Dear Santa

Dear Santa follows the story of a young boy named Liam who, due to a spelling error, accidentally sends his Christmas wish list to Satan instead of Santa. Jack Black stars as the devilish Asmodeus, who decides to respond to Liam’s letter, leading to a series of chaotic events. As Asmodeus wreaks havoc on the holidays, Liam and his family must navigate the unexpected consequences of his wishes.

Dear Santa Review

Between its not-ready-for-Hallmark performances and its completely mystifying combination of adult and juvenile humor as well as children’s themes, Dear Santa makes Dwayne Johnson’s Red One seem like A Miracle on 34th Street. It’s a black hole of humorless jokes built on a ridiculous premise and written with less skill than most bathroom wall rants.

I had to watch it, and that was bad enough. Please don’t make me talk about it anymore. Suffice it to say that every adult involved in its creation is a bad person and a bad parent, and so are those who let their children watch it, knowing what it is.

INAPPROPRIATE ELEMENTS

Aside From The Premise?

• The movie makes Satan into a non-threatening, playful joke and a reasonable fellow who ultimately cares for the well-being of a handful of people.
  • It’s a kids movie.

Words, Words, Words

• It is full of foul language. I stopped counting after a while.
  • Son of a…
  • Countless damns
  • So many hells (as a curse)
  • God’s name it tossed about in vain constantly
  • A talking cat tells a young boy that “Satan is the $h!t.
  • At least one dumb@$$

It’s For Kids

• There are a number of inappropriate “jokes.”
  • Satan tells a demon, “You really screwed the pooch on that one,” to which the demon replies, “That was one time, and I was going through something.”
• Jack Black’s character says to an 11-year-old boy, “Why would I touch you? I’m the Devil, not a trusted family member.
• Are dead kids funny? Because a kid who was once dead is the film’s final punchline.

WOKE ELEMENTS

Could It Be Satan?

• It might be rated PG-13, but those responsible for this movie wrote it as a children’s film, and Satan is the good guy.

See Above

• All of the elements in the previous section are in a children’s movie because the ultra-radical progressives who made it have no concept of what it means to protect innocent children.