Individual tolerance for cuteness will determine viewer reaction to this made-for-TV spin on the Santa legend. An aging Santa Claus (Charles Durning) and his wife, Queen Carlotta (Katherine Helmond), are preparing a ceremonial passing of the reins for their son, Nick St. Nicholas (Kelsey Grammer), but the absentee heir is partying in Florida. Despite the Jiminy Cricket-style advice of his butler, Jasper (Brian Bedford), Nick isn't ready to abdicate his current title — Miami's most eligible bachelor — for the yule-time duties to which he was born. But when public relations whiz Hector Villarba (Luis Estaban Garcia) proposes that Nick endorse a Christmas webs...
Released:
2002
Rated:
NR
Length:
100 mins