'Twas the Night

TV-G

2001

1 hr. 40 min.

Holiday

Comedy

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250+ Ratings

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A 14-year-old boy (Josh Zuckerman) and his uncle (Bryan Cranston) jeopardize Christmas when they take Santa's sleigh for a joy ride.

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Disney Channels take on its parent company's movie Santa Clause sadly misses the mark. though comparison between the two should be prevented,the weak narrative, subpar dialogue, and surface level characters makes ver hard to n to wish that you were watching Santa Clause instead.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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A Christmas movie that I was able to get all the way through! Not great, but not terrible. The storyline is somewhat enjoyable, and it is always fun to see Bryan Cranston before he became Walter White.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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Cranston is the reason this rating

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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Bryan Cranston is hilarious. Another great movie from my childhood!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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"Breaking Bad" star Bryan Cranston took a part of Disney Channel's early times in this creative, but somewhat sort-of poorly-written holiday flick that was picking out small presents that contained rehashed elements from a couple of Christmas classics than trying to be more Christmassy heartening and balanced with the creativity. (B-) (Full review coming soon)

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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a good children movie, but that's it. very forgettable.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Nick Castle

Director

Bryan Cranston

Nick Wrigley

Josh Zuckerman

Danny Wrigley

Brenda Grate

Kaitlin Wrigley

Rhys Williams

Peter Wrigley

Barclay Hope

John Wrigley

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Lynne Heffley

Los Angeles Times

If you have children who believe in Christmas magic, steer them away from "'Twas the Night," the Disney Channel's cartoonish, Santa-bashing nod to the holidays.

Sep 17, 2019

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Laura Fries

Variety

Apparently if you slap on a few colored lights and tack on a schmaltzy feel-good ending, you can call just about anything a Christmas movie.

Nov 6, 2018

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Tracey Petherick

Common Sense Media

Made-for-TV Christmas caper is formulaic, unthreatening fun.

Rated: 3/5

Nov 13, 2020

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Terry Kelleher

People Magazine

[Bryan] Cranston's game plan is to loot up-scale homes on Christmas Eve, and he's impudently funny before learning the obligatory lesson.

Sep 17, 2019

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Synopsis

A 14-year-old boy (Josh Zuckerman) and his uncle (Bryan Cranston) jeopardize Christmas when they take Santa's sleigh for a joy ride.

Director: Nick Castle
Screenwriter: Jenny Tripp, Dan Studney, Jim Lincoln
Production Co: Disney Channel
Rating: TV-G
Genre: Holiday, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 2, 2016

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