The Search for Santa Paws (2010)

Perfect cast and a good story

The acting in this movie is really good.

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

This is a dark, dark movie. It is certainly not a feel-good holiday movie.It starts with Santa getting a letter about a friend passing away.From there it's constant peril:* Santa gets hit by a car and robbed in the street.* There's a crooked foster mother who locks children in the basement and burns their toys in a garbage incinerator.* One of the little girls actually gets into the incinerator to save the dog (who is now a stuffed dog) from being incinerated.* Santa ends up in the hospital near death, and his elf's efforts to save him seem to be a failure.My 7 year old daughter looked at me in the middle of it and said, "this is really scary."Granted in the end there's a happy ending, but it really doesn't offset the peril that the viewer has to endure.I do not recommend it.

I loved the movie "The Search for Santa Paws." Tears were rolling down my face so fast. My favorite part of the film is when Santa Paws (voice of Mitchel Musso) and Santa (Richard Riehle) come to Quinn (Kaitlyn Mayer) and Will's (Madison Pettis) new home. They were adopted by the Hucklebuckles but Quinn had lost something important to her. Santa Paws gave Quinn her mother's ornament that had been taken from her. In the story, Santa Paws and Santa are best friends. They both have a special crystal to keep them alive but when in New York, Santa is hit by a taxi, he loses his memory and his crystal. It is taken by a homeless guy named Gus. Santa was heading off to find a new ambassador for New York because Mr. Hucklebuckle, who ran Hucklebuckle Toys, had died. Meanwhile, Hucklebuckle Toys was being run by his grandson, James Huckle (John Ducey) and wife, Kate (Bonnie Somerville). But you see not everything is what you see. James wants to sell the store, but his grandfather has one condition – he had to make a profit the first Christmas he ran it. So did he? Well, you'll have to buy The Search for Santa Paws today to find out. I recommend this film to everyone. It showed me the meaning of Christmas. It will make laugh, cry, and even smile. It is a heartwarming tale to watch on Christmas!!! You can give it as a gift, a movie to help your kids get in the spirit, or even a bedtime story. So stop reading this review right now and go buy "The Search for Santa Paws." The whole family will enjoy this film. I know --I loved it! Reviewed by Lauren Boxer, age 12, KIDS FIRST! Film Critic

This movie follows the adventures of Santa Claus' helpers and his canine companions as they try to rescue Santa after he's lost in New York city.This was a delightful movie for the whole family. While it may not have the 'Big-Ticket' production quality of other Disney blockbusters, it was made with Disney standards.The dog animation is accurate and the actors are well cast. The humor is light but witty and there is only one scary scene that may frighten very little viewers.Overall a nice little movie that the children will enjoy with their parents.

I choose this DVD because there was a cute puppy on the cover, it looks fun and innocent, and Disney's promo said "heartwarming ... story of love and kindness." As a previous reviewer noted: Inside, old man dies, mean headmistress throws toys - and threatened to throw children - in the incinerator. Infertile couple with self-centered husband tries to profiteer off people's belief in Santa. Orphans crying for their parents. People saying Santa isn't real through the whole movie. Santa gets robbed, hit by a car, then he almost dies. The only way to save him is for the beloved fluffy puppy to give up his "life-crystal" and turn back into a stuffed animal.Of course it ends well, but my seven year old was in tears, and my nine year old (who will watch ANYTHING) said she hated it and just wanted to go to bed. For a movie aimed at children, this movie goes WAY TOO FAR to make the villains bad. Avoid! Avoid! Also - apart from being developmentally inappropriate for children under 11 or 12 - anyone concerned with the religious significance of Christmas should be forewarned that this film depicts possession of a crystal as essential to eternal life and repeatedly refers to "magic" as the key to understanding and experiencing Christmas.