The Santa Clause
The Santa Clause
PG | 11 November 1994 (USA)

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On Christmas Eve, divorced dad Scott Calvin and his son discover Santa Claus has fallen off their roof. When Scott takes the reins of the magical sleigh, he finds he is now the new Santa, and must convince a world of disbelievers, including himself.

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stormhawk2018

A passable story, we must admit, but at least it entertains a lot, and makes us enjoy a Christmas story in a familiar way, something different from what we normally see in the Films. Here is a quite entertaining and beautiful family comedy, in which the protagonist, after a terrible accident, ends up with Santa Claus throwing him from a roof, and now he must become him. History passable, obviously, and also quite predictable, hence my note, but we must recognize that it could not be done better, since the movie is simply passable and already this, does not contribute anything, except for some laughter and some drama. A Christmas film that I recommend to see as a family, and above all, to see it with young children, since it will be above all to them that it will look like an excellent film, even if it looks like a loose film to us. I recommend it.

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Christmas-Reviewer

BEWARE OF BOGUS REVIEWS. SOME REVIEWERS HAVE ONLY ONE REVIEW TO THEIR NAME. NOW WHEN ITS A POSITIVE REVIEW THAT TELLS ME THEY WERE INVOLVED WITH THE MOVIE. IF ITS A NEGATIVE REVIEW THEN THEY MIGHT HAVE A GRUDGE AGAINST THE FILM . NOW I HAVE REVIEWED OVER 200 HOLIDAY FILMS. I HAVE NO AGENDA. I AM VERY HONEST ABOUT THESE FILMS.I do not like Tim Allen as a person but I can put that aside and still enjoy this film. In this film Divorced dad Scott (Tim Allen) has custody of his son (Eric Lloyd) on Christmas Eve. After he accidentally kills a man in a Santa suit, they are magically transported to the North Pole, where an elf explains that Scott must take Santa's place before the next Christmas arrives. Scott thinks he's dreaming, but over the next several months he gains weight and grows an inexplicably white beard. Maybe that night at the North Pole wasn't a dream after all - - and maybe Scott has a lot of work to do.This film really works and works well, It is a modern tale about family and having faith in others even when they might not have it themselves! The laughs come very frequently and there is Charm to spare. I love this movie!

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Python Hyena

The Santa Clause (1994): Dir: John Pasquin / Cast: Tim Allen, Eric Lloyd, Wendy Crewson, Judge Reinhold, David Krumholtz: Delightfully funny holiday film about the promise of good will. Tim Allen stars as a divorcée who stays with his son on Christmas Eve. That night there arouses such a clatter and behold on the roof was a figure in a red suit. Allen startles him and he tumbles off the roof and melts away leaving behind the suit. He puts it on upon investigating the sleigh and he and his son are whisked away. What follows is a night of delivering gifts before retiring to the North Pole. An elf informs him that he accepts Santa's duties once the suit is placed on Allen. They wake up at home but details of their adventure causes concern for the ex-wife. No explanation given regarding appearing chimneys where they never were before. Interesting plot with detail and charm directed by John Pasquin. Allen is superb in his bewilderment as he struggles with his situation as well as the enthusiasm of his son. Eric Lloyd provides the awe as his son whose belief goes into overload. Unfortunately supporting roles are a disappointment. Wendy Crewson and Judge Reinhold are flat. David Krumholtz plays head elf Bernard whose name is foiled immediately by Allen. Theme regards the idea of Santa resulting in ideas, wonder and astounding visual holiday magic. Score: 7 / 10

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moviemattb

"The Santa Clause" is about a name Scott Calvin who accidentally let Santa Claus to fall on his roof on Christmas Eve as he now takes over as the new Santa during the holiday season, and learns about what it takes to become Santa Claus as well as the spirit of Christmas. I don't how much I can say about this movie, but I will try on why I enjoy it. I thought that Tim Allen does an outstanding job as for both playing Scott Calvin, and for also playing Santa Claus. Moreover, I do thought Eric Lloyd does a fine job to play Charlie as well as the rest of the cast in this movie. The movie is very well written, which it does provides some really good laughs. The direction is very well directed, and I thought the sets that were design for the North Pole are really impressive. The special effects in this movie are okay, but I find some that are really dated such as some of the CG effects. The animatronics on the reindeers are really good, and I loved on how they were designed. This movie really does feature that good old Christmas spirit as you are watching it, and I too feel that spirit and it really is a great Christmas movie by Disney. I don't know if there are any more Christmas movies that are made by Disney aside from "The Santa Clauses" movies, but what do I know if there are any more Christmas movies. With that said, I also thought the movie works really good to not have a villain in it. Of course, the sequels do which I will get to but I never saw the third so I guess I won't be bother by talking about it. However, I will talk about the second movie which I thought was good too. Anyway, "The Santa Clause" is a great Christmas movie by Disney, and I say check it out! I give "The Santa Clause" a 9 out of 10.

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