Nomination Year: 2024

SYNOPSIS: A disaffected teen's crazy uncle gives him a magic pen that brings anything he draws to life--a fact he did not realize until after he drew his original comic book creation: A hyperintelligent, unstoppably murderous Christmas-themed shark!

Smithee Award Nominations

Acting Appropriately Stupid
We're Gonna Need a Bigger Plot Josh stupidly rushes to help and gets eaten. Dad stupidly rushes to help and gets eaten. Cody shoots the exploding turkey and takes out Santa Jaws (so it seems).

Directors

Director	Claim to Fame
Misty Talley	If there's a crappy shark movie you want directed, she's your girl. Helmed Shark Island. And Ozark Sharks. And Mississippi River Sharks. And, uh, Santa Jaws...

Cast

Actor	Character	Claim to Fame
Reid Miller	Cody	Jadin Bell in Joe Bell; Brad on "Boo, Bitch"; Randy in Feeling Randy.
Courtney Lauren Cummings	Jena	Stunning brunette who was Joy on "Joy" and Tiffany in Psycho Sweet 16.
Jim Klock	Peter	Rick Riverridge in The Burial; Leblanc in The Whole Truth.
Carrie Lazar	Caroline	Plays MILFy moms nearly everywhere. Was Leni Frankel in The Magnificent Seven (the 2016 version); Mark Baum's mom in The Big Short; Strange Mother in Bad Moms...see the pattern?
Hawn Tran	Steve	Vietnamese-American who played Tom in Heist and Tran in Kickboxer: Vengeance.
Arthur Marroquin	Josh	Rick in Devil's Junction: Handy Dandy's Revenge.
Miles Doleac	Mike	Captain Scott on "Containment."
Haviland Stillwell	Georgia	Voice of Raquelle on "Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse"; Voice of Audrey on "Miraculous"; Ken's Girl #2 in Magic Mike XXL.
Scott Allen Perry	Clark	The Magus in The Deomonologist.

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