Tim Allen is a marvelous comic presence. But this all belongs to the producers and creators of this film. The script allows for an explanation why Allen becomes Santa Claus. He inadvertently causes the old guy to fall off the roof and the "clause" in the contract forces him to take over the job. He must put on the suit. What happens after this is the integration of Allen into the Santa Claus routine. He begins to get chubby. He gets rosy cheeks. The whole nine yards. He is taken to the North Pole after learning to drive the sleigh. He gets good at distributing presents. The hang up is parental rights to his son, Charley. Judge Reinholdt is the humorless new husband of Allen's former wife. The crazier Allen appears, the more it plays into Charley being kept from his father. An elf named Bernard (who has a Bronx accent) is Allen's right hand man, and he orchestrates things the way he wants them.

Tim Allen plays Scott, a divorced toy executive who spends time with his son on Christmas Eve. They end up in Dennys as he burns the turkey but later that night he hears a sound. It turns out to be Santa who stumbled off the roof and died. Scott is persuaded by his son to don the Santa suit but accidentally invokes the Santa Clause. Scott is obligated to become the new Santa. A strange way to choose a new Santa, if you think about it we have a chain of accidental or unwilling Santa Claus's.So Scott with reindeer's and sleigh goes out to complete the delivery of the presents on Christmas Eve and he can magically go down chimneys and magical fireplaces appear.Things go a little Miracle on 34th Street as his son believes his dad is the real Santa. His ex-wife and her new nerdy husband who is also a psychiatrist are sceptical and fight to end Scott's visitation rights. It does not help that Scott has now put on a lot of weight and magically sprouted long grey hair and beard.The film was a big hit at the box office when it was released. It is a pleasant family film enjoyable by kids, slightly old fashioned but passable CGI effects. I thought the whole visitation rights subplot was rather silly and far fetched.

Ah Christmas films, the one kind of film that is always for the family and one's that when done right, the kind that kid and the adult can enjoy. The Santa Clause starring Tim Allen is a movie that starts off with a feeling that it hasn't got it right, it's going to be another movie that tries to be fun and sweet but all together falls off the rails. This movie however feels alright, it's funny at times and does have a sweet centre in fact even sometimes you feel for the characters which quite often in these type of movies they start to falter the more you see of them. The story see's Tim Allen's character Scott basically become Santa as he well knocks him off his roof and then puts on the suit meaning in the Santa "Clause" he is now the jolly red suited man. We then see Scott really become Santa, only his son knows he is Santa, everyone else thinks he is crazy, things transpire and the whole story comes to an exciting end.It's well done this movie I mean even from a technical point of view and even though maybe watching some years after it can look outdated, it nevertheless still looks pretty cool. One of the things I felt this movie nails is the whole look of this, it's bright and full of colour and the North Pole when it is seen is fantastically built and the extras make for a great effort to create a nice atmosphere. The movie can suffer in parts through one too many fart jokes and not all the jokes hit the mark, but the movie still suffices in the way it is mostly funny. Tim Allen does well in his role, at first comes across as unlikeable but as the plot grows he matures as a character brining with him fun and that jolly feeling you need from the lead of a Christmas movie. After directing this, John Pasquin continued to work with Tim Allen and you can see why, he gets the most out of Allen and really the cast too, it can at times feel like some kind of made for TV movie and the directing isn't brilliant, but Pasquin makes the most out of the script and the film all in all satisfies. The writers create a script that works very well for a family feel of a movie and they create a story that is a nice one to direct and act in, it feels as mentioned before very sweet and although never truly strikes the heart immensely, still leaves you feeling a little for the characters involved.It's schmaltzy in moments but ultimately rewarding for anyone who has a heart, don't expect too much from this and you could be pleasantly surprised by this. The movie spawned two sequels by the time of review in which really although it deserved a second film, it does work extremely well as a single piece and one that is nicely enjoyable for all. It's also very much a plot that doesn't feel that different to those you may see in other Christmas movies however really the whole reason this movie for me is OK and a reasonable watch is that it manages to make you laugh but also touches the part of you that secretly is still a kid.

It's not the holiday season quite yet. Yesterday was Halloween, but after Halloween I know Christmas is around the corner. I've always thought of November as the fastest passing month, but December is kind of long as you're waiting for Christmas and normally are busy with things like final exams. I'm also already seeing a couple of Christmas things out already in stores. To me, Thanksgiving isn't much of a holiday at least decoration wise. It doesn't seem important to decorate for Thanksgiving, only Halloween and Christmas. I saw how a friend set up a Christmas tree today so I thought now that Halloween is over I might as well get into the Christmas spirit. I saw this movie on an old VHS tape at my parents house. I'll tell you, watching movies on VHS takes you back to the time before DVDs and Blu Rays when you'd hear a number being dialed after pressing play, see old previews, see advertisements to Disney World, hear the words "Coming Soon on Video Cassette," and hearing, "And Now Our Feature Presentation." Since this was on VHS, it includes the 1-800 Spank Me Number, which we heard was deleted in later releases as the number was a sex hotline and there were expensive phone bills to people who called it out of curiosity. I haven't tried calling it, but I wonder if Disney bought that number, or if it's still a sex hotline? I think that's funny how a Disney movie would accidentally put a phone number in that ended up being an inappropriate number, lol. But, now to talk about the movie. We've been reading stories about Santa Claus for years, even singing songs about Santa Claus. We get an idea of who Santa Claus is in this movie. I mean, in this movie it seems like anybody can become Santa Claus if something happens to the current one, as that responsibility ends up falling under Tim Allen, Scott Calvin. None of the elves seemed to care about what happened to the last Santa Claus, or how there's a new one and just expect him to take the responsibility of being Santa Claus. Other things this movie shows us about Santa Claus. They do a good job of showing how he looks, but we don't often times think of Santa Claus as being fat as he's supposed to be in this movie. We also don't think too much about what Santa Claus eats other then other then milk and cookies, and sometimes holding a candy cane, and being in images with Coca Cola. This movie shows all the sweets Santa likes to eat. We also see how the elves are in this movie and reindeer, along with the North Pole. We see other things like to how Santa gets down the chimney and in houses without a chimney. We also see how the North Pole is and other things showing how Disney defines Santa Claus. It might be different than the way we read about Santa Claus in books or sing about him in songs. Well, here are some of the things about the movie. One, the North Pole might not look like we'd imagine the North Pole. It looked more like a really big toy room. If it were done nowadays, it would have been like all special effects for the North Pole. The elves also reminded me of the lost boys in the movie Hook even though they're not all males. I thought of how this movie is a little like Hook where Peter Banning played by Robin Williams becomes Peter Pan even when it's not his intention, as in this movie Scott Calvin played by Tim Allen becomes Santa Claus out of what he intended. Other things about this movie, well I'd say the first 1/3 of the movie is good, second 1/3 isn't too interesting but still watchable, and last 1/3 of the movie is good. There are still somethings that didn't seem too well thought out. Also, Tim Allen was great as Scott Calvin in this movie. This isn't the only Christmas movie he's been in. He was in Christmas With The Kranks a decade later. So, it's cool to see him as Santa Claus. This movie also gives you a feeling of Christmas, with the Christmas music and seeing fires in a fireplace around a Christmas tree. But, I felt like while watching this that the other human characters in this movie. While they're not unlikable characters, they just aren't interesting characters, making some scenes slow. I'd give this film a 7/10. Of all the Christmas movies it seems like the most popular ones are Home Alone. You can see this movie on TV during the holiday season, but it doesn't seem widely talked about. It did put me in a good mood and got me excited for Christmas.