Not quite 10 out 0of 10 for one reason. The character Tanner made my skin crawl for some reason. He was all over the character of Nicky within the first meetings. Not the sort of idea that teenagers or anyone need to see.

First off let me point out the positive reviews. You look at those people that wrote them, you will see many accounts were created around the time this was released!! Also you will see the others have reviewed this movie only or one other and have been members for several years!! The question to this is this, how much did they get paid to post those, because this movie is pathetic!! This movie had two funny moments in the beginning but that's it!! The writing is horrible!! Example is when the dad is in the back yard and his son, Rudy, (named after the reindeer & the daughters are Christmas related names as well) asks his dad about missing all that work during the holiday's & the dad says, I made it clear to them at work that Christmas comes first. That's more important than proving for your family? Next is the acting!! The childish acting by adults is pathetic!! What I mean is the dad spent the kids "college funds" on a Santa hat that was supposed to be used in a miracle on 34st, the original version. The hat looked almost new, not 70 some years old!!! The grandma fakes a heart attack!! Who writes that stuff & thinks it's funny? I could go on and on about this pathetic film but I don't have all week to do it!! Just do yourself a favor and skip this one at all cost!!

It's an okay movie, but compared to the usual "o noes we have to save Christmas" garbage out there this is a masterpiece. The movie has bits that are much more clever than one would expect to find in a family friendly Christmas movie. Unfortunately, it runs out of momentum before the climax, and the obligatory resolution and reveal of the sitcom lie feels even more forced than these things usually are.