Santa Buddies | 
| Director: Robert Vince
Actors: George Wendt, Christopher Lloyd, Lilliana Mumy, Josh Flitter, Field Cate
Studio: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Rating:  120 reviews
Sales Rank: 4399
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: G (General Audience)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 88 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.7
MPN: 5839400
UPC: 786936775082
EAN: 0786936775082
ASIN: B00267N3E0
Theatrical Release Date: 2009
Release Date: November 24, 2009
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Product Description
Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 11/24/2009
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Christmas spirit is waning around the globe, and people are losing sight of the real meaning of Christmas. Up at the North Pole, Santa and his trusty dog Santa Paws are alarmed because the Christmas icicle, which is the source of Christmas magic, is melting. Even scarier is the fact that only Santa Paws's young pup Puppy Paws can spread the word about the importance of Christmas spirit to the new generation, but all he wants to do is be a normal dog. After looking at the naughty list, Puppy Paws hitches a ride to Fernfield, Washington, to catch up with Budderball and participate in what he perceives to be a more normal life. Budderball, B-Dawg, Rosebud, Mudbud, and Buddha all take a turn hosting Puppy Paws, but he doesn't seem to quite fit in with any one of them. While in Fernfield, Puppy Paws is shocked by the widespread disbelief in Santa Claus and Santa Paws as well as by the general lack of holiday spirit. He also gets a rude surprise when dogcatcher Stan Cruge grabs him and locks him behind bars in the local pound. It takes all of the Buddies working together with a special dog named Tiny and an elf-dog from the North Pole to save Puppy Paws and reignite the town's Christmas spirit, but will it be enough to save Christmas around the world? Santa Buddies features some nice songs and a good message, but the fully animated segments (especially those with the reindeer) are poorly rendered and give the production a low-budget, even amateurish feel. The film focuses more on the new Puppy Paws character than on the old Buddies gang, but brief scenes of Budderball gorging himself, Mudbud tracking dirt all over the house, B-Dawg dancing, Rosebud preening, and Buddha meditating are all viewers really need in this fourth Buddies film. While Santa Buddies may not be the most stimulating adult fare, children ages 3 to 10 will enjoy it while absorbing a sense that Christmas is about giving, not getting, and that one person can change the lives of many. Voice talent includes George Wendt, Christopher Lloyd, Josh Flitter, Zachary Gordon, and Kaitlyn Maher. Bonus features include three classic Christmas sing-along songs and Steve Rushton's music video "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town." --Tami Horiuchi
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 Another visit from the Buddies March 18, 2010
Movie Mania (Southern Calfornia)
This is another entry in the Buddies but set at Christmas time.
The north pole is losing its Christmas magic. In this north pole has Santa Paws and his son Puppy Paws. PP is always looking for new ways to have fun. He see Budderball on Santa's puppy naughty list and decides to visit Budderball.
But PP is even more mischevous than the Buddies and he gets all of them into trouble. He eats the Christmas cookies at Budderball's. Breaks a vase while break dancing at B-dog's. Gets muddy and gets Dude Dog's master's white livingroom all muddy. He turns Rosebud's Christmas outfit into an elf costume. Turn's Budda Dog's Buddah statue into a snowman (PP has christmas magic).
When PP finds out that the Buddies are mad at him, he runs off and gets caught by the dog catcher. Back at the North Pole, the icycle with the Christmas magic is melting even faster since PP left. A rescue party is sent to bring PP back.
This is a fun but nothing special piece of Christmas fluff.
The one thing I do not like about this edition is the Blu-ray/DVD combo pack. Most people only need one and the other goes to waste. For Disney promoting being green, this is not very green!
SPECIAL FEATURES:
Puppy sing-along - Santa Clause is coming to Town/Deck the Halls/We Wish You a Merry Christmas - Just follow the bouncing paw!
Santa Clause is Coming to Town music video by Steve Rushton
Dylan and Cole explain Disney Blu-Ray
Explanation of Disney File Disney Copy (Not included in this edition!)
 My 3yr old cousin LOVED it!! March 2, 2010
C. Croes (FL, USA)
My husband and I bought this for my little 3yr old cousin for Christmas!! I was a little hesitant at first, after reading some of the reviews, but I'm extremely happy that I went ahead and bought it anyways! My cousin loved it very much, and saw it a bunch of times already!! Would definitely recommend it for kids!;)
Cute but just so so February 20, 2010
Morganna Wolf (Pacific NW)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Granddaughter who is 5 was mildly interested and the adults were less than engaged. I thought that since this was a dog focused movie granddaughter who is puppy and horse crazy would love it. She was only mildly interested.
This story ebbs and flows as does the acting. The most consistent acting comes from Christopher Lloyd who plays the dog catcher.
I do like that this package has both at blu-ray and standard DVD disks.
 Not very impressed February 19, 2010
Sara M (Houston, Texas)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
My 4 year old daughter began asking for this movie as soon as she saw the commercials running the months before Christmas. This was our first 'Buddies' movie ever and though my daughter claims she really likes it, neither he nor my 2 yr old son has asked to watch it in over 2 months. This might be because it's a Christmas movie and it's now February but I think it has more to do with the fact that the movie just isn't very engaging.
To me the story line seems like one big generic Christmas themed mess with a really pathetic appearance from Christopher Lloyd (as a mean, Christmas-hating dog catcher who later has a change of heart...of course). It didn't keep my kids' attention at all. There just wasn't any kind of cute 'spark' to it - just mostly a bunch of puppies running around and getting into mischief.
My daughter love's the character puppies! February 19, 2010
L. Davidson (Dallas, TX USA)
My daughter loves this gift! It really caught her off-guard, in a good way, as she has never seen anything like it for sale in the stores around here. That made my 7 year-old daughter really believe that it came from the elves at the North Pole. She loves to play each of the puppy characters during story time and play time, and takes them with her, often (she has her own toy puppy carrier she uses instead of the clear bag that came with this set).
The movie was good for my kids who are ages 4 and 7. It's not really made for grown-ups, and you can tell when watching it. But, my daughter has seen all the Buddies movies, and loves them. She places Santa Buddies second on her favorite buddies movie list, right behind the original Air Buddies. She puts Space Buddies at the bottom of that list, but it's still on the list, at least.
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