ChuckFlixs:The Christmas Chronicles By Chuck VanHoose November 27, 2018Last night I watched The Christmas Chronicles stars Kurt Russell as Santa Claus and his fight to save Christmas. It all starts when two siblings played by Judah Lewis and Darby Camp try to capture Santa on film. Of course when they do this put Christmas in danger and must save it. So it’s one of the stereotypical plots that a Christmas movie can have. Now small disclaimer. I would watch this movie before I let your kids watch it. While it doesn’t show anything really bad. Santa does break multiple rules. It’s not your typical kid’s Christmas movie. The movie itself is recommended for 10 and older.

But overall I liked this movie and thought it was good. Now it had a chance to be great but it lost me in the second half of the movie. But let’s start with the positives of the film.

Positives
The first is that I loved Kurt Russell as Santa Claus. It was something that I never knew that I wanted until this movie. He does not play your typical Tim Allen Santa Claus. Don’t get me wrong I like the first and even the second Santa Claus movie with Tim Allen. But it was fun seeing a new twist on Santa.

I feel like that just told Kurt Russell like himself if he became Santa. That’s exactly what he did. His Santa definitely had a different attitude and willing to break some rules then other Santa’s. He was a charismatic Santa at times and willing to do whatever was necessary to save Christmas.

They came up with their own unique twist on Santa and how he travels from house to house all around the world. I actually enjoyed that part because it was something new that I hadn’t seen before.

Middle of the road
In this part of the review I’m going to mention things that were just okay. This movie definitely has the cliches that are in most Christmas movies. It’s just in the nature of the genre to include them. Because if they didn’t then the typical movie watcher would be upset. But the cliches still hurt the quality of the film.


So let’s get into the negatives of the film. I didn’t really like the two kid actors in the movie. I mean they did an okay job but they weren’t given a lot to work with. Plus they had to act with Kurt Russell so they couldn’t be easy for them. I didn’t like the look of the elves but that’s a minor detail. The majority of the people that they interact with on their journey aren’t that interesting. They are just minor characters who are there because they are an obstacle. When I stay that they are only there to slow Santa down on his quest to save Christmas.

Rating: 6.8/10

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