The Christmas Chronicles
Santa's in town early this year.
2018 • 104 min • Comedy · Adventure · Family · Fantasy
Synopsis
Siblings Kate and Teddy try to prove Santa Claus is real, but when they accidentally cause his sleigh to crash, they have to save Christmas.
Our family guide
Best from age 6- 75 Reviewers · 4 · 60%
- 72 Audience · 2415 · 40%
Siblings Kate and Teddy try to prove Santa Claus is real, but accidentally cause his sleigh to crash. They must team up with Santa and his elves on a wild adventure to deliver all the presents and save Christmas before it's too late.
- Violence & peril
- 2/10
- Language
- 1/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 1/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 0/10
- Scary moments
- 2/10
Heads up
- Some peril and chases with Santa in a crashed sleigh.
- Mild fantasy violence, like elves throwing small tools.
- Brief references to Santa being arrested and in jail.
What it models well
- Family togetherness
- Believe in the spirit of Christmas
- Teamwork and cooperation
- Selflessness and giving
Talk about it after
- The importance of believing in yourself and others.
- How grief can affect behavior and finding ways to cope.
- Helping others, even when it’s difficult.
- The true meaning of Christmas beyond presents.
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Where to watch
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Top billed cast
Director: Clay Kaytis • Crew: Matt Lieberman, David Guggenheim, Matt Lieberman
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Reviewer notes
Not recommendedMight be good, not sure. This is one of those films that punish you for having bought an HDR TV. I'm not sure what's going on here, because someone decided to turn down the brightness to 20%. It's possible there's a good movie here, and I do love Kurt Russell, but unfortunately I was unable to watch it, because on a 4k OLED HDR TV, this was just a dark gray mass of pixels moving around.
RecommendedPretty standard fare mostly. Dad died, son going off the rails, daughter still believes, let’s haul Santa in to help. (Which he does by letting them help him.) I found myself poking holes in the plot, which is a silly thing to do anyway in a Christmas fantasy film, such as If Santa can make presents magically appear in the jail, why can’t he get himself out of the jail without help?…
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersFun film, perfectly suitable for the festive period. I do enjoy Kurt Russell, I like most of the films that I've seen him in and this is another one to add to the list. He's great in the lead role, very much carrying the film. The other actors could've been better cast, but are still passable in their respective roles. There are also cameos for Goldie Hawn and Steven Van Zandt.…
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersDecent watch at best, probably won't watch again, and can't recommend. Perhaps it's just that I don't like Kurt Russell and him injecting all his "Russellness" into Santa Claus ruins the magic of the character for me, but I really feel this portrayal of Santa Claus is lacking and borderline inappropriate.…
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Details
- TMDB audience
- 7.2/10 (2,415)
- Age rating
- PG
- Status
- Released
- Franchise
- The Christmas Chronicles Collection
- IMDb
- tt2990140
- Official site
- www.netflix.com
