Tuesday 11 March 2014

Mrs. Santa Claus
Dir: Terry Hughes
1996
**
Charles Durning makes a pretty good Santa, Michael Jeter makes a pretty good Elf (both are very sadly missed and so it was a pleasure to see them again in a film I hadn't yet seen). Angela Lansbury is a lovely Mrs. Santa, the idea of the film is fine and the story is sound. I think the real problem is that in even in 1996, this style of musical was outdated and unfashionable. Had this film been made in the 50's it would now be a classic, I'm sure of it.

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