Summary
It's Christmas Eve and Judy Emerson is told there's no such thing as Santa. Determined to prove her family wrong, she sets an elaborate trap and successfully captures Santa Claus himself. But her parents think the jolly old elf is a burglar and have Santa arrested.
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Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 33GoodWatch 42
IMDb4.5
Audience score21%
Running time
2 h
A typical length for action movies, +12 min on the typical 108
typical 108120Half of all action movies run 96–127 min.
Reach
Streams in 8 countries, rent or buy in 13 more
Released
2002
December 13, 2002
24 years ago
Genres
ActionComedyDramaFamilyLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
and 13 more20 people
- Shelley LongMolly Emerson
- Robert HaysBill Emerson
- SASierra AbelJudy Emerson
- Brandon de PaulMike Emerson
- Corbin BernsenChief Spivak
- Stacy KeachMax the Biker
- Dick Van PattenSanta Claus
- TPTalbot Perry SimonsClifford the Inebriated
- Paul ButcherBrian Spivak
- Amanda PaysDoris Spivak
Sonny Carl DavisOfficer Buckley
Steve MonroeOfficer Calhoun
Cork HubbertElf One
Martin KlebbaElf Ranger Bob
Adrienne BarbeauAlice the Homeless Mom
Alana AustinCarla the Assistant
Colton JamesMarty the Hospital Teen
Joe VirziTrash Talking Teddy (voice)- PGPatricia GillumBoutique Person
- BBBrooke BeareReporter
Directing · 1
- John Shepphird Director, Writer
Writing · 1
- Steve Jankowski Writer
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Marie-Flore Beaubien Makeup Artist
Other crew · 1
- David White Post Production Assistant
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