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This is absolutely awful! Between the acting and the awful computer effects, I am astounded it's a 7.1! The elves are the worst part, they look like creepy rabid rodentia. Kurt Russel of all people... just save yourself.

The movie started as a run of the mill snooze-fest. It was just... bad. The writing was atrocious, the plot conflict was weak as all get out, but it was nothing above and beyond.

The third act changed that. It was at that point that sense was shown the door, logic was taught a lesson, and the entire movie decided to kill itself.

I'm shocked this thing got greenlit. People sat at a conference table and said "yes, this is good".

Kurt Russell gets to clown around in a Santa suit, as he drags two irritating children around Chicago in search of a few misplaced magical accessories. It's basically a Hallmark Channel movie with the added lure of Snake Plissken guiding a hovering sleigh through the sky. I was hoping it might function as something more than that, maybe a winking satire of that breed of neutered, smothering, saccharine family flicks. Nope, what you see is what you get.

Russell is truly the life of the party, magnetic in most every scene, but his enthusiasm only shines a beacon on the weaknesses of those around him. The kids are especially bad; no warmth, spirit or flavor to their parts. They might as well have been reading from a teleprompter. Poor effects, a drab plot, holes big enough to ride a reindeer through, a heavy-handed message and one loud musical number that leans way into cheeseball territory. As vacant and empty as the most generic greeting cards.

Kurt Russell gets to clown around in a Santa suit, as he drags two irritating children around Chicago in search of a few misplaced magical accessories. It's basically a Hallmark Channel movie with the added lure of Snake Plissken guiding a hovering sleigh through the sky. I was hoping it might function as something more than that, maybe a winking satire of that breed of neutered, smothering, saccharine family flicks. Nope, what you see is what you get. Russell is truly the life of the party, magnetic in most every scene, but his enthusiasm only shines a beacon on the weaknesses of those around him. The kids are especially bad; no warmth, spirit or flavor to their parts. They might as well have been reading from a teleprompter. Poor effects, a drab plot, holes big enough to ride a reindeer through, a heavy-handed message and one loud musical number that leans way into cheeseball territory.

This is one of the hardest watches I've ever had (and I watched Rollergator!).

The film is also kinda cringy; from "hip" teenager talk to minion rip-offs, this film is not very pleasent for the human eyes.

Even Kurt Russell and all the CGI effects in the world couldn't rescue his Hollywood holiday turkey. Take every dumb Christmas cliche, add dozens of utterly implausible events and circumstances, and you have the makings of this totally uneventful pile of yuletide tripe. Watching movies like this only makes me appreciate the truly good Christmas movies that came before, starting with the 1951 Dickens' classic, "Scrooge" starring the greatest exponent of the role to ever live, the great Alistair Sim. Then, they naturally made a sequel to this colossal waste of time to line their pockets with, of which I am sure to miss.

At least the 1st film had something to do with Christmas; this awful, lousily-acted, poorly-plotted, product-placed farce has got nothing going for it. It's nearly as bad as Bridge to Terabithia, or worse ... The Backpacker!!

I'm sure it's a nice movie for small children, if the parents don't mind cussing. However for everyone else this is a horribly acted cliche movie.

It's disheartening to see that Christmas is now Falling victim to the darker tone of screenwriting. The overall sense that Christmas doesn't mean as much as pushing the new world view of Santa. And it ain't pretty. Chainsaw wielding elves. Elves who aren't cute but rather full of ugliness A story that has little merit.

This movie is dumb, I barley made it through till the end. Kurt Russel was the only good part of this movie. It was just dumb and it could have been a lot better.