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VIDEO RELEASE
Nov 18, 2003 (VHS)
Nov 18, 2003 (DVD)
NUMBERS
Box Office: $139,225,854
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CONSENSUS
Though it's harmless as family entertainment and has moments of charm, The Santa Clause 2 is also predictable and forgettable.
CAST & CREW
Tim Allen, Elizabeth Mitchell, Spencer Breslin
Directed by Michael Lembeck
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SYNOPSIS
Scott Calvin (Tim Allen) found a jacket eight years ago that turned him into Santa Claus. Unfortunately, 900-year old elf Curtis (Spencer Breslin) failed to read the fine print in the Santa Clause and didn't notice that Santa has to find a wife or stop being Santa. more...
MPAA RATING
G, for general audiences
RUNTIME
1 hour, 45 minutes
RELEASE DATES
Theatrical: Nov 1, 2002
RELEASE COMPANY
Buena Vista Pictures
GENRE
Childrens, Comedies, Childrens, Love Story, Christmas, Santa Claus, Fathers And Sons, Dating
OFFICIAL SITE
• The Official The Santa Clause 2 Site
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 "Allen’s underestimated charm delivers more goodies than lumps of coal."
-- Jeffrey Westhoff, NORTHWEST HERALD (CRYSTAL LAKE, IL)
"Ao sair do cinema, eu estava feliz e com saudades de um tempo em que, para mim, a existência de Papai Noel era um fato inquestionável."
-- Pablo Villaca, CINEMA EM CENA
 "The film has a nearly terminal case of the cutes, and it's neither as funny nor as charming as it thinks it is."
-- Jeff Vice, DESERET NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY
"...hopefully it'll be at the dollar theatres by the time Christmas rolls around. Wait to see it then."
-- John Venable, SUPERCALA.COM
"Visually, 'Santa Clause 2' is wondrously creative."
-- Betty Jo Tucker, REELTALK MOVIE REVIEWS
"The movie is as padded as Allen's jelly belly."
-- Lawrence Toppman, CHARLOTTE OBSERVER
"The weird thing about The Santa Clause 2, purportedly a children's movie, is that there is nothing in it to engage children emotionally."
-- Gary Thompson, PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS
"Like its predecessor, it's no classic, but it provides a reasonably attractive holiday contraption, one that families looking for a clean, kid-friendly outing should investigate."
-- Frank Swietek, ONE GUY'S OPINION
"Like the original, this version is raised a few notches above kiddie fantasy pablum by Allen's astringent wit."
-- Bob Strauss, LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS
"In spite of featuring a script credited to no fewer than five writers, apparently nobody here bothered to check it twice."
-- Christopher Smith, BANGOR DAILY NEWS (MAINE)
"A reasonably entertaining sequel to 1994's surprise family hit that may strain adult credibility."
-- Steve Simels, TV GUIDE'S MOVIE GUIDE
"Not only better than its predecessor, it may rate as the most magical and most fun family fare of this or any recent holiday season."
-- Shirley Sealy, FILM JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL
"SC2 is an autopilot Hollywood concoction lacking in imagination and authentic Christmas spirit, yet it’s geared toward an audience full of masters of both."
-- Anita Schmaltz, METRO TIMES
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"The Santa Clause 2 proves itself a more streamlined and thought out encounter than the original could ever have hoped to be."
-- Joshua Tyler, FILM HOBBIT
"The Santa Clause 2" goes down as easy as an eggnog on Christmas Eve."
-- Tony Toscano, TALKING PICTURES
"The Santa Clause 2's plot may sound like it was co-written by Mattel executives and lobbyists for the tinsel industry."
-- Tor Thorsen, REEL.COM
"Those of you who don't believe in Santa Claus probably also think that sequels can never capture the magic of the original. Well, this movie proves you wrong on both counts."
-- Michael Szymanski, ZAP2IT.COM
"While the film is not entirely successful, it still manages to string together enough charming moments to work."
-- Jon Strickland, L.A. WEEKLY
"I doubt anyone will remember the picture by the time Christmas really rolls around, but maybe it'll be on video by then."
-- David Sterritt, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
"What soured me on The Santa Clause 2 was that Santa bumps up against 21st century reality so hard, it's icky."
-- Jim Slotek, JAM! MOVIES
"Marlon Brando has the Godfather, Laurence Olivier has Hamlet, and now Tim Allen has . . . Santa Claus."
-- Gerry Shamray, SUN NEWSPAPERS OF CLEVELAND
"Family fare."
-- Chuck Schwartz, CRANKY CRITIC®
"Those who stick with 'Clause 2' through its unpromising opening will be rewarded with a reasonably entertaining romantic comedy..."
-- James Sanford, KALAMAZOO GAZETTE
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ROTTEN 44%
Avg. Rating: 5.5/10 |
"All these developments and challenges facing Santa weigh down the plot so heavily that they drain all the film of its energy and needlessly strain credibility."
-- Kevin Thomas, LOS ANGELES TIMES
"It's as home-entertainment ready as a shrink-wrapped sack of microwave popcorn. But at least it works hard at finding ways of pushing this one-joke premise ahead a space or two."
-- Gene Seymour, NEWSDAY
"It's mildly sentimental, unabashedly consumerist ... studiously inoffensive and completely disposable."
-- A.O. Scott, NEW YORK TIMES
"Tim Allen and his team make it look easy, this putting on of ho-ho-hos in such a way that adults may find stocking-stuffer laughs amid the general jingle-bellishness of The Santa Clause 2."
-- Lisa Schwarzbaum, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
"The Santa Clause 2 is a barely adequate babysitter for older kids, but I've got to give it thumbs down."
-- Richard Roeper, EBERT & ROEPER
"Has the disjointed feel of a bunch of strung-together TV episodes."
-- Steven Rea, PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
"If you value your time and money, find an escape clause and avoid seeing this trite, predictable rehash."
-- Claudia Puig, USA TODAY
"There's something fishy about a seasonal holiday kids' movie ... that derives its moment of most convincing emotional gravity from a scene where Santa gives gifts to grownups."
-- Geoff Pevere, TORONTO STAR
"Kids probably will find it rip-roaring holiday fun, and it is rated G to boot."
-- C.W. Nevius, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
"The sequel drops the adult aspects of the story in favor of talking reindeer and a life-size, plastic Santa replacement (also played by Allen) that is strongly reminiscent of that creepy family from the Duracell commercials."
-- Bill Muller, ARIZONA REPUBLIC
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"Veering between cold-hearted cynicism ... and magical Christmas moments, this is far better than the usual Hollywood holiday cash-ins."
-- Jamie Russell, BBCI FILMS
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