2karl- Disney have come up trumps in this sequel in this modern day Santa classic with Tim Allen as Santa/Scott Calvin this adventure has Xmas cheer chuckles and loads of goodies stuffed into this 1hr4omins 7/10 Santa the north pole elves and so on Tim Allen returns as the favorite Santa of all time he has been Santa for 8 years and his loyal elves think so to but his world is turned upside down when Charlie gets in trouble and lands on his naughty list and Santa discover there's a glitch in the clause that he never read from the first film so he has to find the right clause or he wont be Santa for very much longer so with a Xmas a month away he hatches a plan to save Xmas with a funny looking reinder in training and prancer over eating and embrace people life with a bit of magic warmth and fun escape to this film its worth the wait

moviemattb "The Santa Clause 2" takes place eight years after the first one as Scott Calvin is enjoying to be Santa Claus as things start to happen to him. First, his son Charlie is sixteen years old and happens to be in the naughty list; and second, he has to find a wife by Christmas Eve or his life as Santa is over and done. I know that most of you would say that this sequel to a really popular movie is unnecessary that it did not need to be turned into a franchise. To me, I understand how you would feel about but I was already having a fun time with this movie in a good way. This was the only "Santa Clause" movie that I've seen in a theater, while the first one I only first saw on an old VHS copy but the third movie is the one I never saw. I don't think I would be bother to check that one out because everyone say that it was worse than the second that I am reviewing. Maybe I would, maybe I won't. Anyway, I thought Tim Allen is still at his game as he plays both good and bad Santa Claus. Eric Lloyd is also good in it, and a fine way to take his character in a different direction. Elizabeth Mitchell is really good to play the "Mrs. Clauses," but I say no more about. The movie does have some good laughs, while some are not really good. The special effects aren't that good, and the design of the reindeers look like they should be an amusement park. So cartoonish they all looked. The first one had better design of the reindeers compare to this. So, yeah I actually do like this movie. Not as good as the first, but its harmless enough to be a fun Christmas movie. Overall, not needed but its fun in a good way. I give it a 7 out of 10.

jljacobi Okay, it's kind of dumb, and some of the shtick is old-hat, but it does have heart. At least I saw it that way. Take this with a grain of salt as I was able to FF through some of the stuff I found pedantic. That includes almost all the scenes that deal with teen angst, children of divorce, yada, yada... I don't know why it's there to be honest. It's just a anchor on the pace. What does work is everything else, and I found the actors appealing as well as displaying genuine warmth throughout. Good enough for me. I don't care what others say, Tim Allen is just fun to watch.This is a kids flick, but I like kid's flicks because... Well, I'm not sure why. Excepting the obligatory scatological humor. There's not much of it so, there you go. I think this movie is rated way too low, so don't let that put you off. It's entertaining and there's not much that will offend anyone. It's not 'A Christmas Story', but it's a decent little Christmas flick.

Toronto85 The Santa Clause 2 takes place a number of years after the original film. The first movie saw Tim Allen's character "Scott Calvin" become Santa Claus after the previous Santa Claus fell off of his roof on Christmas Eve. Well in this one Scott has settled in nicely to his role as Mr. Claus, but there is one problem. He has to find a Mrs. Claus in only twenty eight days or Christmas as we know it will be over forever! On top of that major problem, another subplot includes his quest to get his son Charlie off of the naughty list. It seems Charlie has been rebellious as a teenager, spray painting school walls and such. So while Santa/Scott leaves the North Pole to take care of that business, his trusty sidekick elf Bernard and newcomer elf Curtis create a clone Santa to take over on an interim basis. Scott ends up falling for Charlie's principal Carol Newman, and with the use of magic wins over her heart. Meanwhile in the North Pole, the fake Santa that Curtis the elf created ends up becoming a power hungry dictator who believes ALL kids are bad and deserve only lumps of coal for Christmas. It's up to Scott to defeat him and save Christmas.The Santa Clause 2 is not nearly as good as the first film. While the whole idea of Santa may be absurd to many people, this film has so much more unrealistic things occur in it that it lost my interest. For example, Scott's ability to snag a wife in under a month? It's completely ridiculous but I guess had to be done to wrap up the movie very nicely. And all of the magic that he uses to make Carol fall for him goes completely unnoticed by her character, such as a mistletoe and twenty presents appearing out of nowhere. She just brushes it off. I also did not like that the major characters from the first film (Scott's ex wife Laura and her husband Neil) took a back seat in this film for the overly annoying young elf Curtis. It lost the magic and heart that the first movie had.There were some good moments in this of course. Tim Allen had some great comedic moments, especially when he ditches the Santa suit and acts like a regular person. I like him better as Scott Calvin than I do as Santa Claus. He and Carol have a good combative chemistry that turns sweet once we start to see the human side of her. And the scenes when Scott uses magic to give all the teachers toys that they loved from their childhoods really was a good piece. It just wasn't as good as the original. I thought it was ridiculous that he had to find a wife in one month. And considering that was the major obstacle in this film for the main character to overcome, I wasn't really engaged in it.Children will love this movie (I know I did years ago), and that's really all that matters with a Christmas movie. But as an adult looking for a good holiday film, this one fell flat up against others such as Home Alone 1/2, Christmas Vacation and even the first Santa Clause.6/10