The feature-length one-off stars Lenny Rush (Am I Being Unreasonable?) as 16-year-old Chris, who still believes in Father Christmas, despite his father, Nick (James Buckley), feeling that he should have grown out of such festive whimsy.
In a nutshell, Finding Father Christmas is everything you expect it to be – the jokes are a bit lame, the schmaltz is off the charts and the celebrity cameos are forced. But come on, I'd have to be a real Scrooge to give it less than three stars!
At the very least, Rush remains on track to achieve 'national treasure' status before the end of his teenage years and holds this hastily assembled ship together with another charismatic turn.
We can look past these shortcomings in the spirit of the season, or perhaps even in a mulled wine-induced stupor, but the misgiving that persists is my general confusion over who this is for.
Finding Father Christmas sits in a strange place where it alludes to the idea that Father Christmas could – or maybe does – exist, even getting its guest experts to explain how in educational monologues (that I struggled to grasp, to be honest).
However, down-on-his-luck dad Nick readily denies the existence of Father Christmas throughout, so surely that could be confusing for any kids who are yet to even start broaching this topic.
But maybe I'm overthinking it.
Ultimately, I trust that parents (a group that I am not a member of) will be able to judge for themselves whether Finding Father Christmas is the right viewing option for their child.
Finding Father Christmas premieres on Channel 4 at 7:30pm on Christmas Eve.
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