Reptileenbu Did you people see the same film I saw?

BelSports This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Ezmae Chang This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Josephina Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

JaenosJelantru (mild spoiler below) "Manos, Hands of Fate" notwithstanding, this may be the worst movie I've ever seen. Full of clichés, terrible acting, continuity flaws, and predictability.The worst two things so far: They show a homeless man that turns into a thief and steals from Santa. They show a foster parent who basically runs a really mean and dangerous orphanage. Thanks Disney for teaching children these valuable lessons. I work with homeless people and am personally a foster parent to three children. This movie is awful.Kids may be easily duped by movies like this but I feel its not only a bad movie, but also very irresponsible.

Stargirl1235 I hate movie trailers. I saw Santa Buddies recently and it was so cute. I just saw it because i'm a big fan of the Buddies. Then I watched the trailer for The Search For Santa Paws. The trailer had no scene of sad and disturbing stuff. It showed scenes of the puppy, Santa, and the little girl. It made it look like a very fun and cute family movie. When I watched it, I found out the little girl(Quinn) was an orphan, the puppy(Paws) was born a stuffed animal, and Santa almost died. I also found out that there is a really mean lady that runs a girls home. She is mean because she wants to be mean and she makes the girls upset. She doesn't even care about the girls and only cares about her boyfriend. Quinn also had an older friend at the home. The only nice scene was the toy store and the very loving couple that run it. The trailer had no scene of the mean lady. If you want a family movie, get Santa Buddies. They should make a new real movie trailer.

FrostByghte You would expect a seasonal family movie to bring the family together and have something for everyone. This movie fails to do anything but waist your time and your children's time. Poor acting, bad effects, and terrible casting...hands down it's just a stupid movie. Go grab something good like A Christmas Story or find another classic. It's a chore to even sit through this piece of junk. The only positive aspect about this intensive pile of rubbish is that it ends.The holiday movie mill churned out this piece of garbage and you are better off finding something else to see.

johnstonjames i hated myself for liking this commercial brain rot. what is it they say when you like junk like this? a guilty pleasure or something? if that's the case then this movie must be a cardinal sin. i mean any movie that has a film credit like "Diedrich Bader as Comet" is bound to destroy brain cells.i guess i'm just a pushover for Christmas and Disney or Santa buddies or something. i guess it was kind of cute, i guess. i mostly thought it was funny. what's up with those musical numbers? were they kidding? they were so unabashedly corny it made my head kinda spin. the whole musical number with the little girls dancing around the Christmas tree in holiday dresses was like an extended commercial for 'Target' stores or 'Old Navy'.in fact this movie turned the Christmas season into a 90 minute commercial. i don't know what it was hawking exactly, Christmas, Disney, dog food? who knows? but it definitely felt like it was selling something.the whole thing was so facile it was kind of eerie. where the film's brains were supposed to be, there was commercial marketing executive mentality. where it's heart should be, there is broad-based mass audience appeal. where it's message is, there is a convoluted rehash of commercial Christmas shows from media past. it also lifted every Christmas cliché in film. everything seemed taken right out of movies like 'Home Alone:Lost in New York', 'Annie',and even the whole scene with the little girl and Santa Paws in the furnace seemed like it was taken from another recent Disney flick 'Toy Story 3'. there really wasn't much originality here.'Cory in the House' star Madison Pettis, looked totally uncomfortable here too. she looked as if she was embarrassed to be playing such a babyish role and would like to move on. i know she was supposed to be the oldest of the little girls, but the other girls were like five and six years old and she's like what? twelve or thirteen? embarrassing for any tween to be seen in the company of babies.oh well. for some insane reason i enjoyed this anyway. i used to believe i was a very discriminating movie watcher. after liking this i don't trust myself anymore. i obviously am too easy to please or too open minded toward this kind of junk my brains fell out. maybe like most baby boomers, i'm used to a lot of my commercial holiday entertainment being brain rot. i'm the kind of person who sits around watching Christmas specials about mice who save Christmas or talking toys. insane. and how sad for a man of 49 years old. i should have my head examined some more.any person over the age of six who actually likes this, and i don't care if you're a parent, if you're an adult and you like this you need couch therapy for regressive behavior. or at least be sent back to pre-school.all i can say is, babies might like this. i liked it. i hate to think what that says.