Santa with Muscles

Santa with Muscles is a 1996 American Christmas comedy film starring Hulk Hogan and directed by John Murlowski. The film was released for two weeks in cinemas it was panned by critics and has since appeared on a number of lists of films considered the worst.

Released onNovember 1996, the film garnered 120,932 in boxoffice receipts during its opening weekend and grossed a total of 220,198 during its twoweek run. Film critic Emanuel Levy gave the film a score ofout of 5. Joe Leydon in Variety described Santa with Muscles as a weakling of a comedy and thought that Hogans performance was lacking the charisma of his previous work such as Suburban Commando. Leydon panned the direction in particular, stating Working from an irredeemably bland screenplay, John Murlowski directs with all the enthusiasm of someone going through the motions to pay off a debt. Chris Hicks, writing for the Deseret News, stated that films such as Santa with Muscles make films like Jingle All The Way look better, and said that Hulk Hogan makes Arnold Schwarzenegger seem like Laurence Olivier.Reception for Santa with Muscles has continued to be negative, and it is currently listed on IMDBs bottom 100 movies. It was listed as number 43 out of 50 worst childrens films by Total Film, and was included in Virgin Medias list of worst Christmas movies. The film was also included on Atlantic City Weeklys list of worst holiday films, ranking third behind Santa Claus Conquers the Martians and the Star Wars Holiday Special. Due to Hogans starring role, the film has been featured on the website Wrestlecrap, which acts as a Hall of Shame for the worst gimmicks and storylines in pro wrestling history. When Golden Globe nominee Mila Kunis, who made her film debut, was asked about the film in 2011 by GQ magazine, she said, I was too young to fully understand the importance of working with Hulk Hogan. I just thought he was this huge man, while comparing the film to American Psychoin which she costarred with William Shatner. Kunis and Stark then reunited together in the Fox networks That 70s Show. ........

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