Has there ever been a production company that seemed to care less about the quality of their output than Disney between the late 90s and early 2000s? The first Santa Clause is a funny and imaginative Christmas tale, but this thing is annoying, forced, ugly, and unnecessary. I even like Tim Allen, but I never wanna watch him play a giant sentient doll ever again.

Entertaining enough, I guess, if you've already started loading up on seasonal good will. I'm not sure this is what you want to start filling up with as it gets pretty sappy and kid-targeted humor is always a fail so it may leave you irritated rather than jolly. It does have some eye candy, a sprinkling of FX AND it does present a bit of funny. 7 may be over-stuffing the stocking here but, hey, I'm writing this in December and I don't want to be too naughty. This is watchable every 3 - 5 years, if you're loaded up on egg nog.

"The Santa Clause 2" holds to the long-held Hollywood axiom that sequel films seldom do as well as the first film. While there is some humor, this film picks up where the original left off, only 10 years later. Scott Calvin (played by Tim Allen) has been doing his job as the new Santa, so things are pretty much the same – except for one small matter. The "Mrs." clause of his "contract" now kicks in. So, this film's new humor is all about Santa finding a mate. There is some fun and mischief, and the film provides a few laughs. The kids may enjoy it, but there's little special or lasting about this film. It's a piece of what has become Hollywood holiday "fodder" in the 21st century.

The second Santa Clause film is even better than the first film. This movie focuses on Tim Allen having to find a wife or he won't be able to stay Santa. The movie has all the same actors back, and they all do a great job, just like last time! There was a big time gap between the first and second one, 1994 to 2002, so Charlie's character has grown a good bit, he's now a teenager, that has been getting into trouble lately and is now on the naughty list 😱. This film's visuals are pretty cool to look at. And the script is pretty cute and fun. The characters are well written and work well together. Molly Shannon even makes a brief cameo, and it may just be my favorite part in the whole film, Molly does a fantastic job in her little scene, had me dying laughing! This is a cute, fun, totally family friendly Christmas movie that everyone will enjoy this Christmas! 8/10 for The Santa Clause.