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Get Santa

Get Santa

Comedy · Family · 2014

A father and son must team up to save Christmas when they discover Santa Claus sleeping in their garage, having crashed his sleigh and found himself on the run from the police.

Movie details

Get Santa

“They have one chance to save Christmas...”

2014 Comedy · Family 1h 42m

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6.1 / 10

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A father and son must team up to save Christmas when they discover Santa Claus sleeping in their garage, having crashed his sleigh and found himself on the run from the police.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Christopher Smith

Written by

Christopher Smith

Jim Broadbent

Jim Broadbent

Santa Claus

Rafe Spall

Rafe Spall

Steve

Warwick Davis

Warwick Davis

Sally

Jodie Whittaker

Jodie Whittaker

Alison

Stephen Graham

Stephen Graham

Barber

Joanna Scanlan

Joanna Scanlan

Ruth

Kit Connor

Kit Connor

Tom

Court is in session

Put Get Santa on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Popcorn Loyalist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Big-Idea Head

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.