Why?
It was a lazy evening and my Mom and I needed something to watch. We didn't want anything too serious so we went on Tubi and found this movie.
What in the world?
A used cars salesman is being a little naughty around Christmas time and is chosen to be a secret Santa by Santa himself. I honestly can't tell you what a secret Santa even fully does.
Personal thoughts
I don't know how to feel about this movie. On one hand, it's amazing and I want to show my friends. On the other hand, it's so slow and weird that I don't want to show my friends. The first part of this movie can be summed up as the beginning of any Christmas drama. Dad is being a workaholic and neglecting his family. Simple. Easy. WRONG. The second half of this movie is a fever dream. He's tied up in a trunk, he's talking to an owl (and it's talking back), and he's delivering toys around the world in Santa's whiplash sleigh (which is a whole other can of worms). The movie does get a little bit of credit for giving the talking owl a fake name, but loses that credit when it's not actually in the credits. Shame on you movie, shame.
Score
I have to give this movie a 6 out of 10. It was only my cup of tea near the very end where nothing made sense and I felt like the writers had taken drugs. They had a character who was wanted in all 49 other states. THEY NEVER SAID WHY. I want to know why and all that runs through my mind are thoughts of what could have been. Other than that, I did not like any of the characters and so many of the side characters had less than 10 minutes of screen time that I just couldn't be bothered when they had little montage credits of themselves at the end.
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Your fellow film watcher
