Jeannot Szwarc – 1985
It’s hard to buy into the whimsy of the Santa story and the Christmas spirit when this film is shamelessly plugging McDonald’s and Coke and other junk food every few minutes. When the violins kicked in during Santa’s weepy soliloquy about how folks these days have forgotten the true meaning of Christmas, I’d had about enough. The most surreal highlight for me was when Burges Meredith appeared in a bit part, putting a strange bit of gravitas into an otherwise soulless movie.
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