That movie is Dear Santa.
This is the story of Liam Turner, a dyslexic and meek sixth-grader whose is under a lot of stress regarding his family. His mom and dad are ALWAYS fighting and Liam is desperate for it stop. Desperate enough to write a letter to Santa even though Liam is a bit old for that sort of thing.
He's also a bit of a bad speller and addresses the letter not "Dear Santa" but as "Dear Satan". The letter winds up in hell and the Devil takes an interest in young Liam Turner.
And the hilarity just... trickles out.
This movie.... dude.
I had such high hopes for this movie. Bobby Farrelly directing, Jack Black as the Devil.
RogerEberrt.com posted this: "Most people probably have no idea that Bobby Farrelly's Dear Santa has been buried on Paramount+, released on a Monday with almost no promotion at all. Why? The marketing team probably had no idea how to sell a movie that seems resolutely made for no one."
There may have been some kernel of a good idea in the concept of the film but for the movie itself, Dear Santa does not deliver on whatever that idea might have been. The movie feels kind of flat and even boring sometimes which is weird when you have Jack Black as the friggin' devil.
When it comes to picking Dear Santa for our holiday time viewing, well, it might not be our worst decision but there are way better choices.
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