Teen
heartthrob and Home Improvement star Jonathon Taylor-Thomas stars in
this Disney Christmas film that is a teenaged variation on the Planes
Trains and Automobiles theme. Jake has missed Christmas in New York
with his family these past few years, so as an incentive, his father
promises him a 1957 red Porsche if he makes it home by Christmas Eve.
No sweat, until an unexpected twist blows up in poor Jake's face. It
seems that the "cheat sheet" he supplied the college football team was
incorrect, and the whole team is pissed at him. For revenge, they leave
him in the middle of the California desert in a Santa Claus suit (his
hat and white beard are glued to his face) with no wallet, no cash,
and no identification. To make matters worse, Eddie, one of the football
players and Jake's arch-nemesis, is now hitting on Jake's girlfriend
Allie. What's poor old Jake to do? Well, if you guessed hitchhike, freeload,
con, fly, crawl, race and bully an array of colorful characters, you
guessed correctly.