So much is left out

Rating: 8/10 (29 December 2006)

Let me just start by saying that this is a great holiday movie. I was glad to see it. However, so many things are left out of the movie. First of all, none of the characters (except for Santa Claus and Sarah) are named. Second, there is no back story at all for the boy hero (I don't know this for sure, I didn't see all of the movie). Third, we don't learn squat about the hobo. He's just there and he makes brief appearances. And there's that line he says to the boy hero, "Do you believe in ghosts?" Does that mean that he is a ghost? After all, he just keeps disappearing. I think the movie probably would have done better if they did these things.