Santa Jaws (2018)
Trying to survive the family Christmas, Cody makes a wish to be alone, which ends up backfiring when a shark manifests and kills his entire family.
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terrible... so disappointed.
Best movie of this year hands down!
I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible
Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.
This might have worked as some skit on SNL for 5 minutes every Christmas, or as an episode of "South Park" poking fun at terrible shark and Christmas movies simultaneously.But good lord this was stupid. And it tried to take this incredibly stupid concept absolutely seriously. And the CGI... it's a SyFy original, you all know what to expect. And you will not be mistaken. There was also very little of it. There was very little... anything. I don't think the creators had either the budget or creativity to do anything even amusing with their one-note concept.Two stars are for the actors, who tried their very best through one of the dumbest ideas in cinematic history. I think several of them deserve a shot in something better-made. And one is for the primary camera work which at least looks modestly well-done.
"Santa Jaws" sounds preposterous, and it is.But it's also exactly what it needs to be.The director (Misty Talley) was able to keep this together pretty well instead of sending it straight off the rails, and managed to include the appropriate camp-to-family ratio that makes Christmas movies work. The script was creative. Some of the casting was excellent (Ritchie Montgomery, Haviland Stillwell, Hawn Tran all did great character work here). The result was a movie that is every bit as family-friendly as "The Meg" aspired to be without losing any of the qualities that make the best of the Sy-Fy shark movies work.Yes, it's still a "bad shark movie". It's as ludicrous as the title suggests, but it still managed to be a really good, really fun "bad shark movie".7.5/10. Bravo!
In my opinion, this is the greatest film of the decade, and possibly, of all time.Incredible acting. Characters you can relate to. Highly believable storyline. (The shark wears a Santa hat on his dorsal fin... sooo cute!)I can't wait to watch this again! And maybe even every day, for the rest of my life. 10/10
Best shark Christmas movie yet! The shark wears a Christmas Hat... Nuff said.