Damian was great in this movie and his singing was outstanding.

Judd Nelson, Connor Price, John Fleming, and Sante Scaletta in Cancel Christmas (2010)

Shelley Long, George Wendt, Lucas Bryant, and Kassia Warshawski in Merry In-Laws (2012)

Caroline Aaron, Bruce Dern, Richard Thomas, Chris Elliott, Jack McGee, Kresh Novakovic, Shawnee Smith, Dean Winters, Christopher Riley, Nate Torrence, Paris Bravo, and Gianni Ciardiello in Christmas vs. The Walters (2021)

Barry Bostwick, Blayne Weaver, Devon Werkheiser, and Jennifer Stone in Santa Girl (2019)

Angela Lansbury and Michael Jeter in Mrs. Santa Claus (1996)

Judd Nelson, Jeff Fahey, Tony Amendola, John Rhys-Davies, Heather Elizabeth Morris, and Damian McGinty in Santa Fake (2019)

Rebekah Wiggins and John Rhys-Davies on the set of Santa Fake.

Ryan O&apos;Malley

Pancho Moler

Damian McGinty

J.M. Burris

The Christmas-themed family film will follow Pat Keeley, a young man from Ireland who has emigrated to the United States and finds himself caught up in an escalating whirlwind of shenanigans that takes him from New York to Santa Fe.

Santa Fake

Bad production value = Maybe the worst Christmas movie I&apos;ve ever seen

You can&apos;t blame a movie&apos;s quality if there is a lack of budget. In a perfect representation of &quot;you get what you pay for&quot;, a low budget movie will appear so.

First, the good. When you get capable actors Heather Morris, veterans Judd Nelson and John Rhys-Davies, and talented newcomer Damian McGinty, you would think there could do something worth watching, but they can only do so much with what they were given. Other than that, this movie feels like it had its heart in the right place, but there isn&apos;t much more to celebrate.

So now, the bad. Again, the production quality is hard to ignore as it becomes evident in almost every scene. That said it&apos;s hard to get pulled into the story when fast motion makes the video strobe (watch Mrs. Ortega walk in front of the tapestry), when characters look yellow when they&apos;re indoors (no white balance?), or when McGinty&apos;s great voice sounds like he&apos;s singing in a bucket.

I could even look past these production issues if the story/humour/narrative is pleasant. But strange errors, stranger decisions, and an awkward story make that an impossibility as well. I could look past the punny title of this movie. (It&apos;s in Santa Fe, get it?) I could look past &apos;toaster effects&apos; to show the characters travelling cross country. I could even look past the climactic finale&apos;s &quot;proposition&quot; that is, well, odd. But when the FBI agent says a briefcase needs to be fingerprinted, then IMMEDIATELY hands it to his partner who is not wearing gloves, I couldn&apos;t help but yell: DID NO ONE SEE THIS?!

So, while this was a valiant effort, this movie unfortunately falters in almost all aspects. 2 out of 10.

Trailer

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Bad production value = Maybe the worst Christmas movie I've ever seen

You can't blame a movie's quality if there is a lack of budget. In a perfect representation of "you get what you pay for", a low budget movie will appear so.

First, the good. When you get capable actors Heather Morris, veterans Judd Nelson and John Rhys-Davies, and talented newcomer Damian McGinty, you would think there could do something worth watching, but they can only do so much with what they were given. Other than that, this movie feels like it had its heart in the right place, but there isn't much more to celebrate.

So now, the bad. Again, the production quality is hard to ignore as it becomes evident in almost every scene. That said it's hard to get pulled into the story when fast motion makes the video strobe (watch Mrs. Ortega walk in front of the tapestry), when characters look yellow when they're indoors (no white balance?), or when McGinty's great voice sounds like he's singing in a bucket.

I could even look past these production issues if the story/humour/narrative is pleasant. But strange errors, stranger decisions, and an awkward story make that an impossibility as well. I could look past the punny title of this movie. (It's in Santa Fe, get it?) I could look past 'toaster effects' to show the characters travelling cross country. I could even look past the climactic finale's "proposition" that is, well, odd. But when the FBI agent says a briefcase needs to be fingerprinted, then IMMEDIATELY hands it to his partner who is not wearing gloves, I couldn't help but yell: DID NO ONE SEE THIS?!

So, while this was a valiant effort, this movie unfortunately falters in almost all aspects. 2 out of 10.

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