Rated or Dated: Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)

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4.7 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Christmas already? We know. But can we redeem ourselves if it’s Christmas by way of Jeannot Szwarc’s cult classic, Santa Claus: The Movie? A box office flop, it was nonetheless a hit in the UK, thanks to Dudley Moore’s turn as Patch the ambitious elf, some delightful animatronic reindeer, and top baddy-ing by John Lithgow. But will we agree? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:36.9	Hello and welcome to ratedated or Dated and oh please don't throw stones at me but Merry Christmas.
0:45.2	That's right. We're starting early. And by we, I mean me, Mickey Noonan, hello, I and I am joined by that there, Hannah DeLevy.
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1:00.4	Jen offers.
1:01.6	Jen, hello.
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1:03.9	I don't think we can say in any way that I am the picker of this week's film.
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