This is not a terrible film it's just not really any good. It employs two of the key components, a boy and a dog, with the addition of Christmas, but it all really amounts to nothing. The saccharine American family, with underachieving, emotionally unstable children try to reconcile the reality or fantasy of Santa and the obstacle to happiness is the local dog catcher. It's all standard fare, with Tom Arnold and Chevy Chase well aware that their careers have declined to this paycheck collecting low, but happy to deliver the odd line designed to show the parents the writers and producers do have a sense of humour and are just churning this stuff out to please the execs.
Adult score: 2/5Child score: 3/5First thing the child said when the film finished: We've watched that before.
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