Review of Santa Claus (1959) by Lafe F — 08 Jun 2007
On the surface, a cute kids' Christmas film from Mexico. But this has many religious overtones. The Devil whispers in childrens' ears to do bad things; Santa is watching through a telescope from his cloud-castle in the sky and makes note of which kids are good or bad.
This is portrayed in an authoritative manner, as if the gospel truth; it ends up feeling creepy and exploitative. The production values are cut-rate, adding to the cheese-factor. It's truly laughable and fits into the so-bad-it-becomes-good-category.
This review of Santa Claus (1959) was written by Lafe F on 08 Jun 2007.
Santa Claus has generally received negative reviews.
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