Saving Santa

2013 animated Christmas film

1 November 2013 (2013-11-01)

Running time

83 minutesCountriesUnited Kingdom
United States
IndiaLanguageEnglishBox office$9,278,821^[1]

Saving Santa is a 2013 British animated comedy film created and written by Tony Nottage and directed by Leon Joosen, produced by Tony Nottage, Terry Stone and Nick Simunek. The film was released direct-to-video.^[2]^[3]

Plot

A lowly stable elf finds that he is the only one who can stop an invasion of the North Pole by using the secret of Santa's Sleigh, a TimeGlobe, to travel back in time to Save Santa, twice.^[4]

Voice cast

Martin Freeman as Bernard D. Elf
Tim Curry as Neville Baddington
Noel Clarke as Snowy
Tim Conway as Santa
Pam Ferris as Mrs. Clause
Ashley Tisdale as Shiny
Joan Collins as Vera Baddington
Chris Barrie as Blitzen
Nicholas Guest as Chestnut
Richard Steven Horvitz as Orange Haired Elf and Chestnut
Rebecca Ferdinando as Valley Girl Elf
Craig Fairbrass as The Mercenary
Terry Stone as Mercenary
Alex Walkinshaw as Reporter

Release

It was released in the United Kingdom on November 1, 2013 on Blu-ray and DVD by The Weinstein Company and Anchor Bay Entertainment.^[5]

Reception

The film received negative critical reviews. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a score of 17% based on six critical reviews.^[6]

References

^ "Saving Santa (2013)". Box Office Mojo.
^ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 275. ISBN 9781476672939.
^ Wilkinson, Amber (31 October 2014) Saving Santa 3D (2013) Film Review. Eye for Film. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
^ Meijer, Monica: Saving Santa (2013). (in Dutch). CineMagazine. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
^ "Saving Santa Blu-ray + DVD Review". Kidzworld.com.
^ "Saving Santa". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved October 9, 2021.