell some questionable cars. Not to give away the story, but basically Gordon begins turning into Santa (i.e. "The Santa Clause"),he learns a lesson and his family is reunited. Heartfelt story.
Just because you own a camera doesn't mean you should use it.
Just because you own a camera doesn't mean you should use it.
My wife is a Christmas nut so I've seen my fair share of Christmas movies, this is the first one I've felt compelled to write in about.
This movie delivers the cinematic experience you'd expect from bad porn without the porn to make it worth watching. If you're looking for a fun family Christmas experience, you'd be better off taking turns vacuuming the living room.
The few hints of potentially fair acting (it's Christmas so I feel compelled to be charitable) were buried by the primarily teleprompter-esquire dialog delivery, speaker-phone quality audio, late 70's sound track, grade school Christmas play effects... Someday I'd like someone to explain the funding behind a movie like this.
Go do your taxes, you'll have more fun. This was someone else's write off.