Darby Camp

Judah Lewis

Kurt Russell

Martin Roach

Lamorne Morris

Kimberly Williams-Paisley

Oliver Hudson

Tony Nappo

Vella Lovell

Lauren Collins

Steven Van Zandt

Goldie Hawn

Tom Kane

David Kohlsmith

Jack Bona

Paskal Vaklev

Abel Tekeste

Jameson Kraemer

Solla Park

Seth Mohan

Kayla Lakhani

Glen McDonald

Danielle Bourgon

Chai Valladares

Jonathan Kim

John Koo

Ish Morris

Jeremy Raymond

Chris LeBlanc

Debra Wilson

Kari Wahlgren

Debi Derryberry

Michael Yurchak

Jessica Lowe

Jeff Teravainen

Elizabeth Phoenix Caro

Andrew Morgado

Elena Khan

Jesse Gervasi

Trevor Smale

Matt Lieberman

Chris Columbus

Clay Kaytis

Barbara J. McCarthy

Christophe Beck

Ron Bartlett

David Guggenheim

Paul D. Austerberry

Luis Sequeira

Duncan McRae

Stephanie Ingram

Mark Radcliffe

Alan Zielonko

Glen Gauthier

Davi Aquino

Albert Gasser

Chris Navarro

Adam Kolbrenner

Piero Mura

Dan Zimmerman

Sondra Treilhard

Jason McFarling

Kimberley Zaharko

Michael Barnathan

Patricia Larman

Don Burgess

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The Christmas Chronicles

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Kamurai

Decent 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.

While the over all story structure and script are fine, there are just odd choices throughout the movie, particularly for the degree of life threatening risk in the adversity.

I also hate the elves, they're basically furry smurfs.

The really impressive thing is that Darby Camp can carry a movie.  Despite everything happening, she is on it, mostly as a wide-eyed, dream filled kid, but she adds the charm of childhood spirit the movie requires.

Fun 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.

The special effects are pleasant, the reindeer look alright but it's the elves that look the best. Plot-wise it's fine, nothing to shout about but it still makes for more than satisfactory viewing - they get the Xmas vibe right. There's only one scene I didn't rate, it involves a jail, yet it still kinda worked - in a cheesy way, of course.

Without Russell I'd be rating <em>'The Christmas Chronicles'</em> lower, admittedly. Still, an enjoyable film.

Peter McGinn

Pretty 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?  But the writers have the last laugh, when it turns out that this all seems to be a test for the kids. Or something. 

Okay, Kurt Russell isn’t your typical Santa, but he is the movie version I would most want to hang out with. It is all a little predictable and silly in the way Christmas movies are, but there are worse ways to spend your time. Like shoveling snow!

Might 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.

The Christmas Chronicles | Featurette: True Believers [HD] | Netflix

The Christmas Chronicles | Official Trailer [HD] | Netflix

The Christmas Chronicles | Teaser [HD] | Netflix

The Christmas Chronicles( 2018)

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A review by Kamurai

Written by Kamurai on Mon Nov 30 2020

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