Somehow I missed out on this picture when it was released. I feared the worst since Gibson has been starring in lots of flops lately, but this Santa movie is defnitely something else!
The good: it's not a laugh out loud comedy, not at all, it's more of bleak, dark satire on Santa. Several of such movies have been made and this is a rather welcome addition to this dark genre of bashing in children's dreams of Santa.
More good: Mel Gibson as a grumpy, run down Santa drowning in debt and having to make his elfs work for the army for petes sake to earn some extra cash. Gibson nails it! There is an excellent bad guy as well.
It's definitely NOT a young children's movie, but teenagers and adults, who are into this bashing Santa genre might have a good time.
Any bad? It's a bit slow at times. It could have been more over the top. But I liked it anyway, quite a lot actually!
The good: it's not a laugh out loud comedy, not at all, it's more of bleak, dark satire on Santa. Several of such movies have been made and this is a rather welcome addition to this dark genre of bashing in children's dreams of Santa.
More good: Mel Gibson as a grumpy, run down Santa drowning in debt and having to make his elfs work for the army for petes sake to earn some extra cash. Gibson nails it! There is an excellent bad guy as well.
It's definitely NOT a young children's movie, but teenagers and adults, who are into this bashing Santa genre might have a good time.
Any bad? It's a bit slow at times. It could have been more over the top. But I liked it anyway, quite a lot actually!