This is one of those movies that can only truly be appreciated with nostalgia glasses. If you weren't a kid around the time this came out, then you probably won't agree with the rest of my review. Like Pee-wee, Ernest P. Worrell is one of those goofy, misunderstood characters that I really identified with when I was younger (and I still do). Here, he plays a down-on-his-luck cab driver who transports Santa Claus (who is searching for a successor) and ends up with the magic sack in his back seat. This offers all kinds of opportunities for zany humor, but it's actually genuinely sweet and funny. As a kid, I fell in love with Noelle Parker...I'm talking head-over-heels in love here. I still feel pangs every time I see her...4.5 Chuck & Bobby takes out of 5
