For as glitsy and snowy as the North Pole is here the film doesn't feel nearly as cutesy and Christmassy as it should. All of that lovely schmaltzy stuff comes from the quieter moments - the conversations between characters, the emotion that comes from a struggling father and son and a disillusioned employee tired of the world - and there's not enough of that to disguise the nonsensical paint-by-numbers blockbuster action plot and the overuse of fairly naff CG.For as glitsy and snowy as the North Pole is here the film doesn't feel nearly as cutesy and Christmassy as it should. All of that lovely schmaltzy stuff comes from the quieter moments - the conversations between characters, the emotion that comes from a struggling father and son and a disillusioned employee tired of the world - and there's not enough...
