Santa & Pete
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Movie Reviews of Santa & Pete
Movie Review: Really nice Christmas movie
Summary: 5 Stars
What a wonderful story. Being an immigrant from The Netherlands, the story of 'Santa' and Pete (Sint and Piet) is all to familiar. It is great to see how they link Saint Nicolas to the North American Santa. A must see during the holiday season.Movie Review: Great movie for the whole family
Summary: 5 Stars
This is really a nice movie that the whole family can watch. It is based on a tradition in Holland.Movie Review: Fictionalized Tale of Saint Nicholas and Assistant
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a nice film for younger viewers and their parents to watch together as it purports to explain through the art of story-telling how the various traditions connected to Santa Claus came to be. It is significant as it is (to my knowledge) the first popular movie that describes Santa's origins in the Saint Nicholas story of eastern europe then Holland. And significant in describing the Dutch tradition of Santa's Moorish (African-American) assistant. So as another reviewer here points out, the Santa Claus story has a culturally-significant male 'sidekick' who is dark-skinned, which'll help non-white kids connect better to the Santa story.... which is significantly better than say, showing black elves at the North Pole as does all those Santa 'Clause' movies! Hume Cronyn and James Earl Jones are always a delight to watch; they're both great grandfather-material. There's no major special effects here to muck up the sweet story.Movie Review: A Good Christmas Movie!
Summary: 4 Stars
I first saw the Christmas movie Santa ad Pete last December of 2004 and I liked it. I have heard that this was based on a Dutch book though I have never read the book. The movie is about Saint Nicholas (Santa Claus) and is African friend Pete who helps him give out gifts. This is a good Christmas movie and I'm glad it's on DVD. BTW: If you liked this movie Santa and Pete also check out the movie Off Season in which Hume Cronyn also plays Sana Claus.Movie Review: Charming!
Summary: 4 Stars
This made-for-Tv movie is based on the myths of St. Nicholas and the Netherland's Zwarte Piet, or Black Pete. It does a charming job of explaining many of the origins of the myths associated with Santa Claus, how he came to use reindeer, how he aquired his traditional outfit, how stockings came to be used and many others.
This is a charming, multi-cultural tale that leaves you feeling all warm and fuzzy.