| Overall: | B- |
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| Violence: | B |
| Sexual Content: | B+ |
| Language: | B+ |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | B |
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| Video Release: | 24 Nov 2008 |
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When his father takes over for the Jolly Old Elf, a young boy faces the challenge of having Santa for a dad in The Santa Clause. A toy maker that towers above his coworkers discovers he is a human mistakenly brought to the North Pole. Wanting to find his birth family, Elf heads south to search out his parents.
Home Video Extra Features
Release Date: 26 November 2008
Fred Claus comes to town on DVD with a sack full of additional scenes, an audio commentary by director David Dobkin and the movie’s trailer. Presented in widescreen, the disc offers audio tracks in Dolby Surround 5.1 (English, French and Spanish), with subtitles in English, Spanish and French.
Fred Claus also decks the halls on Blu-ray. This format is trimmed with additional scenes, an audio commentary by director David Dobkin, a music video (Ludacrismas) and featurettes (Pause for Claus: Elves Tell All, Meet the Other Claus, Sibling Rivalry and Vince and Paul’s Fireside Chats). As well, there is a bonus disc presenting Fred Claus: Race to Save Christmas. Audio tracks are available in Dolby Digital 5.1 (English, French, Spanish and Portuguese), with subtitles in English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Korean and Portuguese.
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About the Reviewer: Kerry Bennett
Kerry Bennett is interested in media from both a journalist and parent perspective. Along with authoring articles for several family-oriented publications, she has written for Parent Previews for nearly 10 years. She serves as Vice President of the Alberta Association for Media Awareness. She and her husband Garry have four sons.
