AllisonPregler’s review published on Letterboxd:
Santa is a complete monster. The elves tell him they’re going on strike because they don’t get credit for Christmas and also they want to give gifts to kids who don’t celebrate Christmas (which Santa points out is a Christian holiday). So he kidnaps a group of children who are beating up a mall Santa (played by Eric Roberts for some reason) and puts them to work in his child labor camp. This is a place where they can’t even think bad thoughts or they will be punished. They sleep on the floor. They’re forced to eat liver cookies. The elves are literal children in so much makeup it feels like you’re watching a creepy beauty pageant. The term “scab elves” is used. A truly Orwellian nightmare.