The Search for Santa Paws

The Search for Santa Paws

Directed by	Robert Vince
Written by	Robert Vince Anna McRoberts
Starring	Kaitlyn Maher Zachary Gordon Madison Pettis Genevieve Hannelius Richard Kind Jason Connery Christopher Massey
Distributed by	Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Release date(s)	November 23, 2010 (2010-11-23)
Running time	89 minutes
Country	United States Canada
Language	English

The Search for Santa Paws is a 2010 direct to video film. A Prequel to Santa Buddies, it is a spin-off of the Air Buddies series (the Buddies are not in this movie), and the tenth film in the overall Air Bud franchise. It was released on November 23, 2010.

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Reception
4 References
5 External links

Plot

When Santa Claus (Richard Riehle) travels to New York City and gets hit by a cab, loses his memory and gets the crystal that keeps him eternal stolen, it's up to his new friend, Paws (Zachary Gordon) to save him. Meanwhile, a young orphan named Quinn (Kaitlyn Maher) arrives at a foster home run by a strict woman named Mrs. Stout(Wendi McLendon-Covey) who forbids anything that children love, including pets. She has a furnace that burns all the toys she confiscates from the girls. Despite the harsh rules she has to follow while staying at the foster home, Quinn eventually befriends the girls, including Janie (G. Hannelius)and Will (Madison Pettis). In order to save Christmas, Eli (Danny Woodburn) and Eddy (Richard Kind) the uncanny elf dog have to go to New York City to save Santa and Paws. But when Santa (Bud) is in the hospital, it takes the help of Quinn (Kaitlyn Maher) and Santa Paws(Mitchel Musso) and Christmas is back on. The strict headmistress Ms.Stout (Wendi McLendon-Covey) is fired from her job taking care of the orphan girls at the foster home, much to the excitement of the girls, and Will and Quinn are both adopted to James and Kate HuckleBuckle. Also at the foster home, Ms. Gibson and the orphans welcome Augustus and hugged him because he brought a lot of money in a case for them to use and they had a Christmas tree.

Cast

Kaitlyn Maher as Quinn, the young orphan. She finds Paws in the alley behind the foster home.
Zachary Gordon as Young Paws and Mitchel Musso as Santa Paws, the Great Pyrenees who only people who believe in Christmas can understand what he's saying. He is a stuffed animal when the crystal on his neck is removed.
Madison Pettis as Will, the oldest girl out of all the orphans. She doesn't believe in Christmas until she is stuck in the basement with Paws.
Richard Kind as Eddy, an elf Jack Russell Terrier who is happy-go-lucky.
Jason Connery as Haggis, a Scottish Terrier who's always ready to take action.
Christopher Massey as Rasta, a reggae Puli who is laidback and easygoing.
Josh Flitter as T-Money, a streetwise hip-hop Bulldog who is super cool.
Wendi McLendon-Covey as Ms. Stout, the no-nonsence headmistress of the girls home who finds Christmas, toys and anything that children love irritating. She is later fired from her job for the cruel treatment she has inflicted on the girls.
G. Hannelius as Janie, an orphan who is best friends with Will.
Michelle Creber as Taylor, an orphan.
Melody B. Choi as Mary, an orphan.
Nicole Leduc as Meg, an orphan.
John Ducey as James Huckle, husband of Kate Huckle.
Bonnie Somerville as Kate Huckle, wife of James Huckle.
Richard Riehle as Santa Claus.
Patrika Darbo as Mrs. Claus.
Danny Woodburn as Eli Elf, Santa's head elf.

Reception

Angela Walker, writing for Christian Cinema.com, gave the DVD three stars out of five, but said that the film fits the normal Disney DVD formula. However she went on to say that the film was predictable and a little cliched, but that kids would enjoy it and that the film adds to the "spirit of Christmas".^[1]

References

^ Walker, Angela. "The Search for Santa Paws is a Cute Adventure". ChristianCinema.com. http://www.christiancinema.com/catalog/article_info.php?articles_id=7586#. Retrieved 18 December 2011.

External links

The Search for Santa Paws at the Internet Movie Database

Air Bud series

Air Bud films	Air Bud (1997) · Air Bud: Golden Receiver (1998) · Air Bud: World Pup (2000) · Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch (2002) · Air Bud: Spikes Back (2003)

Air Buddies films	Air Buddies (2006) · Snow Buddies (2008) · Space Buddies (2009) · Santa Buddies: The Legend of Santa Paws (2009) · Spooky Buddies (2011) · Treasure Buddies (2012) ·

Santa Paws films	The Search for Santa Paws (2010)

Other	Air Buddy (dog actor)

Films directed by Robert Vince

MVP: Most Valuable Primate (2000) MVP 2: Most Vertical Primate (2001) Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch (2002) MXP: Most Xtreme Primate (2003) Chestnut: Hero of Central Park (2004) Spymate (2006) Air Buddies (2006) Snow Buddies (2008) Space Buddies (2009) Santa Buddies (2009) The Search for Santa Paws (2010)