Saving Santa (2013) Parents Guide: Is the movie OK for kids?

Bontent's parent guide suggests Saving Santa is best for ages 6+. It's rated G. This G-rated animated Christmas adventure follows a well-meaning but clumsy elf named Bernard who must use time travel to save Santa from a villainous corporation. Its rating reflects very mild content, with the main…

Saving Santa is officially rated G. Bontent's independent parent guide recommends it for ages 6+.

This G-rated animated Christmas adventure follows a well-meaning but clumsy elf named Bernard who must use time travel to save Santa from a villainous corporation. Its rating reflects very mild content, with the main concerns for parents being scenes of cartoon peril and slapstick humor. The invasion of the North Pole…

This category is entirely absent. There is no nudity, innuendo, or romantic content. One brief slapstick moment involves an elf being comically hit in the groin, but it is not sexual in nature.

Violence is mild, infrequent, and purely cartoonish. It consists of slapstick pratfalls, characters getting tangled up, and chases. A villain's army invades the North Pole using non-lethal technology and captures Santa in a net. A robotic polar bear guard…

None. There is no profanity.

None. There is no depiction of smoking, drinking, or drug use.

Thematic content is very light. The primary themes involve the hero feeling like a failure and wanting to prove his worth, and the villain holding a childhood grudge against Santa. The concept of Christmas being in jeopardy provides the main tension, but it…

Saving Santa runs 83 minutes, directed by Aaron Seelman, Leon Joosen, released in 2013.

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