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Santa Who

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This is the type of film that is fun to put on when your spirits need to be lifted and want to bring a smile to your face. It does both of these in great fashion.

Santa is out riding in his sleigh, hits some turbulence and falls to earth. He lands on the car of a TV reporter who is in need of a Christmas story for his newscast, and loses his memory. This reporter had long ago lost his ability to believe in Santa. Of course the viewer must suspend reality and accept the situation to fully enjoy the results of this story. Someone looking only for a funny film will be disappointed as it is not played strictly for laughs. Leslie Neilsen has played a real Santa before (All I Want For Christmas) and does a great job here as a befuddled person trying to remember who he really is. Again, someone expecting an over the top comic performance will not be amused, but this is meant as a FAMILY film and really succeedes.

Of course, being a Christmas story, the reporter regains his faith in Santa and in himself and, just in time, Santa regains his memory. Even Scrooge would know this was going to happen.

This began as a TV movie on the Sunday Night Disney program last Christmas. I'd taped it then and have watched it a number of times since. Now it is great to have it on DVD without commercials.

If you are one of those people who thinks anyone with Merry Christmas on his lips should be buried with a stake of holly through his heart (sorry Mr. Dickens), don't watch this film, but for anyone looking for a nice, smile involking 88 minutes of Christmas fantasy, get this DVD.

Well, its that time of the year again. The time to max out your credit cards on uselss items your children will probably lose or forget about in three days. The time to hang up lights around the house only to find the bulbs don't work. More importantly, however, it is also the time of year to bring out the christmas movie collection such as the Charlie Brown Christmas Special, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, and lets not forget, Home Alone. Sure, these movies are great, but we see them year after year, repeated non-stop on TV stations such as TBS and FOX. But I'm here to give you some good news. A new breed of Christmas movie is here, and it comes in the name of Santa Who? It stars the wacky, yet lovable Lelie Neilsen who is in his best form since Naked Gun 33 1/3. It is also directed by the incomperable Chad Hoffman who is, in my mind, one day going to be the next Stanley Kubrick. The way he adds the slide whistle noise into Santa Who in order to convey people slipping on ice, or forgeting something they once had (hint, hint...Santa Whaaaa?)just boggles my mind. And let me not forget to mention the cinematography. If you thought a TV movie about Santa Claus losing his memory couldn't have beautiful setting, lighting and mood...let this movie show you the light (no pun intended...[slide whistle])
This movie is the funniest film since Encino Man, starring Pauly Shore, Brendon Fraser, and Sean Astin. If you haven't seen that film, i strongly urge you to see it as well. At this point in time, Santa Who? might be passed off as just another terrible movie quickly put together by television networks to rejuvinate the Christmas Spirit. I cannot tell you enough, it is not. The story is actually quite entertaining and kids will laugh time after time at the wacky sounds and slide whistles. So instead of going to the store to rent the usual christmas movie, try something new and rent Santa Who?

For those who like myself just adore Leslie Nielsen's wacky roles in "The Naked Gun" series of films, this delightful little Christmas television movie is essential viewing. A story about Santa losing his memory of just who he is just prior to the main part of the Christmas season possibly doesn't promise much however in the most capable hands of Leslie Nielsen, and with excellent support from the underrated Steve Eckholdt as cynical newsman Peter Albright, the opposite is definately the case. What we get in "Santa Who?", is a delightfully funny and at times very touching account of not just one but actually two men's search to try and find out just who they actually are. Both men's search for an identity resulting from very different circumstances; ie Santa as a result of an accident while out driving his sleigh, and Peter, due to a lifetime devoid of love and caring from anyone, becomes a mutually enriching journey for them creating a touching bond between the two men who normally are as different as night and day but who through the chain of events that unfold become better people for the experience.

Just rented this movie last night, it was a let down as far as good holiday movies go. The only thing going for it was it was pleasant enough I wasn't ashamed to have the kids watch it, it was just bland and boring. Movies like "A Christmas Story", "Miracle on 34th Street", and "(The) Santa Claus" are much more entertaining and can also be watched by young children.

Also, didn't realize it was a made-for-TV movie, but it was pretty obvious as I watched it since it had the darkening scenes you always notice right before the commerical break, yuk.

Santa coming down with amnesia, tall elves, letters to Santa thrown into the fireplace, and a child-hating bachelor getting married to a woman with child. I gave it five stars because I found it to be a very enjoyable movie. Sadly, I have it on VHS and I do not have a working VCR, nor can I afford it on a DVD, so I will have to wait until Christas of 2010 to enjoy it. The movie has been around long enough for most to know the plots, beginning with Santa landing on the roof of a reporter's car who doesn't believe in Santa. He has been dating a woman with a young son and while he desires her he does not desire the son. The son, of course, believes Nick is Santa Claus while Peter, the reporter, doesn't. Throughout the movie we are entertained by the sights and sounds of Christmas, such as Salvaton Army and department store Santas, decorated trees, Christmas music, and carolers. Since it is a Christmas movie, we expect, and get, a happy ending, and two children get the surprise of their life early Christmas morning. While it is true this is not the stuff of The Bells of St. Mary's, A Christmas Carol (whichever version or versions you watch), It's a Wonderful Life, or Miracle on 34th Street, it does make me laugh (I like it when a guard has to phone his boss and tell him Santa is stealing the reindeer), and feel good, especially listening to Jingle Bell Rock at the end (which was left off of the movie when I just watched it on tv and that sucked). I recommend it to families and singles alike.

Very excited to have found this movie on Amazon, as it is one of my favorites and I didn't want to have to rely on finding it on TV every Christmas. The price was excellent, I got it quickly and it was packaged well and works perfectly. Very pleased with this purchase :)

If you expect Leslie Nielsen to stop his trademark bumbling slapstick acting which he showed in his "Naked Gun" series; and if you buy the idea of Santa with amnesia, give another star and make it three. As I don't either, excuse me for my low rating.

So, if you want to buy a Christmas present for your kids, and thinking about a harmless and amusing one, "Santa Who?" will do. It is good-natured, and though slightly sexual relationship is implied (between the two adults), it is nothing you might be embarrassed with when watching it with kids.

However, if you seek for more profound and thought-provoking one, how about "Miracle on 34th Street"? Both the original and the remake (featuring Natalie Wood and Mara Wilson respectively, and they are so cute!!) are great, I assure you.

A film that fails to deliver, even with such obvious comedic talents. Not only does Leslie "Naked Gun" Nielsen appear as Santa, but Steve Smith of the US "Red Green" show had a supporting role. Sadly, they are but ancillary players (Smith's role was sadly unnecessary), playing second fiddle to a bachelor who argues with his girlfriend's son about the existence of Santa. The son is not very endearing as the faithful child, and many plot points are unnecessarily delayed. (Can we say "idiot plot?") Nielsen's comic potential is needlessly squandered. Red Green fans would never accept that their hero could be overcome by Tommy "In Living Color" Davidson, who plays an oversized elf. A waste of two hours you will never get back. Life is too short for bad movies like this.

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