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5.0 out of 5 stars
What a Christmas surprise!, December 24, 2003
I confess it ... I am no kid, and I am completely in love with Christmas! I avidly collect All Sorts of Things Christmas, especially films ... on the other hand, I am VERY fussy and protective as to those things I will accept as true representatives of The Christmas Spirit.
I stumbled on this movie just the other day, on television; my cynicism surging to the fore, I prepared to subject it to my highly critical and jaundiced eye, ready to dismiss it as a sleazy "upstart".
Well, I could not do it ... within minutes I was in love with "Must Be Santa", and I must admit it broke my heart in various different ways before it left me, crying and laughing at once, all aglow with Christmas Spirit!
True, the North Pole has been propelled into the 21st century In A Big Way, but it has been done with such obvious glee in the re-creation that I think one would need to be an appalling humbug not to be drawn in.
I am especially impressed by the fact that this is not just another sugar-coated Christmas fable; there are complications here ... the motivations of all the main characters are far from simple, and each goes through his/her own struggle ... and some of it isn't very pretty.
But, above all, I feel so much love and heart permeating this film, that I say again ... IMHO, only a true Scrooge could fail to love "Must be Santa"!
I will add my vote ... this film richly deserves to be on DVD!
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Jasmine Lloyd, November 11, 2009
This review is from: Must Be Santa (DVD)
This was a good family movie for everyone to watch you would to see it for yourself.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Chaming, Whimsical, Inspirational, May 18, 2011
This review is from: Must Be Santa (DVD)
Must Be Santa gives a very magical perspective of Christmas. Floyd Court (played by Arnold Pinnock) is a thief, arsonist, con man, and escaped convict who is mistakenly chosen to be the new Santa Claus. Floyd is not too thrilled about being Santa until an angel named Natalie Fairlie (played by Deanna Milligan) shows him how being Santa can help him right the wrongs of his past, especially the years he spent neglecting his daughter. Dabney Coleman plays Tuttle, an angel who runs the North Pole with military precision. Tuttle is most certainly not thrilled about Floyd being the new Santa. Being the idealistic angel she is, Natalie struggles with her feelings of attraction toward the new Santa while often finding herself in the difficult position of balancing the duty with enchantment; ensuring the business of the North Pole is carried out without losing the charming, whimsical, woundrous qualities that make the North Pole the magical place kids all over the world have come to love. And if Tuttle can learn to accept the new Santa Claus, he just might find the Christmas spirit inside of him. Must Be Santa provides an interesting, imaginative look at Christmas and Santa Claus, and tells a beautiful story of how the magic of Christmas can bring joy and hope to everyone, no matter what they believe or how much their lives might have gone wrong.
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