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      Secret Santa

      G 1998 1h 30m Holiday Comedy Fantasy List
      Reviews Gordon Covington (D.L. Green) doesn't get to spend enough time with his family because of woes associated with his job as a used-car salesman. Work pressures keep him from numerous family obligations, and he even misses Christmas with his wife and kids, a grievous situation that leads to his transformation into Santa Claus himself. As Santa, Gordon has to deliver gifts to kids across the globe on Christmas Eve, and, in the process, he learns the real meaning of the holiday. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member What is this unholy piece of crap? It's about a car salesman who were supposed to hate because he works, not because he works too hard but because he works, this is absurd. His wife leaves him and takes there son with her until he learns that work is bad, and that's also the moral. An elf turns our hero into Santa Clause because he's the only person in the world who has family problems so now it's up to him to learn the true meaning of Christmas and spend some more time with his family. But that's not all, at what I thought was the end of the movie he says out of the blue that the cars he's selling are stolen without even knowing if they are or not. This happens to be the luckiest guess in the world as he finds out that the cars really are stolen, wow. So Santa gets kidnapped by the guys that were selling him the cars and from here on in it's a completely different movie I hate it when movies do that. This movie pretty much fails on every level imaginable and I don't really have anything good to say about it. It's not even so bad it's funny it's just very dull and makes you ask questions that are never answered. D.L. Green the guy playing Santa can't act to save his life and his character is unlikeable but not for any of the reasons that the movie wants you to hate him for. The special effects I can't really complain about because it doesn't look like much money went into them so it's not like alot went to waste. The sound effects however are taken straight out of the cutscenes in the CD-I video game Hotel Mario and that really got to me. I think I would rather play Hotel Mario than watch this monstrosity a second time and i'm not even joking it's that bad and probably the worst Christmas movie to feature Santa Clause i've ever scene. So, if your making a Black Christmas list of what you don't want for Xmas this year than this would be a good recommendation for the #1 spot. Do not watch this. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member didnt like this one......... Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Gordon Covington (D.L. Green) doesn't get to spend enough time with his family because of woes associated with his job as a used-car salesman. Work pressures keep him from numerous family obligations, and he even misses Christmas with his wife and kids, a grievous situation that leads to his transformation into Santa Claus himself. As Santa, Gordon has to deliver gifts to kids across the globe on Christmas Eve, and, in the process, he learns the real meaning of the holiday.
      Director
      Fred Olen Ray
      Screenwriter
      Hamilton Underwood
      Rating
      G
      Genre
      Holiday, Comedy, Fantasy
      Original Language
      English
      Runtime
      1h 30m