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The Santa Clause 2 (2002)
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Reviews Counted:8
Fresh:5
Rotten:3
Average Rating:5.6/10
Consensus: Though it's harmless as family entertainment and has moments of charm, The Santa Clause 2 is also predictable and forgettable.
Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins
Genre: Childrens
Synopsis: Scott Calvin (Tim Allen) found a jacket eight years ago that turned him into Santa Claus. Unfortunately, 900-year old elf Curtis (Spencer Breslin) failed to read the fine print in the Santa Clause... Scott Calvin (Tim Allen) found a jacket eight years ago that turned him into Santa Claus. Unfortunately, 900-year old elf Curtis (Spencer Breslin) failed to read the fine print in the Santa Clause and didn't notice that Santa has to find a wife or stop being Santa. As Christmas Eve--the marriage deadline--approaches, Santa finds himself slowly returning to his mortal appearance as the "de-Santification process" begins. To make matters worse, his mortal son, Charlie, is acting out in school and is on the Naughty list. Searching for a wife and worried about Charlie, Santa returns home as Scott, leaving a toy Santa (also played by Allen) in his place to run the North Pole. Unfortunately, the toy Santa becomes obsesses with the rules in the Santa handbook and turns into a dictator, complete with an army of toy soldiers. Allen is extremely engaging as Scott, a normal guy who loves his role as perhaps the most beloved character in the lives of children. David Krumholtz stars as Bernard, Santa's right-hand elf, and Elizabeth Mitchell is Carol Newman, Charlie's school principal and Scott's unlikely love interest. [More]
Starring: Tim Allen, Elizabeth Mitchell, Spencer Breslin, Wendy Crewson
Starring: Tim Allen, Elizabeth Mitchell, Spencer Breslin, Wendy Crewson, Michael Dorn, David Krumholtz, Eric Lloyd
Director: Michael Lembeck
Director: Michael Lembeck
Screenwriter: Cinco Paul, Ken Daurio, Edward Decter, John J. Strauss, Don Rhymer
Producer: Bobby Newmeyer, Brian Reilly, Jeffrey Silver
Composer: George S. Clinton
Studio: Buena Vista Pictures
Reviews for The Santa Clause 2
Veering between cold-hearted cynicism ... and magical Christmas moments, this is far better than the usual Hollywood holiday cash-ins.
A movie conscious, at every waking moment, of trying to out-do its predecessor.
More of the same tinsel-draped malarkey that made the original film into a big hit, but it's more engaging, assured and funny, and I liked it more.
The film has no pretensions other then being exactly what it is: a sweet, slickly manufactured tale for the whole family, a holiday diversion cut to fit everyone from 6 to 60.
Contains just enough good cheer to surmount overbaked writing and overblown visual effects.
It's mildly sentimental, unabashedly consumerist ... studiously inoffensive and completely disposable.
All these developments and challenges facing Santa weigh down the plot so heavily that they drain all the film of its energy and needlessly strain credibility.
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