Just perfect...

Horrible, fascist and poorly acted

Boring

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

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.

A sequel to the immensely likable The Santa Clause, 'The Santa Clause 2' is An Entertaining Sequel, that works big time!'The Santa Clause 2' Synopsis: Scott Calvin has been a humble Santa Claus for nearly ten years, but it might come to an end if he doesn't find a Mrs. Claus.'The Santa Clause 2' is uncomplicated, undemanding entertainment. It delivers the right amount of fun it promises. The Screenplay is nicely written, offering sweet & cute moments almost throughout. Michael Lembeck's Direction is decent. Cinematography, Editing, Art Design & Make-Up, are appropriately done. Performance-Wise: Tim Allen is absolutely lovable as Santa. The talented actor holds your attention from start to end. Also memorable is Elizabeth Mitchell, who enacts the leading-lady, wonderfully.On the whole, 'The Santa Clause 2' is fun!

The first Santa Clause movie was simple, clean, family fun. It is cute and just a really good watch. I knew I had seen the second one but its been years and what a complete delight it was to watch it again on this Christmas Eve (2013) Quadruple everything...romance, magic, fantasy, fun, family...I was simply floored. This is why sequels are so successful because it gives good film makers the opportunity to build on an already decent premise and make it better and the makers behind The Santa Clause 2 did exactly that. In many ways this film reeks (in a good way) of old fashion Disney fantasy adventures but still has that modern post 2000 feel to it as well. The characters are fun and the story is just so much more interesting and fun. I can't use that word enough...the fun factor is at least tripled in this and not to mention the love and good vibes. I almost teared up a handful of times at a Tim Allen movie for crying out loud!! The first film I couldn't truly point out my "favourite" most memorable moments and yet this one...dozens. The Christmas Secret Santa exchange with the teachers, the silly and very campy evil toy Santa, Comet, Chet, the romance with Carol...this is one of the best family movies out there right now. Is it a stone cold classic? Not really for whatever reason but is it a favourite of mine? Heck yes! Tim Allen returns and he is better than ever. In his stand up and sitcoms he can be a little sarcastic (which I love in those settings) but the fact that it doesn't come over into this performance at all is a big kudos to him. He is just brilliant as Scott Calvin aka Santa Clause. He truly has evolved in the character since the last one and is an old pro at being Santa. Allen is just absolutely perfect in this part. Eric Lloyd returns as Calvin's son and I am so pleased because often films like this will replace child actors but he does come back. That being said I didn't feel like he was quite as good as he was the first time around. He feels a little clumsy in the role but he's also very necessary to the story and I'd much rather have him back than a new actor. Elizabeth Mitchell joins the cast as tough as nails principal Carol. She is a great addition to the cast and her chemistry with Allen is excellent. Her transformation and "softening" is so great to watch and she gets the bulk of the emotional storyline. Spencer Breslin also joins the cast and by the book elf Curtis. I quite enjoy his small performance but he's very underused much like Bernard was in the first and is again in this one. David Krumholtz is terrific as Bernard and has good chemistry with Allen but he is in so few scenes. Wendy Crewson and Judge Reinhold are in one extremely small scene returning to their respective roles from the first. Liliana Mumy joins the cast as their daughter. She is adorable and also a good addition to the cast and does a good job.Director Michael Lembeck is a Disney director through and through. He has had a ton of experience in sitcoms and he clearly is very talented and passionate about telling a good story. I think its interesting he has worked on some of my favourite projects over the years so I obviously like his style. The sub-plot of the evil toy Santa who takes over the North Pole is almost unnecessary and yet it adds a certain level of adventure and gives the story its main villain without being dark or scary for really young kids. Without that sub-story then it wouldn't be quite as watchable for the young kids that might find the romance and quest part of it not as interesting. Plus the campy, funny, toy Santa just makes it simply more fun. I honestly wasn't expecting this instalment to be anywhere near as good as the first and it blew me away. I have never gotten around to seeing the third and I will be watching it very soon whether its pre-Christmas or just after because I am excited!! This is one of the best "for everybody" movies out there. Get it now for the family!! 9/10

Tim Allen, Elizabeth Mitchell, Eric Lloyd, Judge Reinhold, Wendy Crewson, Liliana Mumy, Spencer Breslin, David Krumholtz, Art LaFleur and Peter Boyle star in this 2002 comedy sequel. Scott Calvin/Santa Claus (Allen) learns that his son, Charlie (Lloyd) is acting up at school. That's not all, he also learns that he must find a wife before Christmas Eve or he'll stop being Santa. He gets a clone of himself created called, Toy Santa (Allen) by Bernard (Krumholtz) and new elf, Curtis (Breslin) and it soon becomes bad. Scott returns to see Charlie, Laura (Crewson), Neil (Reinhold) and their daughter, Lucy (Mumy) informing them of his problem. Scott realizes that Charlie is acting up because he can't tell anyone his father is Santa. Scott meets Charlie's principal, Carol Newman (Mitchell) and they start falling for each other. Carol eventually learns the truth about Scott and tries to understand. Scott must also stop Toy Santa from taking over the North Pole and delivering coal to all the children of the world. LaFleur plays the tooth fairy and Boyle plays Father Time. This is a pretty good sequel, Allen & the cast are great and there's neat effects. I recommend this.