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The Santa Clause (1994)
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Reviews Counted:39
Fresh:31
Rotten:8
Average Rating:6.1/10
Consensus: The Santa Clause is utterly undemanding, but it's firmly rooted in the sort of good old-fashioned holiday spirit missing from too many modern yuletide films.
Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: When Santa Claus gets killed in a freak accident after being startled on the rooftop of a house, it looks like Christmas is ruined. But fortunately, just before his death, the jolly, gift-giver... When Santa Claus gets killed in a freak accident after being startled on the rooftop of a house, it looks like Christmas is ruined. But fortunately, just before his death, the jolly, gift-giver passed the torch to ad executive Scott Calvin (Tim Allen), who finishes the job of bestowing holiday cheer on all. When he finally reaches on the North Pole, however, Scott learns that he can't give up the job -- he's become the next Santa Claus. (THAT'S the Santa Clause!). Scott returns home, only to find himself slowly changing into the pudgy, white-haired old man so beloved of children... and to find that everyone around him considers him utterly and completely mad. [More]
Starring: Tim Allen, Judge Reinhold, Wendy Crewson, Peter Boyle
Starring: Tim Allen, Judge Reinhold, Wendy Crewson, Peter Boyle, Eric Lloyd, Mary Gross, David Krumholtz, Larry Brandenburg, Paige Tamada, Judith Scott
Director: John Pasquin
Director: John Pasquin
Screenwriter: Leo Benvenuti, Steve Rudnick
Composer: Michael Convertino
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Jan 1, 1996
Reviews for The Santa Clause
This is a hip, likable spin on the seasonal icon told with a deft mixture of comedy and sentimentality.
While the film breaks no new ground, it offers the kind of simple, well-crafted, family entertainment that used to be a staple of the Disney studio.
The movie steers a shrewd course between bracing cynicism and old-fashioned make-believe.
Agreeable family fare that'll please the young 'uns but that adults will find only slightly diverting.
...the closest thing we've had in the last twenty years to a genuine Christmas classic.
Home Improvement fans will find plenty of laughs and may even consent to going to this movie with their little brothers and sisters.
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