With a plot as old as the jokes you find in a Christmas cracker... The Christmas Chronicles, would find itself firmly on the naughty list.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 10, 2022

Russell plays Santa with absolute integrity, which in this context means he plays Santa as Kurt Russell playing Santa, which is the only reason most people of legal age would want to watch this.

Full Review | Original Score: C | Aug 24, 2022

A fun, spry holiday movie that should fit nicely onto your Christmastime watchlist.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 19, 2022

It's not your granddad's Christmas movie... [but] by the end of it I was sold.

Full Review | Oct 4, 2021

Kurt Russell makes you believe.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.0/4.0 | Sep 5, 2020

The ultimate Christmas movie of 2018. [Full review in Spanish]

Full Review | Original Score: 8/10 | Aug 30, 2020

An over-sweetened, but surprisingly fun, witty and imaginative Christmas offering with an exuberant performance from Russell.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 28, 2020

The true strength of The Christmas Chronicles is not in its conventional plotting, but the relentless sense of silliness and fun it brings to the format.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 14, 2020

If you like ridiculousness, holiday spirit, festive puns of the highest order -- then get your Netflix ready. Grinches need not apply.

Full Review | Jan 29, 2020

In the end, the film succumbs to the tropes and emotional contrivances of the family melodrama at its core, ending up as a serviceable yet mostly forgettable addition to the already overstuffed genre of holiday-themed films.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 5, 2019

Its spirited Santa performance isn't enough to carry the rest of this lame, otherwise dull family feature.

Full Review | Nov 5, 2019

The film doesn't know how to get out of its own way and foreground what's working, namely the dynamo of screen presence placed more prominently in the advertising than the feature itself.

Full Review | Original Score: C+ | Nov 5, 2019

The protagonists are not interesting characters, and the situations in which they are involved lack dramatic tension. [Full Review in Spanish]

Full Review | May 29, 2019

The story of looking for our inner child is good when you do things well and do not resort to the least to get by. [Full Review in Spanish]

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/5 | Feb 25, 2019

'Kurt Russell as Santa'...works. Unfortunately, not a lot else does in this cheesy, TV movie-level effort.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 5, 2019

An appropriately crotchety Santa makes this a future Christmas classic.

Full Review | Jan 19, 2019

Bottom line: The Christmas Chronicles is cute, and it'll satisfy that hankering for a holiday movie, especially if you're a Kurt Russell fan.

Full Review | Jan 10, 2019

While it may not be a keepsake to match the best festive classics, this has pleasing stocking-filler appeal...

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 8, 2019

Kurt Russell is an endearing marvel, playing a much more prickly than warmhearted Santa.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Dec 28, 2018

Your appreciation of The Christmas Chronicles will depend on your age, or your excitement over the concept of seeing Kurt Russell as Santa Claus.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 24, 2018