’Tis the season to get even.
| Cast |
Mel Gibson, Walton Goggins, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Chance Hurstfield, Susanne Sutchy, Robert Bockstael, Michael Dyson |
| Director |
Eshom Nelms, Ian Nelms |
| Screenplay | Ian Nelms, Eshom Nelms |
| Music | Mondo Boys |
| Cinematography | Johnny Derango |
| SA distributor | Empire Entertainment |
| Made in | 2020 |
| Produced by | Carte Blanche, Fortitude International, Ingenious, Mammoth Entertainment, RBL Studios, Sprockefeller Pictures, Windy Hill Pictures, Zed Filmworks |
IMDB page | CommonSenseMedia Report
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| Genre | Action, Comedy, fantasy |
| Language | None (sic) |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | None (sic) |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None (sic) |
| Comments | |
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| R: Restricted | Rated R for bloody violence, and language |
| Runtime | 100 |
| USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ. | |
| Suggested age limit 16 + |
Positive messages |
Positive role models |
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Drinking, drugs, smoking |
| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Metacritic.com 33 critics | 8 |  |
| Rottentomatoes critics 82 critics | 10 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer  Fatman takes a surprisingly serious approach to a potentially ludicrous twist on the Santa Claus legend, aiming for edgy but mostly missing the mark. | 9 | |
| CommonSenseMedia Jeffrey M. Anderson Gibson's darkly funny Santa Claus movie is violent, profane. | 10 | |
| ScreenIt Jim Judy Although it’s not a cinematic lump of coal, it’s clearly not the sort of movie present you’ll cherish or want to revisit during the end of any given year. | 9 | |
What the People say | ||
| Metacritic.com users 11 users | 14 |  |
| Rottentomatoes users 24 users | 15 | |
| Rottentomatoes popcornmeter Popcornmeter | 16 | |
| IMDB 3542 Netizens | 12 |  |
| The Movie DB Community | 12 | |
Average .. 58% | 12 | |