Whoopi Goldberg, Nigel Hawthorne, Brian Stokes Mitchell

Cantankerous home shopping network producer Lucy (Whoopi Goldberg) inadvertently hires the real Santa Claus (Nigel Hawthorne) for her channel's "Kristmas Korner" sales campaign in this made-for-TV mov...( read more  read more... )ie. But Santa's presence there is anything but accidental, as his 200-year contract is about to expire and he must convince Lucy to take over the reigns both figuratively and literally. What's at stake? Not just Christmas, but the fate of the planet in this holiday offering, executive-produced by Goldberg and Garth Brooks.

Goldberg does her dreadlocked Santa thing, and Brooks sings such classics as "Sleigh Ride," "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," and Louis Armstrong's signature "Zat You, Santa Claus?" While its message of diversity is generally handled in a low-key fashion, the 90-minute film directly deals with the issue of a black (and female) Kris Kringle with an excerpt from B.J. Wrights's poem "Can Santa Be Black?" This congenial film is appropriate for ages 7 and up. --Kimberly Heinrichs

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Unrated, 90 min.

Directed by: Peter Werner

Release Date: December 2, 2001

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DVD Release Date: December 11, 2001

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  • November 19, 2007
    This is a great Christmas movie, with a phenomenal soundtrack.
  • September 23, 2009
    stupid movie.. but whoopi made it xmassy and enjoyable
  • July 2, 2009
    very good movie I like it.
  • July 2, 2009
    ha..ha whoopy again? she must be funny
  • July 2, 2009
    excellent and interesting. thanks.
  • January 5, 2009
    Well, it didn't do it for me. I love "Sister Act" Whoopi. But in this? No, no, no and no. It's a cool, easy, Christmas film but the only thing that seemed funny was the white dreadlocks on her when she became Santa! And this is definitely not ok!
  • December 31, 2008
    Women Santa-just loooove the idea...:):):):)
  • December 26, 2008
    Whoopi Goldberg en una historia de navidad nada novedosa, rara o hilarante pero es Woopi
  • December 14, 2008
    Great film for christmas time, totally loved it. One of Whoopi Goldbergs best films ^^
  • November 26, 2008
    Whoopi makes a wonderful Scrooge in this unusual take to the bah humbug story. It is closer to Ernest than to A Christmas Carol so be ready to laugh.

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