Hercules - Il cane di Babbo Natale

This is so strange. A "homemade" type movie. Looks like something you could make with your friends at home, assuming all your friends are little people. The plot is all OVER the place. The green screen effects are obvious. The dialogue is so weird it almost seems like it was translated from a foreign language, but it wasn't. There's a lot of background noise which drowns out the dialogue. Most of the characters act goofy, creepy or high.

The villain is hammy and wears the same greasy makeup kids wear on Halloween. Props are things like squirt pistols. I won't say it isn't entertaining, but for all the wrong reasons.

It obvious that anyone over the age of twelve who posts a bad review about a fairy-tale story made for children is probably a failed critic with an ax to grind who struggling with a poor adult self image. Hercules Saves Christmas is a movie about A TALKING DOG FOR Christ SAKE!! Did any one of these sourpuss reviewers actually read the synopsis? Did you really think this movie was going to be an Oscar level art piece targeted to an adult audience? One reviewer actually writes about the technical flaws in the movie. This is clearly an act of self-gratification on the part of a frustrated wannabe movie critic. Message to Take60: get over yourself. Your extensive knowledge of green screen effects and audio levels is not important to us. You are not qualified to make this judgment in my opinion. Qualified reviewers of the appropriate age (3 -7) watched this movie in my household and they loved it. In a world of rational-thinking adults - a child's opinion about movies made for children is the only thing that matters.

I wanted to like it, but the film is poorly made. The actors don't seem to have any direction. Was there even a script? Was there a director on the set? The movie starts out being about "naughty and nice list" and then that gets dropped. Then the star Hercules is hardly ever seen. The voice for the dog is terrible. I see a lot of praise for the movie on this board but that seems to be mostly family and friends of the cast. If anyone sees the film, you will realize how bad it is. Santa was good. The girlfriend was good. But the rest are forgettable. Too bad. We need some good holiday films. But this is definitely not one. Keep away from this one! You read all the reviews on this movie but by watching the film itself, you will realize who is telling the truth.

Hercules Saves Christmas is a fun Xmas kids film great for the entire family. The film had humor and holiday spirit. There were good characters I cared about and good acting all around. Rick, Sally, and Helen stood out.

Top it off with cute talking animals, magic elves, and some good holiday music.

My family enjoyed it. It held good moral values. My kids and nephews wanted to see it again the next day. They connected with the Max character and they loved Hercules. What more can one ask for in a Christmas film?

Recommend!!!

I enjoyed watching this movie with my 5 year old, and he just loved it. I was a great feel good Christmas movie and we really did enjoy it, especially liked seeing Mackenzie Phillips as the role of Helen Dunn and really enjoyed seeing Danny Arroyo who played Rick, these seemed to be the two characters that really seemed to stand out for me thought the production. It is something that is a must watch if you have children, the message in the story is very heartfelt and meaningful for the spirit of Christmas. As far as animal Christmas movie's go and we know how many there are during this time of year, I would safely recommend this one for sure, you will not be disappointed.