Alicia I love this movie so much

Matcollis This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

Ceticultsot Beautiful, moving film.

Glucedee It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

JaenosJelantru (mild spoiler below) "Manos, Hands of Fate" notwithstanding, this may be the worst movie I've ever seen. Full of clichés, terrible acting, continuity flaws, and predictability.The worst two things so far: They show a homeless man that turns into a thief and steals from Santa. They show a foster parent who basically runs a really mean and dangerous orphanage. Thanks Disney for teaching children these valuable lessons. I work with homeless people and am personally a foster parent to three children. This movie is awful.Kids may be easily duped by movies like this but I feel its not only a bad movie, but also very irresponsible.

k-pedana22 This was, hands down the most awful, disturbing "kid's movie" I've ever seen. My 2 year old daughter was horrified and confused as I promised her a cute doggy movie... and had to reassure her that a doggy was going to appear on screen soon. I, too, was fooled by the cute fluffy white puppy on the cover of the DVD. 20 min in, no sign of a dog! Terrible story line, horrible acting and the scariest looking Santa ever!!!!! I thought I was at times watching "Annie". Having orphan girls mop floors with old metal buckets, sleep in the basement next to an incinerator, and dressed like characters out of the original "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". Yet, the head Mistress drove a lime green VW Beetle and wore hooker boots for her date with the freaking dog catcher... Santa almost dies, the puppy nearly gets burned, a preschooler jumps into an incinerator to save a stuffed animal... weird, creepy, awful, disturbing... the four words to describe this horrendous movie. I'm embarrassed for Disney!

bunecarlos The talking animals and kids are cute, and if you can make it past the cruel orphanage administrator who casts children into a creepy basement as a punishment and a dying Santa in a hospital (that included an oxygen mask and tubes!), you just might like the happy ending in the last 5 minutes of this awful movie.My 8-year old twins either just sat there quietly or cried throughout, as my wife and I reassured them that Santa wouldn't die.Richard Riehle is a good actor (see: Office Space), but miscast as a odd-looking, less-than-robust Santa. Most mall Santas would have been a better choice.

carrie-linscott I watched this movie with my daughters, ages 6 and 3, and personally enjoyed many aspects of it, but my children were pretty scared. As mentioned by another reviewer, the images of children being yelled at and having their special toys burned in the furnace were very disturbing, especially for my 6-year-old. The movie presents some important themes, such as the healing power of love and kindness. But, unfortunately, I'm not sure the target audience (young children) will be able to see past the scary parts to catch the messages.I also agree with the reviewer who said the Santa was a little scary-looking. His character is wonderful, but he has so much make-up on, he does look a bit strange.Overall, I would not recommend it for kids younger than 7--and I'm not sure if it would hold the interest of kids older than that, unless they really love puppies and Santa.