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Summary: Funny and Clever
Review: Tim Allen has done it again. The Santa Clause 2 was amazing. One of the best Santa movies I had ever seen. Even way better than the first.First of all, I thought Tim Allen was the best comedien in this film. He has lots of laughs and lots of goofs. Tim Allen is pretty entertaining. I thought Disney The Santa Clause movies and the Toy Story movies were the best Tim Allen movies. Second of all, the movie was about Christmas, and Christmas is my favorite holiday. Other Christmas movies I really enjoy were Elf and A Charlie Brown Christmas. Third of all, the colors in the movie are really cool! The Santa Clause was a heart-warming film that will have everyone laugh one moment. I would give this film ****1/2 stars.
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Summary: he has to get MARRIED!
Review: this movie was good but the first Santa claus was better.
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Summary: Does Not Live Up To Expectations
Review: This is a children's movie, that, unfortunately, fails to entertain adults. Tim Allen does a very good job as Santa Claus, however, it is the writing that disapoints. The opening of the movie fails to grab you and make you want more. The movie starts off extremely slow. There is a little tension as Santa must find a wife by Christmas, but the story from that point on is highly predictable. The viewer knows the first woman he meets will not work out. If she did, then what would they do for the remainder of the movie. The next woman Santa meets is the most unlikely choice, therefore, it is the one that works out. Again, highly predictable writing. The ending is forced. It is as if the writers ran out of time and just slapped an ending on the movie. Your children will probably enjoy it, but adults should wait and rent it. Save your dough.
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Summary: Come On, Join In the Christmas Spirit!
Review: I wasn't betting lots of money on the Santa Clause sequel when it came out, but after seeing it, I found out it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. The plot was fun, and overall, the movie was cute and it had a good message.
The DVD is really fun, too! There are deleted scenes, a tour of the elves workshop with 2nd head elf, Curtis, and even a fun game (which I still haven't beat!) If you have young children who still believe, or older ones who want to keep the spirit alive, please purchase this DVD!
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Summary: The Santa Clause is back!
Review: I don't know why Amazon as this movie listied as The Santa Clause 2 - The Mrs. Clause, when the title is just The Santa Clause 2. Disney brought this movie out last year when the first Santa Clause movie (with Tim Allen) came out in 1994. I don't know when this is taking place, but I have heard that the movie begins 8 years after the orginal movie took place. The movie does not say when it it is taking place, but I do know that is take place, at least 8 years after the orginal, since Charlie (Scott's son) was a little boy, when his dad became Santa Clause, when the old one fell off his roof, and now he is a teenager. This is a rare live action movie with a G rating. And usually live action movies, would have a higher rating like PG, or even higher. As the movie opens, Scott (Tim Allen) has been Santa Clause for some years now, and now even more children believe in Santa Clause, since Scott took the job. But there are stuff that is going on, that Scott doesn't know. And that head elf Bernard (David Krumholtz) has been bugging Curtis (Spencer Breslin) about breaking some bad news to Santa Clause. And when Curtis asks Bernard, why he does he have to do it, Bernard explains to Curtis that he is the head elf, and it is not his job to give bad news to Santa. Santa's son Charlie (Eric Lloyd) who is know a teenager, has landed him on "this year's naughty list". And it gets even worser when Curtis and Bernard tell Santa shows Santa that on the card, some information that was missed. And that is that he needs a Mrs. Clause. And he has until Christmas Eve to find a wife. And the process begins, that he will start to lose his stomach, and white hair, and then it will contiune on until he can't be Santa any more. And that he has to go back to earth, to help his son, and maybe to find a new wife. Then Curtis comes up with the idea of cloning Santa, and have a look a like, stay at the north pole, and does Santa's duties, while Scott Calven returns to Earth, to find out what is going on with his son, Bernard is against, but Scott is cloed, and Scott asks Bernard to lie to the elfs, that he has changed his appearance. Even though, how much Bernard hates the idea, he does it any way. When Scott returns to earth, he learns that Charlie has done graftti all over his school, and is even facing susupention. And has to attend a meeting wit his ex-wife Laura (Wendy Crewson), Neil (Judge Reinhold), Charlie, and his son's principal Carol Newman (Elizabeth Mitchell). It may be a good idea, to see the first movie, before this one, to find out how Scott got the job as Santa in the first place, before you see this one. The movie reunites most of the cast from the Santa Clause, all the elves in the first one, are not back, and there newcomers like Curtis, Carol and Charlie's baby relative Lucy (Liliana Mumy)
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Summary: Still Has That Magic Feeling
Review: "The Santa Clause 2" was enjoyable, but clearly not as good as the original. Tim Allen returns to portray Scott Calvin, a.k.a. Santa Claus only this time he needs to find a Mrs. Claus in order to remain as ole St. Nick with 28 days and counting. Meanwhile, his son Charlie is becoming the rebellious teenager getting into trouble on an almost daily basis in school. Scott wants to address his son's problems immediately with Christmas approaching; therefore, he leaves the North Pole in the hands of a toy replica Santa who runs the North Pole like a Russian dictator soldiers (toy, of course) and all. One really cute scene was Santa holding a meeting with Mother Nature, Father Time, The Tooth Fairy and Cupid. Plus every child knows he's Santa whether or not he looks the part. The film will provide that warm and fuzzy feeling as the first.
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Summary: Unbearably bad movie
Review: There is really nothing good about this film. I got it because I was in the mood for a nice light fluff holiday movie (I had just decorated the tree and bought eggnog). Much to my surprise (Ebert, according to the box, gave it thumbs up... what!?), this movie disappoints on pretty much every level of any measuring system. Seriously, everything that can be wrong with a movie, was wrong with this one. Bad writing. Bad Casting. Bad Acting. REALLY BAD lighting and sets. Bad two-dimensional characters. Incredibly stupid and transparent plot that seemed, at best, forced and, at worst, grating and painfully obvious. This movie features one of the least interesting, and most unrelated-to-the-rest-of-the-film opening sequences I have ever seen. It doesn't even really function as character introduction tool. It is so un-engaging, it REALLY IS amazing. Again, in short: There is NOT A SINGLE REDEEMING QUALITY TO THIS FILM AT ALL. Why on earth did Tim Allen agree to make this horrible movie? Was it contractual? It must have been. I enjoyed the first movie, in a light fluffy holiday movie kinda way, but this sequel is too bad to be believed.
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Summary: Stay lighthearted!
Review: Hey ... to all the people who said that "it lacked the magic of the first" ... Three words ... GIVE ME A BREAK! I think there is soooo much pressure on second films. People do not take them for what they are. This movie was made to entertain and put smiles on kids faces. Did it do that? I certainly think so. SO what if the plot was a little off or that there were now three different story lines. Can't keep up? It wasn't that hard or disruptive to the film. Or that Charlie's behavior was a bit silly and quickly taken care of.... give me a break. Take the film for what it was trying to accomplish (good simple holiday giggles), not for living in the shadow of the first. Come on people this is not rocket science. It was just a goofy Christmas film to keep the kids happy while you try to eat dinner in peace. I thought it was adorable!
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: This movie proved that most often then not a sequal rarley holds the charm of the orginial. While this movie had some nice points (the carraige ride) mostly it fell flat and left the question was it not better to leave well enough alone?? The Santa Clause is a classic, the Santa Clause two is not!
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Summary: Very poor sequel
Review: This doesn't deserve a whole lot of time, so here are the basics. The character of Bernard changes from a strong-willed, lovable supervisor to a wimpy, whiny dweeb. The reindeer actually talk (or mumble, actually), a horribly contrived tool that doesn't work at all. We're asked to believe that elves that are over 1,000 years old can't handle things at the North Pole without a stupid toy copy of Santa around to be in charge. The extent of Charlie's misdeeds are terribly downplayed (spray-painting an entire wall of a gym and spray-painting lockers on school property would probably get him jail time, yet his dad begs the principal not to suspend his son). There are many more, but again, this doesn't deserve the time. All in all, this movie misses the magic of the first. There are none of the magic, tender moments such as "You said you were lactose intolerant," or great moments as when Bernard tells Santa about the list, and all of the elves sing the third line of the song. I have to say that if you like this one, you're very easily satisfied with a very poor movie. They should have burned this script and found another director.
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