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The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two (2020) poster

2020 · family · fantasy · adventure

The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two

Directed by Chris Columbus1h 52m2020

Kate Pierce is reluctantly spending Christmas with her mom’s new boyfriend and his son Jack. But when the North Pole and Christmas are threatened to be destroyed, Kate and Jack are unexpectedly pulled into a new adventure with Santa Claus.

Our read: The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two (2020) reads as a cosy, breathless, inventive family · fantasy · adventure entry — gentle in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.

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Cosy, breathless, gentle family / fantasy, inventive in texture. Redemptive, epic, tender.

ElsewhereIMDb6.038kRT66%Metacritic51
  • cosy
  • kinetic
  • gentle
  • redemptive
  • tender
  • funny
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DNA · twelve axes

How The Christmas Chronicles feels to watch.

Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.

MoodHeavy ↔ Cosy
PacingSlow-burn ↔ Kinetic
IntensityGentle ↔ Extreme
WeirdnessConventional ↔ Surreal
HopeNihilistic ↔ Redemptive
StakesIntimate ↔ Epic
HumourNone ↔ Broad
RealityGrounded ↔ Fantastical
DensitySparse ↔ Twisty
WarmthCold ↔ Tender
AuteurTransparent ↔ Signature
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“You want breezy holiday adventure with Kurt Russell Santa, elves, and blended-family warmth.”

ends upliftingyou’ll feel glowing aftergrabs you earlygrips from the openattention 2/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upchild peril

Skip it tonight — Skip if sequel Christmas fluff feels too kiddie for your late-night mood.

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