Get Santa (2014)

Newly released from prison, Rafe Spall tries to reconnect with his son only to find complications in the form of Jim Broadbent’s Santa, found sleeping in the family’s shed after crashing his sleigh. It’s a bit dark for a Christmas film, with Santa winding up in jail himself, but also weirdly slapsticky, particularly in various animal-related antics and a parole officer bent on sending Spall back to prison. It’s the type of humor that is firmly intended for a pre-teen audience, making it only a mildly entertaining Christmas diversion for adults that I probably won’t seek out again any year soon. 

Side Note: Spall’s character is named Steve, which gave me flashbacks to the superior Arthur Christmas every time Broadbent’s Santa said his name.