although i'm not the biggest fan of christmas i do like
christmas of course but i'm not one of those people who becomes overly excited
in the run-up to christmas i'm more of a halloween person
i do have this weird fascination with watching
christmas films particularly ones that are slightly lower budget i
love things like marathon 34th street and elf
but i prefer the lesser known ones and i've recently discovered hallmark's
range of films and the ones i can watch in the uk uh
the ones that i've seen are really good and that also includes the 2013 film
defending santa i found this when i was looking for joey
sweden films i became a full house addict earlier this
year went in search of more of sweden's work
and found this film and haven't watched it i can say that
this film is really magical and also combines two
other elements i love films and tv shows set in
hospitals and those set setting courtrooms
and this just takes all of the boxes for me it for me
it is magic so it has a 5.6 rating out of 10
on imdb that's only over 380 reviews so it's not the most well-known film but
personally i i'd say give it a go i think it you
know as it grows in popularity i think more people
will learn about it so there won't be any spoilers in this but the description
from imdb is as follows a small town sheriff finds
a man asleep in the woods who claims to be santa claus
pretty straightforward plot there this is directed by brian skiba and written
by george urschbeemer or earthbomber and the plot
the description there is is pretty straightforward this man
is asleep in the woods he's taken to hospital when he comes to
he declares that he is chris kringle santa claus
and obviously a lot of people don't
believe him as you'd expect and there are a lot of interactions with
some people who think that he's off his head and needs mental treatment
but he interacts with a child in the hospital and they have such this
beautiful moment together and it really brings to that childhood
innocence it's also very emotional in that respect because they're in a
hospital and it does look at the
in the children's ward and when you're going to put sick children in a
christmas film is going to melt your heart
and then the whole film's about trying to prove well
certain people trying to prove that he is santa or even if he thinks he's santa
he's making people happy let him get on with it
in that essence it does have an a sprinkling of miracle on 34th street on
it but this santa is quite different
to 34th street santa the film itself is completely different the way the
narrative progresses but the basic plot is
kind of similar so if you like that sort of film
then i think you'd like this sweden's not the main
protagonist in this one so she's not in it as much as i'd have liked
but she is in it and that is a good thing the cast all around
are brilliant i i have absolutely no complaints bill lewis plays chris
kringle and he was very santa like he wasn't the
santa as i said miracle on 34th street the remake
is just my that epitomizes christmas to me
but this was still a really good representation i thoroughly enjoyed this
it will put you in the christmas spirit but if you prefer christmas films that
are more lighthearted this one's maybe not for you because as
i said it made me cry it probably will make you
well up but i think you'll like it give it a go
if you can find it let me know what you think of it and if
there are any other hallmark films that you would recommend
you