melissa john hart elimi ballard john ratzenberger there are definitely pull factors with the santa
con and the fact that it's directed by melissa john hart for a lifetime definitely something that
was going to pique my interest the film itself however is not it's not quite as exciting as i
expected and definitely not the most festive but i enjoyed the time i spent watching it
this was released in 2014 directed as i said by melissa john hart and written by david breckman
and this is about a character called nick played by barry watson who has been in prison
for basically being a very clever liar he's a con man he is a cheat he gets released and
during a small stint of the santa he accidentally promises this little boy
something that he definitely can't deliver the re the real santa definitely couldn't deliver
so he makes it his mission to try and make that little boy's dream a reality unfortunately that
dream revolves around that little boy's recently divorcing parents i won't say any more than that
but i will say that his task seems impossible you know if the real santa can't do it certainly this
nick from planet earth that santa's from north pole you know what i mean
nick the mortal certainly can't do it but will he i was genuinely curious about that i had no idea
if or how he would pull it off i would have been surprised if he hadn't pulled it off but i also
would have been surprised if he had pulled it off because it seems impossible obviously i'm
not going to tell you which way it goes but i will say that that part of the narrative
was kept quite fresh and unpredictable where it falls short is how interesting the characters are
nick as a character was interesting to begin with i was curious to know why he was in prison
and what he was going to do now that he was out of prison but beyond that i feel like it's not
that interesting carol as our female protagonist or female lead played by melissa sage miller
is you know she's an interesting enough character she wasn't annoying she wasn't overreacting but i
just didn't find anything about her that i thought i could be sympathetic about i didn't really care
john the father her husband who she is currently separated from not a character i liked but a
fantastic performance played by scott grimes and this individual took to drink that's
mainly the reason why the marriage broke down and in this he is quite drunk a lot of the time
and i thought his performance was incredible you know if you told me he was drunk on set
and he wasn't actually acting or he was he was methoding i would believe you
absolutely incredible performance very moving melissa john hart plays rose demarco nick's sister
she's not in it that much but obviously when she was in it definitely a pull factor for me
john ratzenberger he has this habit of appearing in films that i watch when i watch them without
knowing he is in it which makes me smile because i love him he is in it a little bit um
not as much as i'd like but it's still pretty decent same with ally me ballard who of course
was quiz master and sabrina so that just makes me smile so much
when i get to see characters from sabrina in the same film
it's not a bad film there's nothing about the narrative that i think was unrealistic or poorly
developed but at the same time there's nothing about it that made me over excited i guess the
unpredictability of the development of the narrative destiny definitely works in its favor
and is definitely a big bonus for the film but most of the characters i didn't really care for
the casting though i loved so it's definitely quite balanced insofar as some of it i adored
some of it i didn't really care for would i recommend it though
yes i would if you're looking for a christmas film that you haven't seen and you like the sound of
the santa con or you like the sound of the cast of the santa con give it a go i think you'll enjoy it
but it's definitely not one to go for if you're looking for a really festive film because it's
not the most festive if you do watch it let me know what you think definitely not a bad film