Good Enough Movies: SANTA CLAUS THE MOVIE (Extended Version)
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A celebration of the reliable 3-star movies we love, GOOD ENOUGH MOVIES looks back on the not-quite-classics you can still quote by heart and will always stop to watch whenever they're on. Maybe it's a nostalgic fave you haven't seen in years, maybe it's a movie you would've loved but never heard about - until now. They're far from perfect, they're hardly ubiquitous, but they're still G.E.M.s
THIS INSTALLMENT: An expanded and updated version of one of the first "pilot" episodes for G.E.Ms, uploaded for your Holiday viewing enjoyment.
When The Salkind Family - the idiosyncratic producers who helped set the template of the modern superhero movie with SUPERMAN in 1978 aimed to apply their unique style to an even bigger pop-mythological icon in Old Saint Nick, the results were alternately charming and bizarre; resulting in a film whose jarring tonal shifts perplexed critics and whose strangely-timed release strategy alienated audiences. But the film quickly reemerged as a "cult-classic" in the early days of Home Video, with many considering it a family favorite equal to The Grinch or Charlie Brown. Featuring memorable turns by John Lithgow, Dudley Moore and the late David Huddleston, it's a it's one of the most unusual Christmas films ever produced - a real GEM.