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The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006)

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Reviews Counted: 63 Fresh: 8  Rotten:55 Average Rating: 3.6/10
 
Consensus: Playing Jack Frost as an evil cross between Liza Minnelli and Liberace, Martin Short is a welcome presence, but this tired series continues drawing from its bag of bland gags and dumb slapstick.
 

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Rated: U

Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins

Theatrical Release: 24-11-2006

Synopsis: THE SANTA CLAUSE 3: THE ESCAPE CLAUSE, the third installment of the popular holiday series THE SANTA CLAUSE picks up with Everyman-turned-Santa-Claus Scott Calvin (Tim Allen) just days before Christmas. Not only is toy production behind schedule, but another special delivery is on its... THE SANTA CLAUSE 3: THE ESCAPE CLAUSE, the third installment of the popular holiday series THE SANTA CLAUSE picks up with Everyman-turned-Santa-Claus Scott Calvin (Tim Allen) just days before Christmas. Not only is toy production behind schedule, but another special delivery is on its way--Scott's wife, Carol/Mrs. Claus (Elizabeth Mitchell) is pregnant. To add to the pressure, Carol's parents are coming for a visit, prompting an emergency make-over for Santa's Village (into a nondescript Canadian town) to protect Scott's true identity. With all this on his mind, Santa is more than happy to let his fellow seasonal icon Jack Frost (Martin Short) step in and help out. But Frost has an ulterior motive: angry over his secondary-figure status and longing to have his own holiday, he tricks Santa into giving up his reign, and Christmas falls into the hands of Frost. Scott, no longer Santa Claus, must decide between resuming his previous life or saving Christmas from the coldhearted Frost. This film conveys the message that Christmas is about family and the human spirit--not commercialism. In addition to the holiday association, the film also encourages teamwork and problem solving through positive means, even when things look like they can't get any worse. THE SANTA CLAUSE 3: THE ESCAPE CLAUSE is an entertaining holiday film, perfect for the whole family, and a fitting continuum of THE SANTA CLAUSE series. [More]

Genre: Childrens

Starring: Tim Allen, Alan Arkin, Martin Short, Judge Reinhold, Elizabeth Mitchell

Director: Michael Lembeck
Producer: Brian Reilly, Jeffrey Silver, Allan A. Apone
Composer: George S. Clinton

DVD Info

Release:

Aug 11, 2008

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Full Frame - 1.33
  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English, French, Spanish

Additional Release Material:

  • Alternate Opening
  • Audio Commentary - Michael Lembeck - Director
  • Blooper Reel
  • Featurette - 1. JACK FROST & MRS. CLAUS: A VERY DIFFERENT LOOK J
  • 2. THE NEW COMEDIANS: ON THE SET WITH TIM & MARTY
  • 3. CREATING MOVIE MAGIG: VISUAL EFFECTS SECRETS, FROM THE HALL OF SNOWGLOBES TO SANTA'S FIREPLACE
  • Music Video -- "Greatest Time Of Year" With Aly & AJ

Interactive Features:

  • Christmas Carol-Oke: Sing Your Favorite Songs Of The Season

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2/5

A little muddled and derivative but what do we expect, really?

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11/30/06
Angie Errigo
Empire Magazine
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2/5

Christmas cheer is in short supply in The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause, a feeble festive farce that's more no-no-no than ho-ho-ho.

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11/28/06
Neil Smith
BBC
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1/5

Santa's traditional cry of ho-ho-ho has never sounded more like three stab wounds of pain and horror.

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11/25/06
Peter Bradshaw
Observer [UK]
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You’ve got to hand it to director Michael Lembeck… he’s succeeded in persuading studio bosses to let him make not one but two sequels from premises that were dead in the water from the word go.

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11/23/06
Derek Adams
Time Out
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1/5

Badly written, shockingly acted and appallingly directed threequel that will please precisely no-one.

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11/23/06
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon
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2/4

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06/04/08
Globe and Mail
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1/4

You look at a movie like this and wonder how some screenwriters can have the temerity to go on strike

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12/05/07
Bill Chambers
Film Freak Central
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2/5

Special effects are in abundance, but none of them are very well-produced, much like the film on the whole.

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11/21/07
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com
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4/10

It's sad to see the life sucked out of a series that started so well.

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11/09/07
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com
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Short's skill and total commitment to his role make him no straw-dog villain, and his chemistry with Allen helps the movie's Santa feel like a real live person and not an imperturbable icon.

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03/01/07
Frank Lovece
Film Journal International
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1/6

Frost turns the occasion into a swag-saturated consumer orgy, which the film condemns even as it hams up product placement for Red Bull.

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02/03/07
Stephen Garrett
Time Out New York
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2/5

While it may concern elves and Christmas, 'The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause' is more dreary than cheery.

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01/12/07
Dan Lybarger
eFilmCritic.com
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There is no escaping the banality of it all.

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12/11/06
Christopher Smith
Bangor Daily News (Maine)
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2/4

Cinema is far too powerful a medium to be graded on a curve-- even when Tim Allen is involved.

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11/24/06
Jonathan R. Perry
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
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Bah, humbug.

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11/18/06
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle
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1/5

A desperately lazy and unoriginal exercise.

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11/18/06
Peter Sobczynski
eFilmCritic.com
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2.5/4

The movie is more cute than funny. Smiles are plentiful, but outright laughs are widely scattered.

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11/18/06
Jeff Strickler
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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11/17/06
Sydney Morning Herald
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1/4

Oh how the executives shook with their chortles as millions poured in through each cinema's portals.

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11/14/06
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)
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3/10

The Santa Clause 3 strikes out.

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11/10/06
John Wirt
Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)
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