Everyone is a Critic: Dear Santa

I think this film is one of the best roles that I have seen Jack Black in. And no, he’s NOT Santa.

But he does make a pretty good Satan.

This 2024 dark comedy holiday film is based on a simple premise: What happens when a misaddressed letter to Santa winds up in Satan’s mailbox instead? And Jack Black is in his element as the demon charged with delivering Liam’s wish and claiming his soul.

Liam Turner, (played by Robert Timothy Smith), is a genuinely nice eleven-year-old kid with learning diabilities. He knows he’s too old to still be writing to Santa, but he just had to try. But he misprints the letters of the addressee of his letter, and his letter goes to Satan instead, summoning a demon to offer him three wishes and claim his soul.

Liam’s family is broken after the death of his younger brother, he’s never been one of the cool kids, and there’s this really cute girl at school… so there’s plenty of stuff that he could wish for. When Liam becomes popular at school and wins the heart of the girl he’s sweet on, things seem to be working out fine. But all things have a price, and when Liam discovers the real score, he decides the price tag on this deal is too high and he refuses to make more wishes.

The demon will go to great lengths to get Liam to make the third wish and seal the deal, and there’s one thing that is worth more to Liam than his soul. To find out what it is, and how it all turns out, you’ll have to watch the movie. No spoilers here.

About Author Kaye Lynne Booth

For Kaye Lynne Booth, writing is a passion. Kaye Lynne is an author with published short fiction and poetry, both online and in print, including her short story collection, Last Call and Other Short Fiction; and her paranormal mystery novella, Hidden Secrets; Books 1 & 2 of her Women in the West adventure series, Delilah and Sarah, and her Time-Travel Adventure novel, The Rock Star & The Outlaw,as well as her poetry collection, Small Wonders and The D.I.Y. Author writing resource. Kaye holds a dual M.F.A. degree in Creative Writing with emphasis in genre fiction and screenwriting, and an M.A. in publishing. Kaye Lynne is the founder of WordCrafter Quality Writing & Author Services and WordCrafter Press. She also maintains an authors’ blog and website, Writing to be Read, where she publishes content of interest in the literary world.

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This segment of “Everyone is a Critic” is sponsored by The Rock Star & The Outlaw and WordCrafter Press.

A time-traveler oversteps his boundaries in 1887. Things get out of hand quickly, and he is hanged, setting in motion a series of events from which there’s no turning back.

In 1887, LeRoy McAllister is a reluctant outlaw running from a posse with nowhere to go except to the future.

In 2025, Amaryllis Sanchez is a thrill-seeking rock star on the fast track, who killed her dealing boyfriend to save herself. Now, she’s running from the law and his drug stealing flunkies, and nowhere is safe.

LeRoy falls hard for the rock star, thinking he can save her by taking her back with him. But when they arrive in 1887, things turn crazy fast, and soon they’re running from both the outlaws and the posse, in peril once more.

They can’t go back to the future, so it looks like they’re stuck in the past. But either when, they must face forces that would either lock them up or see them dead.

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