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Santa vs. The Snowman

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A snowman tries to take over Christmas from Santa inciting a full scale war between the two sides.

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Natasha Aitken Empire Magazine A bit of kid friendly seasonal cheer that is refreshingly without the usual lashings of schmaltz. Rated: 4/5 Dec 30, 2006 Full Review Desson Thomson Washington Post Sweet-natured fun for the very young. Nov 24, 2004 Full Review Catherine Foster Boston Globe Oedekerk ... and his team have taken the traditional animation techniques to another level -- creating snowflakes that seem to fall into the audience -- and they pull the viewers into the film. Rated: 3/4 Nov 28, 2003 Full Review Mark Halverson Sacramento News & Review Rated: 3/5 Aug 7, 2008 Full Review Arthur Salm San Diego Union-Tribune Fluffy, schizophrenic (there's liberal borrowing from both Care Bears and The Empire Strikes Back) and oddly annoying. Nov 18, 2005 Full Review Boston Herald Rated: 4/4 Jul 16, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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Ben A I enjoy it and like the homage to Star Wars. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 12/15/23 Full Review Keith A Even better than Santa vs the Devil! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 11/23/20 Full Review Audience Member Santa vs. The Snowman tells the story of a lonely Snowman who at first is swept away by the magical wonders of Santa's Village, only to ultimately wage war on Santa because he's jealous of all the attention Santa gets during Christmas time. An epic-scale polar war develops. The hilarious battle features such holiday defence mechanisms as hot chocolate squirt guns, giant Igloo Robot Walkers and even a 50-foot tall toy soldier manned by Santa himself. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member amazing! I can't beleive my eyes! it may be kiddish but the 3D is amazing, the story was amazing, heck, the whole movie was amazing. the best 3D film of 2002! so good I bought it in 3D! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Hilarious, creepy, cute, all around enjoyable by any age willing to accept the ridiculous premise. The 3D effects are effective and look great. However, this was originally made to be on an IMAX screen with 3D, which is the best way to see it the way some scenes play out. It sadly hasn't run in theaters lately, hopefully we can see a comeback or at least grouped with IMAX showings of other Christmas movies Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Over rated, lacking storyline- animators focus more on special effects. Santa Vs. Snowman is a long debate on which winter mythical character's you side with. For me it was alway's Rudolph not his 2 awkward sidekick deers and the evil turned nice Abominal Snowman. Santa isn't a saint either. In this short movie, it's like the creator destroyed the sentiminal Christmas values and Good ol' true story we were told as kids don't stand a chance in this short. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A snowman tries to take over Christmas from Santa inciting a full scale war between the two sides.
Director
John A. Davis
Producer
John A. Davis, Keith Alcorn, Paul Marshal
Screenwriter
John A. Davis
Distributor
IMAX Corporation
Production Co
O Entertainment
Genre
Holiday, Comedy, Animation
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 1, 2002, Wide
Runtime
32m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio
IMAX (1.43:1)