Really Surprised!

Boring, over-political, tech fuzed mess

As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Not that that's saying much. It has eye candy, decent FX AND it gives the gift of laughter throughout but it was better in the 90's. Crewson was hot in this one so that helps. There's just too much kid-targeted junk to rate this any higher. Still, it's good enough to make the 2 - 3 year re-watch rotation.

When a man inadvertently kills Santa on Christmas Eve, he finds himself magically recruited to take his place. I just saw The Santa Clause with Tim Allen for the very first time and i gotta say this movie should have a higher score it's not like the funniest comedy of all time but it's still a great movie that the whole Family can enjoy especially during Christmas. The whole cast did a great job and most of the special effects were really good for a film that is 22 years old also Calvin's character gets threw some serious changes threw out the whole movie and it was very touching to see him let go his son so he can be Santa. Overall this film is great and it's so 90's and if you haven't seen it yet please check it out it's worth of your time.

In a way, Tim Allen makes the perfect, unassuming guy to be whisked away in a frenzy of holiday magic, and be told that he's next in line to become the jolly dude in the red suit. Allen always has an affable, breezy carelessness to him, like he was some suburban dad on the way to pick up his kids from hockey practice one day and happened to wander onto a movie set. The filmmakers saw his bewilderment, mistook him for an actor, and he's been putting out charming, occasionally decent fare ever since. In The Santa Clause, he really does play a suburban dad, the typically divorced kind. Scott Calvin is his name (get it?;) and his life is a bit of a mess following his split up with wife Wendy Crewson. She's together with a hotshot doctor now, making him bristly. I would get a bit up in arms if my wife took up with Judge friggin Reinhold too. So he spends Christmas with his son (Eric Lloyd) accidentally burning their turkey and ending up at Denny's for their Christmas feat, with all the other recently divorced dads. Things are mopey until an outright misunderstanding causes Scott to cause the death of Santa Claus (!) and spur on his recruit,net for the job. Most of the fun of the film is Allen's good natured disbelief upon reaching the North Pole and seeing inch of real love elves. Pretty soon his waistline balloons, snowy facial hair sprouts and it becomes clear that he really is destined to be the big guy. It's a slight, lighthearted flick that's perfect for kids, with really funny work from elves played by David Krumholtz and Paige Tanada, and a small, sly appearance from Peter Boyle. Allen steals the show, though, and is wonderful. As far as the sequels go, the second is pleasant overkill, anime yet to see the third with Martin Short as Jack 'Sonic The Hedgehog' Frost. I'm in no rush. This ones a nice dose of holiday cheer, though, and being a 90's movie, still holds up today.

The Santa Clause is a funny and original movie and a worthy addition to the library of Christmas movies. Tim Allen is the leading actor and gets better as the role becomes more ridiculous or sympathetic, depending on your perspective. The movie takes an old theme of belief in Santa Claus and gives it a 1990's setting with parents who share custody of a lovable child, played by Eric Lloyd, who is starting to question if there is a real Santa. It is an issue that most families face or postpone but try to muddle through as best they can. The fantasy of Santa becomes a reality for the boy and his divorced father on a momentous Christmas Eve. Eventually both the boy and his father embrace the reality of Santa who takes possession of their lives. This leads to a collision with the "real" world of adults, teachers and the working environment. The mother is played by Wendy Crewson and the step-father by Judge Reinhold, in a fine performance as a serious psychiatrist badly shaken by the behaviour of the child and his father. David Krumholtz, 16 years old at the time, shines as the head elf. The movie is for adults or youth. Children would have a distorted and confused view of the Santa persona after viewing this movie but for others it's fine holiday entertainment.