The Christmas Chronicles 2

So what if this sequel plays like a mashup of random story threads. Thanks to Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn, Santa and the missus have never been this cool.

While Netflix’s The Christmas Chronicles 2 hits pretty much every note you’d expect, it throws in enough surprises, and deep dives into Yuletide lore, to keep it from being mere tinsel.

When Christmas movies cease to be special (when they’re all scooped out of the same river of nonstop product), there’s something almost reassuring about a Christmas movie that lifts you up by knowingly dumbing Christmas down.

The action-adventure aspects of “Christmas Chronicles,” with sleigh chases and a reindeer fights, are cluttered. More appealing are the real-world storylines, such as the siblings dealing with their mom getting serious with a new beau.

Russell leans into his iconic role with admirable commitment, providing just enough winking to let us know he's in on the joke and thoroughly enjoying it, while Hawn remains as adorable — albeit now in a more grandmotherly way — as always. When they're onscreen together, it somehow feels like this year's pandemic-threatened Christmas will miraculously still be one to celebrate.

It’s hard not to think of The Christmas Chronicles series as a series of wasted opportunities. Kurt Russell as Santa Claus, with Goldie Hawn his doting wife, is such an inspired casting choice that it’s a real bummer to see them do so little with it.

The poorly wrapped The Christmas Chronicles 2 feels like a last-minute gift that someone bought at a gas station on December 24. By the time a bunch of Pikmin-like elves get sloshed on spiked cocoa and start singing “Who Let the Dogs Out,” it’s clear that children will only remember Columbus’ latest out of resentment at how soulless Christmas movies have become, if they remember it at all.

The Christmas Chronicles 2. Unfortunately, you get coal. After such a warm and beautiful The Christmas Chronicles, a sequel came out, which, unfortunately, cooled all the warmth. The overall story itself is not to say that it is bad, but it does not reach the first film either. Pretty much, the entire cast is overacting. The best thing about this film is Kurt Russell and his performance as Santa Claus. Mrs Claus turned out to be very strange, with always bulging eyes. There are also questions for little friend Kate. Then he is afraid to take a step away from his father, and after a short time he is already ready to climb mountains and fight with a crowd of elves. Unfortunately, the second part turned out to be very faded compared to the first film, and apart from Santa Claus, there is nothing to watch in this film.

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]

Not as good as the first one was still Okay in parts but there are far better Christmas Movies out there.

The first Christmas Chronicles was an unexpected heart warming classic. The sequel is a leaden, incoherent by-the-numbers mess.

The forced attempt at being politically correct in every modern movie, including this one is lame. The sequel lacked the originality of the first part, and the story is very shallow but it checks all the politically correct boxes: -Black lead caracter with the whitest name(Jack) -the reindeer are all female, although only male reindeer have antlers