Synopsis
Dear Santa. North Pole.
Crystal, a rich party girl, finds a little girl's letter to Santa asking for a new mother, and she vows to win over the father and daughter before the holidays.
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Dear Santa
2011 Directed by Jason Priestley
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Una esposa para papá
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Part XXIII of
Flounder's Cinema Snobathon II0/10 film.
A film so awful that it somehow has the power to make you hate Amy Acker, Dear Santa represents the worst of what romantic comedies have to offer, the worst of what Hallmark films have to offer, and the worst of what Christmas films have to offer, especially in regards to its entitled and spoiled rotten main character who would work far better as a psychological slasher villain than as the hero in a holiday love story.
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Look, I'm all in for Christmas romances in all their cheesy, heavy-handed glory, but this "movie" (THIS movie!) is infuriatingly terrible.
To save yourself the trouble, here's the plot:
Self-centered socialite is cut off from her mother's fortune and is given an ultimatum: either get a job or get married by Christmas (Which, while par for the course for this type of film, is such a dumb ass deadline. Seriously? Why not just give her 6 more days until the end of the year?) Anyway, she accidentally intercepts a child's letter to Santa, and like any rational person, decides that - instead of popping the letter back in the little ol' mailbox - she'll commit a little light mail fraud…
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I had half a bottle of wine and I let my mom pick the movie. But I watched the whole thing because GUESS WHAT?! Turns out I would do anything for Amy Acker 😔
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This was so bad, oh my god. Usually, I only hate one side of a couple in a Christmas movie but, wow, both of the leads were just horrible people; incredibly selfish and annoying. The token gay character was one of the most stereotypical portals of a gay man I've ever seen, too. Just so much no all around.
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before embarking on another season of christmas films both classic and horribly cheesy, I decided to prime myself with one that’s essentially a mix of both: horribly classic!
let me tell you everything you need to know about this film in the form of a short list: the city shots are supposed to be NYC but are very clearly Toronto, it follows one of my fav tv Christmas movie tropes which is “woman will be cut off by parents unless she finds a purpose in life”, the main character is literally a stalker, the gay character bonds with the protagonist because he wears NARS Orgasm lipgloss, pigtails are apparently back in because of “Vanessa Hudgens” who has never been known for wearing pigtails, and our protagonist also has to save something which is another great Christmas film trope.
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With a bit of editing and music changes, you could turn this into a horror movie. Absolute travesty.
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I had half a bottle of wine and I let my mom pick the movie. But I watched the whole thing because GUESS WHAT?! Turns out I would do anything for Amy Acker 😔
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my first hallmark-ish Christmas movie, can’t wait to make a tradition out of binging these awful pieces of beauty
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