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The Christmas Chronicles 2

2020

Chris Columbus

Kurt Russell, Goldie Hawn, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Patrick Gallagher ...

4.8

1,313

Comedy. Fantasy Kate Pierce who is now a cynical teenager, is unexpectedly reunited with Santa Clause when a mysterious troublemaker threatens to cancel Christmas forever.

	Author	Review
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"Not so long ago, there were three or four new Christmas movies a year. Now it seems like there are 30 or 40 (...) A harmless piece of hokum"	NEG
United States	Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter	"Russell and Hawn bring the star power (...) Even for a film geared toward kids, the dramatic stakes aren't very high"	NEU
United States	Alonso Duralde The Wrap	"This sequel not only provides a second go-round to one of the cinema’s better St. Nicks, it also makes some improvements upon its predecessor"	POS
United States	Natalia Winkelman The New York Times	"As Kate and Jack’s adventures turn to lessons in love and courage, the movie starts to feel mechanical (...) But its output is always as sweet."	NEU
United States	Matt Fowler IGN	"[It] takes full advantage of Kurt Russell's exuberance as Santa (...) for a rewarding romp"	POS
United States	Peter Travers ABC News	"OK, 'The Christmas Chronicles 2' often plays like a mashup of random story threads, but why kick at a movie that only wants to deliver fun for the holidays"	POS
United States	Justin Chang Los Angeles Times	"An unremarkable if far from unpleasant sequel (...) A busy, impersonal amalgam of whimsical inventions, teachable moments and fluid visual effects"	NEU
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"There’s nothing like a bad Christmas movie about the value of spending quality time with the people you love to make you wish that you’d just done that instead."	NEG
United States	Jennifer Green Common Sense Media	"[Russell] is charming as Santa and commands every scene (...) It does feel like there's one idea too many stuffed into this stocking, and the film gets a little tiring at nearly two hours long"	NEU
United Kingdom	Ian Sandwell Digital Spy	"[It] delivers where it counts with undemanding festive fun and Kurt Russell remaining one of the best on-screen Santas around"	POS
United States	Natalie Zutter Den of Geek	"An overstuffed stocking that fails to take the necessary narrative risks to be memorable (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Johnny Oleksinski New York Post	"The action-adventure aspects of 'Christmas Chronicles' (...) are cluttered. More appealing are the real-world storylines (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU

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