Santa Clause 2

Theatrical Release Date: 2002 11 01 (USA)

UPC: 786936827613

Studio: Walt Disney

MPAA Rating: G   Contains:null

Summary: Eight years after getting a crash course in the fine art of personifying Christmas, Tim Allen returns as Kris Kringle's replacement in this sequel to the 1994 hit The Santa Clause. While Scott Calvin (Allen) initially had mixed feelings when he became the new Santa Claus, after eight years on the job he's come to enjoy being Father Christmas, and he and the Elves are looking forward to another holiday season when things begin going a bit wrong. Scott finds he's becoming less and less "Santa-like," and his son Charlie (Eric Lloyd) has become difficult enough to land on the official "Naughty" list. Scott discovers most of his problems stem from an obscure passage in his contract with the North Pole which decrees that he has to find a Mrs. Claus. Scott has little choice but to start dating, but he soon learns that when you're a big guy from the North Pole who lacks conventional employment, single women do not come running. In order to leave him more time to search for a wife, Scott and the Elves create a duplicate Santa to keep an eye on the shop; however, the "other" Santa turns out to be more Naughty than Nice, and in time Scott has to wrestle control of the North Pole away from his doppelganger. Wendy Crewson, Judge Reinhold, and David Krumholtz also reprise their roles from The Santa Clause. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Category: Comedy

Santa Clause 2

Format: Blu-ray

Release Date: 10/16/2012

Runtime: 104 Minutes

Derek Armstrong

Like most sequels -- especially those eight years in the making -- The Santa Clause 2 is bursting at the seams of its Santa suit with extra subplots and places for your eyes to look. Unlike most sequels, the latest Tim Allen holiday vehicle actually pulls it off. Surprisingly, what's new is every bit as effective as what returns. It could even be argued that the sequel's three most whimsical ingredients are all fresh: comically gifted child actor Spencer Breslin as an elf, Allen's own synthetic dictator of a doppelganger, and a reindeer that speaks in irresistible reindeer gibberish. If the above weren't enough, the team of screenwriters (there's almost one per character) finds room for fellow folklore icons like the Tooth Fairy and Mother Nature, and even introduces a frosty principal (Elizabeth Mitchell) for Allen's Scott Calvin to thaw. The whole concoction overwhelms a viewer's better notions that this is just a corporate, profit-driven enterprise. Although the screenwriters distribute screen time miraculously among the disparate components, left out in the cold is Eric Lloyd as Scott's son, reprising from the first movie -- which makes him a decidedly awkward age to write. That's why his "acting out" takes the form of spray-painting graffiti about the principal on school walls, which just never makes much sense for his character. Other than that, the script really does have it both ways -- pursuing equally interesting plot lines both at the North Pole, where Allen has a dandy time playing the robotic impostor, and back home. The Santa Clause 2 generates enough populist charm to appease all but the most cynical purists -- who were never its target audience in the first place. ~ Derek Armstrong, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Andrew Stone  Actor 
Molly Shannon  Actor 
Michael Lembeck  Director 
George S. Clinton  Composer (Music Score) 
Edward Decter  Screenwriter 
Brian Reilly  Producer 
Jeffrey Silver  Producer 
John J. Strauss  Screenwriter 
William W. Wilson III  Executive Producer 
Rick Messina  Executive Producer 
Don Rhymer  Screenwriter 
Bobby Newmyer  Producer 
Ken Daurio  Screenwriter 
Cinco Paul  Screenwriter 
James Miller  Executive Producer 
Richard Baker  Executive Producer 
Tim Allen  Actor 
Tim Allen  Actor 
Tim Allen  Actor 
Elizabeth Mitchell  Actor 
David Krumholtz  Actor 
Eric Lloyd  Actor 
Judge Reinhold  Actor 
Wendy Crewson  Actor 
Spencer Breslin  Actor 
Liliana Mumy  Actor 
Art La Fleur  Actor 
Danielle Woodman  Actor 
Aisha Tyler  Actor 
Kevin Pollak  Actor 
Jay Thomas  Actor 
Michael Dorn  Actor 

Country: USA