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Hon na Santa Clause

Original title: Gotta Catch Santa Claus
  • TV Movie
  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • 1h
IMDb RATING
4.1/10
153
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Hon na Santa Clause (2008)
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Young boy wants to prove his friend that Santa Claus exists by capturing him. Meanwhile, an old enemy of Santa awakens from an ancient slumber with the same idea.Young boy wants to prove his friend that Santa Claus exists by capturing him. Meanwhile, an old enemy of Santa awakens from an ancient slumber with the same idea.Young boy wants to prove his friend that Santa Claus exists by capturing him. Meanwhile, an old enemy of Santa awakens from an ancient slumber with the same idea.

  • Directors
    • Jamie Waese
    • Jin Choi II
    • Peter Lepeniotis
  • Writers
    • Trevor Taylor
    • Steven E. de Souza
    • Steve Wright
  • Stars
    • Cory Doran
    • Lisa Lennox
    • Nathaniel Stephenson
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    4.1/10
    153
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Jamie Waese
      • Jin Choi II
      • Peter Lepeniotis
    • Writers
      • Trevor Taylor
      • Steven E. de Souza
      • Steve Wright
    • Stars
      • Cory Doran
      • Lisa Lennox
      • Nathaniel Stephenson
    • 5User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Gotta Catch Santa Claus
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    Cory Doran
    Cory Doran
    • Trevor
    • (voice)
    Lisa Lennox
    Lisa Lennox
    • Veronica
    • (voice)
    Nathaniel Stephenson
    Nathaniel Stephenson
    • Errol
    • (voice)
    • (as Nathan Stephenson)
    • …
    Sweeney MacArthur
    Sweeney MacArthur
    • Barky
    • (voice)
    William Shatner
    William Shatner
    • Santa Claus
    • (voice)
    Kristina Nicoll
    Kristina Nicoll
    • Mrs. Claus
    • (voice)
    • …
    Neil Crone
    Neil Crone
    • Kiosk Santa
    • (voice)
    • …
    Jamie Watson
    • Dad
    • (voice)
    • …
    Cal Dodd
    Cal Dodd
    • LeFreeze
    • (voice)
    • (as Cathal J. Dodd)
    David Berni
    • Snowman
    • (voice)
    Alyson Court
    Alyson Court
    • Trainee Elf
    • (voice)
    Joseph Motiki
    Joseph Motiki
    • Twins
    • (voice)
    • Directors
      • Jamie Waese
      • Jin Choi II
      • Peter Lepeniotis
    • Writers
      • Trevor Taylor
      • Steven E. de Souza
      • Steve Wright
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    1baronvonyiffington

    Very, very thinly veiled anti-science, pro-religion theme and moral

    The movie is very clearly a vehicle to drive home the idea that belief in something is more powerful than facts, reason and scientific evidence. They attempt to hide this reasoning behind "Santa Claus," but every single mention of Santa can be replaced with "god" and the movie is the same.

    The movie begins with four characters, and each one exhibiting a different one of the typical religious stances. One is a hardcore believer (believes Santa exists, despite all the evidence), one is a staunch atheist (proves using math that Santa is impossible) and the two younger brothers are agnostic (even going as far as actually saying "We don't have a stance on this, but we'll help").

    The movie doesn't get any better as it goes on. The character with scientific beliefs constantly has crap shoveled on her as increasingly impossible things happen, all of them in favor of the believing character - even right down to the scientific focused character being able to harness magical powers as soon as she disregards science and begins to believe in magic.

    Later in the movie, one character even goes as far as to say "what science you believe in might not work for me." The finale has a character outright say "What else can you say to a skeptic but Merry Christmas?"

    The movie's moral is disregard science, logic and reason and simply believe in things despite evidence to the contrary (several times it is outright stated in the movie that belief is more powerful and science doesn't belong), which is the basis of modern religion.

    Avoid at all costs.
    8demona_3

    Movie Description

    Funky music, holiday magic and a supersonic sleigh are all wrapped up in this CGI-animated family adventure starring William Shatner as the voice of Santa! Trevor is a true believer in the holiday spirit, so his skeptical best friend, Veronica, challenges him to show the world actual proof that Santa is real! Trevor and his friends embark on the adventure of a lifetime to catch Santa in action and reveal the true magic of Christmas. But they've got to find Santa before LeFreeze - a dim-witted monster who's carrying a serious 100-year-old grudge - and his snowman minions put Christmas on ice forever! Join the race to save Christmas in GOTTA CATCH SANTA CLAUS, the jolly, jammin', modern-day holiday classic destined to become a family tradition!
    5greenpoliwrath

    Emotionless Slop.

    This is the perfect definition for the word "emotionless"

    This movie evoked no feelings of sadness, yet no feelings of happiness. This is a movie that isn't funny, but also has one or two decent jokes. It's perfectly neutral of a movie.

    The creators obviously put work into it, and props to those creators, but comparing this movie to other christmas movies before and after this one's release, this one is frankly quite lackluster.

    The best actor was by far William Shatner. This is most likely because William Shatner is the only actor in the entire movie that actually has experience being an actor.

    Overall, if you want a movie that you can indeed watch, then please, give this one a shot.
    10Francois7103

    Children memory

    I remember watching this movie when I was 8 or 9 and it was part of my favorite classic Christmas movie. Remember that this is a children movie, and at that age you don't notice things such as animation said in another review. Great movie for your children, very entertaining.
    2SnakesOnAnAfricanPlain

    Gotta Catch Santa Claus (2008)

    Cheaply animated and obnoxious Christmas special. It's painful watching it trying to be so hip and cool, as it's already dated. Hardly going to become a classic. I really feel as those some of these sequences could have been created by youngsters just getting started in animation. The songs aren't memorable and also use bizarre genres to make it feel fresh, when it just ends up awkward. Nobody wants to see Santa dancing to funk. Shatner is underused, and any good vocal work is betrayed by the lifeless faces of the characters. Some big icy monster on a comet with 3 snowmen henchmen makes it interesting for a while, but it gets old fast. The highlight is Santa's ridiculously hot wife, and when talking about a shoddy animated film, that's quite depressing.

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      It is 5th most aired Christmas movie on Czech children's television Minimax by TV schedule between 2009 and 2024.

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    • Release date
      • December 11, 2008 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Canada
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Nu fångar vi Tomtefar
    • Production companies
      • Cookie Jar Entertainment
      • Gotta Catch Santa Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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