Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus
2-27-06 "Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus"
Directed by Harvey Frost; starring Crystal Bernard & Steve Guttenberg
Saw two exhilarating movies this weekend (Parts 1 & 2) on of all Channels HALLMARK that treat of the delicious courtship of a young Santa Claus to be with his Wife to be. I must say there are a few esthetic blemishes. Beautiful details are brought up & then never developed, for instance. But the movies themselves offer a very lovely treatment of the Family History of The Clauses---a history that goes back 1700 years we are told. This is a lovingly told tale. In this totally cynical age that requires fast food & fast sex & insane car chases & crashes & multiple guns & bombs & murders left right & center---it is quite an amazing thing to be brought up to speed (as it were) by what looks like this lollypop of a Story. Yet, the Tale convinces with its invincible adherence to a simple Love Story that never gives up its hold on the principle aspects of love---Tenderness & Ardor and: You The Beloved Always Come First. There are of course obstacles along the way. There is the skeptical mother-in-law for instance who, on a chart of 1 of 10, as Santa notes, scores an 11! This is delicious Romantic Comedy. For all ages & I.Q.'s.
RLG
Directed by Harvey Frost; starring Crystal Bernard & Steve Guttenberg
Saw two exhilarating movies this weekend (Parts 1 & 2) on of all Channels HALLMARK that treat of the delicious courtship of a young Santa Claus to be with his Wife to be. I must say there are a few esthetic blemishes. Beautiful details are brought up & then never developed, for instance. But the movies themselves offer a very lovely treatment of the Family History of The Clauses---a history that goes back 1700 years we are told. This is a lovingly told tale. In this totally cynical age that requires fast food & fast sex & insane car chases & crashes & multiple guns & bombs & murders left right & center---it is quite an amazing thing to be brought up to speed (as it were) by what looks like this lollypop of a Story. Yet, the Tale convinces with its invincible adherence to a simple Love Story that never gives up its hold on the principle aspects of love---Tenderness & Ardor and: You The Beloved Always Come First. There are of course obstacles along the way. There is the skeptical mother-in-law for instance who, on a chart of 1 of 10, as Santa notes, scores an 11! This is delicious Romantic Comedy. For all ages & I.Q.'s.
RLG
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