“Santa Fake” (*1/2 out of four) was a treacly comedy drama about a young man (Damian McGinty) who immigrates from Ireland to America and soon finds himself possibly getting the job as the helper for Santa Claus in Santa Fe, New Mexico (get the title now?). Slapdash story tries to mix unfunny comedy with dismal attempts at Irish classic songs and underworld adventure into a holiday package well-worth rejecting. Jeff Fahey and Judd Nelson seem to have wandered in from a completely different movie and are wasted as moronic thugs.

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