Hercules Saves Christmas (2011)

Truly Dreadful Film

A lot of fun.

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

This is so strange. A "homemade" type movie. Looks like something you could make with your friends at home, assuming all your friends are little people. The plot is all OVER the place. The green screen effects are obvious. The dialogue is so weird it almost seems like it was translated from a foreign language, but it wasn't. There's a lot of background noise which drowns out the dialogue. Most of the characters act goofy, creepy or high.The villain is hammy and wears the same greasy makeup kids wear on Halloween. Props are things like squirt pistols. I won't say it isn't entertaining, but for all the wrong reasons.

It obvious that anyone over the age of twelve who posts a bad review about a fairy-tale story made for children is probably a failed critic with an ax to grind who struggling with a poor adult self image. Hercules Saves Christmas is a movie about A TALKING DOG FOR Christ SAKE!! Did any one of these sourpuss reviewers actually read the synopsis? Did you really think this movie was going to be an Oscar level art piece targeted to an adult audience? One reviewer actually writes about the technical flaws in the movie. This is clearly an act of self-gratification on the part of a frustrated wannabe movie critic. Message to Take60: get over yourself. Your extensive knowledge of green screen effects and audio levels is not important to us. You are not qualified to make this judgment in my opinion. Qualified reviewers of the appropriate age (3 -7) watched this movie in my household and they loved it. In a world of rational-thinking adults - a child's opinion about movies made for children is the only thing that matters.

Oh my sweet lord. This movie is terrible. I like the show pit boss so I thought I would give this movie a try. I like cheesy TV shows and movies but this was below even that. The acting is terrible. THe lead role reminded me of an 8th grade play.Actually the whole movie reminded me of an 8th grade play.Last but not least. SHorty doing the voice over for Hercules was just disgusting. NOt everyone can do voice over and you do need some acting skills to do it. His vocal tone stayed the same no matter what situation. No excitement at all.It sounded like shorty was doing the voice over in the bathroom. I warn all of the people in this world. Do not watch unless your half asleep. I love Christmas movies but this is not one that I wish to share with my family.

My entire family had a blast watching this film. It was filled with Christmas spirit and good humor. My kids laughed so hard at a few parts that they made us rewind (we DVR'd it)so they could watch them again. Always a good sign for the kids. The actors were charming, especially Wick Rilder ;-)played by Danny Arroyo who we were rooting for the entire film and George Maguire who played a very lovable Santa. It was also fun to see Mackenzie Phillips again and I could tell that she enjoyed her evil villain role.We will add this to our list of holiday films that we make sure to watch each year!