Christmas Chronicles 2 is a sequel to the 2018 movie, it follows Kate(Darby Camp) now a jaded teen who is forced to spend the holidays in Cancún with her mother's boyfriend who she anticipates will propose, both the trip and the proposal she resents. Meanwhile Belsnickle(Julian Dennison) a imbittered elf uses Kate to regain entry to Santa's Village and attack it. Kate, her soon to be step brother Jack(Jahzir Bruno) must help Santa(Kurt Russell) and Mrs. Claus(Goldie Hawn) to make sure Christmas endures.
Russell, like in the original, gives it, bafflingly and delightfully, everything he's got. The same is true of Dennison who is wonderful as the angsty teen come elf villain. But Camp is obviously out classed and Hawn isn't given much to do. Unlike the original, CC2 is filled with complicated and confusing lore, seemingly cribbed from the Santa Clause trilogy, which allows virtually no time for any scene to settle or any actor to do much other than hurry the plot forward to the next scene.
Mediocre CGI, an overstuffed script, and an imbalance in the casting and the casts efforts make it clear the surprising and comparatively simple The Christmas Chronicles should have been a one off.
Currently streaming on Netflix.
Don't See It.
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