All I knew going into this was that this is a Disney Christmas movie starring Lil Rel Howery and Ludacris, with one of them playing Santa Claus; I was not expecting much from this movie since the premise sort of sounds like movies that have done the same thing. This movie Dashing Through the Snow (2023) is ok with fine performances from the main two lead actors, and little moments that were a bit funny; though it has some little funny moments, the movie just feels like certain movies that have done something like this before involving Santa Claus showing someone why he should like Christmas because the person has lost faith in many in the holiday and what it stands for.
Lil Rel Howery as Nick/Santa Claus was fine in his performance, and he was entertaining to watch in the movie with some funny little moments when he talks about how he works or how weird the North Pole is; there were other things involving him keeping his electronic tablet that has his naughty or nice list on it or that he changes his methods on Christmas Eve that relates to the present times, which was a bit funny. Ludacris as Eddie Garrick also gives an ok performance, and his character does not care that much for Christmas which leads to Nick/Santa Claus running into him and getting him to believe in him and the holiday, along with Eddie Garrick's daughter trying to help as well. Both Lil Rel Howery and Ludacris are not bad in the movie, with occasional funny moments that either are aware of Christmas traditions or updates them in interesting ways.
The antagonists are standard with them going after Nick/Santa Claus because he accidentally took something of theirs, that involves taking money from people, when sneaking into a house; the lead antagonist was generic with him sending his workers after Nick/Santa Clause and Eddie Garrick and was not that funny. Most of the comedy comes from the updated Christmas methods Nick/Santa Clause does to get into houses and tell between naughty and nice people, along with learning many things about himself and how he is different from what people know about him in songs and stories; most of these things were funny on how they were shown and used.
There is nothing too bad about this movie, it just might sound like other movies that have done things like this before; the movie Dashing Through the Snow (2023) had ok performances, some funny moments, a good Christmas feel to it, and it you understand enough about the main characters. This not is not a movie that is worth rushing to see on Disney+, but it is worth watching at least once, and is at least an entertaining Christmas that you can enjoy watching.
Lil Rel Howery as Nick/Santa Claus was fine in his performance, and he was entertaining to watch in the movie with some funny little moments when he talks about how he works or how weird the North Pole is; there were other things involving him keeping his electronic tablet that has his naughty or nice list on it or that he changes his methods on Christmas Eve that relates to the present times, which was a bit funny. Ludacris as Eddie Garrick also gives an ok performance, and his character does not care that much for Christmas which leads to Nick/Santa Claus running into him and getting him to believe in him and the holiday, along with Eddie Garrick's daughter trying to help as well. Both Lil Rel Howery and Ludacris are not bad in the movie, with occasional funny moments that either are aware of Christmas traditions or updates them in interesting ways.
The antagonists are standard with them going after Nick/Santa Claus because he accidentally took something of theirs, that involves taking money from people, when sneaking into a house; the lead antagonist was generic with him sending his workers after Nick/Santa Clause and Eddie Garrick and was not that funny. Most of the comedy comes from the updated Christmas methods Nick/Santa Clause does to get into houses and tell between naughty and nice people, along with learning many things about himself and how he is different from what people know about him in songs and stories; most of these things were funny on how they were shown and used.
There is nothing too bad about this movie, it just might sound like other movies that have done things like this before; the movie Dashing Through the Snow (2023) had ok performances, some funny moments, a good Christmas feel to it, and it you understand enough about the main characters. This not is not a movie that is worth rushing to see on Disney+, but it is worth watching at least once, and is at least an entertaining Christmas that you can enjoy watching.