The read
Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do. The highest scoring of the 6 titles in its series.
Synopsis
When Santa Claus decides to retire and pass on his magic bag of Christmas surprises to a new Saint Nick, he enlists the aid of a hilarious assortment of characters. A perky teen runaway and hapless taxi driver Ernest P. Worrell must convince a skeptical kiddie-show host to take over the post of Father Christmas.
Ratings
IMDb5.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes40%
Metacritic44/100
Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do.
219 audience votes
Key crew
- John CherryDirector
- Mark SnowOriginal Music Composer
- Ed TurnerScreenplay
- B. KlineScreenplay
Cast
- Jim VarneyErnest P. Worrell
- Oliver ClarkJoe Carruthers
- Noelle ParkerHarmony
- Gailard SartainChuck
- Billie BirdMary Morrissey
- Bill ByrgeBobby
- Douglas SealeSanta
- Robert LesserMarty
- Key HowardImmigration Agent
- Jack SwansonBusinessman
- Buddy DouglasPyramus
- Patty MaloneyThisbe
