![]() What makes it terrible: Overall, there was enough to like about this movie that it makes worth watching - and we'll get in to all that in a minute - but first let's talk about a few of the issues we had. Santa warns the last time he didn't finish delivering presents on Christmas, the Dark Ages happened, which probably says more about humans as a species than it does about the importance of Christmas, but don't worry this isn't that deep of a movie. ![]() In a new city and without the source of his power - his magical hat - Santa and his two new "human helpers" must navigate their way to the North Pole and back, escape from prison and ultimately save the holiday before Christmas spirit drops too low and causes "The Purge: Oh Holy Fight." Seriously. That scares the hell out of Santa and causes him to crash a thousand miles away. Not only do they get him on film, but they also wind up in his sleigh, because apparently Santa delivers toys at 10:30 p.m. With mom gone, the pair decides to pull an all-nighter and set some "Home Alone"-style traps in the hopes of one again catching Santa on camera - an actual camera, not an iPhone (I know, right?). That is, of course, until the two find a video that appears to contain evidence of Santa dropping of a present under their tree. Until one Christmas Eve, when their nurse mom (Williams-Paisley) is forced to go into work, leaving them home alone as younger sister Kate teeters on the brink of no longer believing in Santa Claus with older, car-stealing brother Teddy more than happy to give her that push. The plot: A pair of siblings, Kate (Camp) and Teddy (Judah Lewis), who recently lost their dad (Hudson) are in danger of also losing their Christmas spirit. You might recognize: Kurt Russell ("Guardians of the Galaxy 2," "Tombstone") Darby Camp ("Big Little Lies") Oliver Hudson ("Rules of Engagement") Lamorne Morris ("New Girl") Kimberly Williams-Paisley ("Father of the Bride") Tweet-length review: Santa nearly kills two children and ruins Christmas for no reason other than to teach an angsty teen a lesson and help make him believe again. So sit back, grab a cup of hot chocolate (or spiked eggnog if you prefer) and let's get started. Not all of them, but 12 of them (technically more since we'll be grouping some together) over the next few weeks as we present to you the 12 Days of Netflix Christmas Movies. Sure, there are plenty of those craptastic Hallmark- and Lifetime-type movies also available on Netflix, but the streaming giant already has multiple trilogies of their own, plus others that have sequels and spin-offs and even some existing in the same cinematic universe, the Netflix Christmas Universe, one that will conceivably continue to expand until we reach the singularity when all of the known universe is consumed by either the Netflix or Marvel Cinematic Universe.īut for this exercise, we're going to stick to Netflix originals. And we're going to review them. And just like with their regular content, they've been churning out NCMs at a breakneck pace. The 12 Days of Netflix Christmas Movies: 'The Knight Before Christmas' | 'The Holiday Calendar' | 'Love Hard' | 'A Castle for Christmas' | 'Holidate' | 'Holiday in the Wild' | 'Father Christmas is Back' | 'The Princess Switch' | 'Klaus' | 'A Christmas Prince' | 'A Boy Called Christmas'īut in the last three of four years, a new genre of Christmas movie has been created: The Netflix Christmas Movie™️ (or NCM for short). much less reliable and often fall into the genre of the kind of movies you'd typically expect to find on those channels. Outside of the mainstream theatrical holiday films, there have also been the made-for-TV masterpieces, most notably the Hallmark Channel Christmas movies (and to a lesser extent Lifetime Christmas movies). ![]() ![]() We're talking about the time of year where it's actually socially acceptable to watch Christmas movies. No, not the time of year when you gather with friends and family and everyone you love to celebrate making it through another year by exchanging expensive gifts and drinking way too much. Welcome to the most wonderful time of the year. ![]()
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