REVIEW: DASHING THROUGH THE SNOW
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Written by: Shannan E. Johnson
A lesson in reveals. The reveal does not work to the story's benefit.??Let's get straight into it. #SpoilerAlert
Rotten Tomatoes: 43%
IMDB: 5.5/10
The point of a reveal is to provide a grand aha moment. It makes us quickly reflect on all of the information we've received and fully understand how they're all connected.
We spend a large chunk of the film not knowing why the bad guys are after Santa. We also don't know how Santa knows these bad guys are after them. In one moment, we're meeting the bad guys as they're given an iPad and the code so they can "collect" money from innocent people on command from a shady congressman. I'm still not sure what that means because we never see them in action. The next time we see them, they no longer have the iPad. Enter Confusion.
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