The Case for Christmas

Dir: Timothy Bond

2011

*

Hallmark's The Case for Christmas finds Dean Cain (who seems to be trapped in some sort of bad Christmas movie hell) find Santa and assist him in proving he is who he says he is and doing so before Christmas Eve. For his services, Santa helps him find new love and a new Mother for his daughter, following the death of his wife. Even better than that, he also gets him a classic Ford Galaxie. A fair trade indeed. What is a little less fair is the fact that once again, Hallmark have ripped off a classic Christmas film. It seems that whenever Santa visits and it's not Christmas Eve he either finds himself in hospital or in court. The charges against him are also rather questionable; ruining Christmas by not bring the presents that children ask for. Actually, in this day and age he probably could get sued for such a crime. The multi-billionaire that is suing Santa actually has an ulterior motive, he hates everything about Christmas and wants to reinvent it, although his new notion of Christmas is exactly the same the existing one. I hated everything about the film. My favourite line: "Until you realise logic, reason and science don't define everything in this world, you'll be living half a life". That sounds like a Hallmark slogan if ever I heard one.