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The Christmas Chronicles

PG·2018·104m

Comedy

Adventure

Family

Fantasy

Comedy

Adventure

Family

Fantasy

Summary

Siblings Kate and Teddy try to prove Santa Claus is real, but when they accidentally cause his sleigh to crash, they have to save Christmas.

Cast

Darby Camp

Kate Pierce

Judah Lewis

Teddy Pierce

Kurt Russell

Santa Claus

Martin Roach

Dave Poveda

Lamorne Morris

Mikey Jameson

Kimberly Williams-Paisley

Claire Pierce

Oliver Hudson

Doug Pierce

Tony Nappo

Charlie Plummer

Vella Lovell

Wendy

Lauren Collins

Woman at Another Table

Steven Van Zandt

Wolfie

Goldie Hawn

Mrs. Claus

Tom Kane

The Narrator

David Kohlsmith

5 Year Old Teddy

Jack Bona

8 / 10 Year Old Teddy

Paskal Vaklev

Teddy's Friend #1

Abel Tekeste

Teddy's Friend #2

Jameson Kraemer

Freddy

Solla Park

Min-Ju

Seth Mohan

Vijay

Kayla Lakhani

Beena

Glen McDonald

Larry

Danielle Bourgon

Sheila

Chai Valladares

Valet

Jonathan Kim

Korean Student #1

John Koo

Korean Student #2

Ish Morris

Thug #1

Jeremy Raymond

Thug #2

Chris LeBlanc

Thug #3

Debra Wilson

Lars

Kari Wahlgren

Jojo

Debi Derryberry

Fleck

Michael Yurchak

Bjorn

Jessica Lowe

Mina

Jeff Teravainen

Vincent

Elizabeth Phoenix Caro

Alicia Sanchez

Andrew Morgado

Hugg / Additional Voices (voice)

Elena Khan

Gangster

Jesse Gervasi

3 Year Old Teddy

Crew

Director

Clay Kaytis

Story

David Guggenheim

Story, Writer

Matt Lieberman

Reviews

Kamurai

November 30, 2020

Decent watch at best, probably won't watch again, and can't recommend.

Perhaps it's just that I don't like Kurt Russell and him injecting all his "Russellness" into Santa Claus ruins the magic of the character for me, but I really feel this portrayal of Santa Claus is lacking and borderline inappropriate.

While the over all story structure and script are fine, there are just odd choices throughout the movie, particularly for the degree of life threatening risk in the adversity.

I also hate the elves, they're basically furry smurfs.

The really impressive thing is that Darby Camp can carry a movie. Despite everything happening, she is on it, mostly as a wide-eyed, dream filled kid, but she adds the charm of childhood spirit the movie requires.