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Santa Buddies

2009 · 88 min

This is a bright, cheerful adventure filled with heartwarming moments about learning the true spirit of the season.

Directed by
Robert Vince
Genres
Family, Adventure, Fantasy
Tagline
The Buddies are coming to town!
Overview
When Puppy Paws, the fun-loving son of Santa Paws, gets bored, he finds Budderball on Santa's naughty list and figures he's just the dog to show him how to be an ordinary pup. When the magical Christmas Icicle starts to melt however, and the world begins to forget the true meaning of the season, it's up to Puppy Paws and his newfound Buddies to journey back to the North Pole and save Christmas.

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Directed by
Robert Vince
Genres
Family, Adventure, Fantasy
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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • friendship
  • coming-of-age
  • morality
  • memory
Places
  • home
  • wilderness
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • ensemble
  • animated
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour6
Realism2
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

In this series

Buddies Collection

  1. Air BuddiesMovie · 2006
  2. Snow BuddiesMovie · 2008
  3. Santa BuddiesMovie · 2009 This title
  4. Space BuddiesMovie · 2009
  5. Spooky BuddiesMovie · 2011
  6. Treasure BuddiesMovie · 2012
  7. Super BuddiesMovie · 2013

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Details

Genres
family, adventure, fantasy
Directed by
Robert Vince
Written by
Anna McRoberts, Kevin DiCicco, Robert Vince
Starring
Zachary Gordon, Josh Flitter, Skyler Gisondo, Field Cate, Liliana Mumy, Ty Panitz, Danny Woodburn, Richard Kind
Music
Brahm Wenger
Cinematography
Kamal Derkaoui
Runtime
88 min
Country
Canada, United States of America
Languages
English

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