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DVD Defending Santa
 Run time: 87 min Rating: 6.2 Genres: Drama | Family | Fantasy Director: Brian Skiba Writers: George Erschbamer Stars: Dean Cain, Jud Tylor, John Savage |
| Storyline While responding to the report of a broken down vehicle on Christmas Eve, Scott Hanson, a ski resort town sheriff, stumbles upon a sleeping Santa in the snowy woods. With his sleigh ride in doubt after spending nearly a year in a coma, Santa is put on trial to defend his identity. As the small town learns to “believe,” Sheriff Hanson, a dad and widower, also begins to fall for Santa’s court-appointed defense attorney, Sarah. Written by Anonymous |
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| Plot Keywords: christmas | |
| Details: Country: Canada, USA Release Date: 24 November 2013 (USA) |
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LOVED this film….ESPECIALLY loved characters played by Jud Tylor and Dean Cain….perfect film for the holiday season! Myself, my husband and son really enjoyed it. A film to make you feel good, it made you want to bake cookies and decorate your Christmas tree! And the cast excelled with solid performances…hoping this is going to become a holiday tradition, like watching A Christmas Story or Miracle on 34th Street! In this day and age, it's refreshing to watch a film of this quality, without nudity, drugs, sex, and violence, as this does not always have to be included in a film for it to be successful. Or, to touch your heart….
Defending Santa is a merging of two Christmas movie genera including variation on the Miracle on 34th St. and finding a replacement for a recently deceased spouse story themes. Like Miracle on 34th St., Defending Santa follows a similar storyline track of an overzealous DA out to prove Santa is insane, the slow convincing of skeptical town folks that he is the real Santa and Santa trying to get back to the north pole in time to keep Christmas spirit alive. Throw in Santa hibernating in the woods to open the movie, Jud Tylor's vying to be Dean Cain's spouse replacement and time portals to the north pole and there is just enough storyline to keep your interest to the end.
Its not a great movie and its not a bad movie, its just kinda there. Worth watching if you can't get Miracle on 34th St. (or one of its many remakes) on your schedule.