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Defending Santa

2013 · 87 min

A gentle, feel-good holiday tale with light courtroom antics and small-town charm, easy to watch with family.

Directed by
Brian Skiba
Genres
Comedy, Family, Tv movie
Overview
Kris Kringle, aka Santa Claus, goes on trial for mental competency in Small Town U.S.A.
How it feels
Warm, light and earnest. Measured and easy to follow.
About
Faith, family, justice, identity
Content
Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
Note
Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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Directed by
Brian Skiba
Genres
Comedy, Family, Tv movie
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour4
Realism4
Romance2
Tension2
Darkness1
Complexity2
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy, family, tv movie
Directed by
Brian Skiba
Written by
George Erschbamer
Starring
Dean Cain, Jud Tylor, John Savage, Gary Hudson, Eric Scott Woods, Bill Lewis, Jamie McRae, Cooper Barnes
Cinematography
Russell Bell
Runtime
87 min
Country
Canada, United States of America
Languages
English

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