Gotta Catch Santa Claus

4.2
2008 1 hr 6 min Animation , Family

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!

  • Cast:
    William Shatner , Neil Crone

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Reviews

Afouotos
2008/12/11

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

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Odelecol
2008/12/12

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

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Cooktopi
2008/12/13

The acting in this movie is really good.

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Logan
2008/12/14

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

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baronvonyiffington
2008/12/15

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.

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SnakesOnAnAfricanPlain
2008/12/16

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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demona_3
2008/12/17

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!

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