
Santa Buddies
Taste attributes: adventurefamilyfantasyholidaysfastfresh & originalwholesomelightimaginarysimplelinearglossybig & varied
"The Buddies are coming to town!"
Boxlist takeA wholesome, larger-than-life adventure film: accessible and polished. Best if you like warmth over edge.
Taste details
Pace: fast · Originality: fresh · Tone: very wholesome · Weight: very light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: simple · Structure: very linear · Look: very glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
Quality rating
5.8 /10
TMDB · 156 votes
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What lines up
- Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy
- Wholesomeness: Wholesome, where this profile leans unsavoury
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Synopsis
When Puppy Paws, the fun-loving son of Santa Paws, gets bored, he finds Budderball on Santa's naughty list and figures he's just the dog to show him how to be an ordinary pup. When the magical Christmas Icicle starts to melt however, and the world begins to forget the true meaning of the season, it's up to Puppy Paws and his newfound Buddies to journey back to the North Pole and save Christmas.
Synopsis: TMDB
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Details
- Genre
- Adventure
- Year
- 2009
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Key Pix Productions
- Taste scores
- How we score
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