Santa vs. The Snowman

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Santa vs. The Snowman

2002

32m

Holiday

Comedy

Animation

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

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

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Desson Thomson

Washington Post

Sweet-natured fun for the very young.

Nov 24, 2004

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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

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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

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Boston Herald

Rated: 4/4

Jul 16, 2005

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Robert W. Butler

Kansas City Star

A mildly diverting seasonal entry that should amuse the small fry while giving their parents a couple of chuckles and a few perplexing moments.

Nov 29, 2004

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Lucy C

Very, very funny to watch.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/30/24

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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

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Keith A

Even better than Santa vs the Devil!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/23/20

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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

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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

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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

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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)