Watching his parents have sex on Christmas eve drives a boy insane. As an adult working at a toy factory, he is still obsessed with Christmas. He makes his own Santa suit and goes to reward and punish people as he sees fit.
Not really the best thing I've ever seen. The hour and a half duration seemed to go quickly. The plot was a little disjointed and poorly written in some areas. There were constant references to "playing a tune" that were never explained. The characters were shallow, except for crazy Santa. Dialogue was a little uncreative, but again, crazy Santa was the best actor. Sets were pretty standard locations, but the toy factory looked alright. It included large numbers of copied toys. The main character's Santa suit was a pretty decent costume. The beard and hair looked professional, even after he had gotten dirty and roughed up. Camera-work and editing were pretty basic. I didn't really notice anything worth mentioning there. There was 1 special effect at the end, but I won't spoil it. Audio is where this really fell apart. It was mixed fine, but crazy Santa humming Christmas songs was really annoying. Other critics have praised the editing and camera-work. It has a 5.3/10 on IMDB, 3/5 AllMovie and user rating on AllMovie and 83% tomatometer, 32% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. 57.6% failing average grade seems right to me. It also seems that every film gets 3/5 on AllMovie. I rate this tolerable.
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