Santa's in town early this year.
Siblings Kate and Teddy try to prove Santa Claus is real, but when they accidentally cause his sleigh to crash, they have to save Christmas.
The Christmas Chronicles (2018) is a comedy, adventure, family and fantasy film directed by Clay Kaytis, released on November 22, 2018 with a runtime of 1h 44m. It stars Darby Camp, Judah Lewis, Kurt Russell and Martin Roach. Viewers rate it 7.2 out of 10 across 2,430 ratings.
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Darby Camp
as Kate Pierce
Judah Lewis
as Teddy Pierce
Kurt Russell
as Santa Claus
Martin Roach
as Dave Poveda
Lamorne Morris
as Mikey Jameson
Kimberly Williams-Paisley
as Claire Pierce
Oliver Hudson
as Doug Pierce
Tony Nappo
as Charlie Plummer
Vella Lovell
as Wendy
Lauren Collins
as Woman at Another Table
Steven Van Zandt
as Wolfie
Goldie Hawn
as Mrs. Claus
Directed by Clay Kaytis, written by Matt Lieberman, David Guggenheim and Matt Lieberman, produced by Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan and David Guggenheim.
Average viewer score of 7.2/10 from 2,430 ratings.
Decent watch at best, probably won't watch again, and can't recommend. Perhaps it's just that I don't like Kurt Russell and him injecting all his "Russellness" into Santa Claus ruins the magic of the character for me, but I really feel this portrayal of Santa Claus is lacking and borderline inappropriate. While the over all story structure and script are fine, there are just odd choices throughout the movie,…
Reviewed on November 30, 2020
Fun film, perfectly suitable for the festive period. I do enjoy Kurt Russell, I like most of the films that I've seen him in and this is another one to add to the list. He's great in the lead role, very much carrying the film. The other actors could've been better cast, but are still passable in their respective roles. There are also cameos for Goldie Hawn and Steven Van Zandt. The special effects are pleasant, the…
Reviewed on December 6, 2020
Pretty standard fare mostly. Dad died, son going off the rails, daughter still believes, let’s haul Santa in to help. (Which he does by letting them help him.) I found myself poking holes in the plot, which is a silly thing to do anyway in a Christmas fantasy film, such as If Santa can make presents magically appear in the jail, why can’t he get himself out of the jail without help? But the writers have the last…
Reviewed on December 19, 2020
Might be good, not sure. This is one of those films that punish you for having bought an HDR TV. I'm not sure what's going on here, because someone decided to turn down the brightness to 20%. It's possible there's a good movie here, and I do love Kurt Russell, but unfortunately I was unable to watch it, because on a 4k OLED HDR TV, this was just a dark gray mass of pixels moving around.
Reviewed on September 9, 2022
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The main cast of The Christmas Chronicles (2018) includes Darby Camp, Judah Lewis, Kurt Russell, Martin Roach and Lamorne Morris. The film was directed by Clay Kaytis. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
The Christmas Chronicles was released on November 22, 2018 and runs for 1h 44m.
The Christmas Chronicles (2018) holds an average rating of 7.2 out of 10 from 2,430 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy comedy, adventure and family films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
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