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The Santa Clause 2: The Mrs. Clause

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Our parents' generation had such wonderful classics as "Holiday Inn," "White Christmas," "It's a Wonderful Life," etc. I think it's taken Hollywood a VERY long time to come up with something remotely as wonderful as those old movies and finally, albeit this one is not a musical, but they've finally achieved it in "The Santa Clause" series. If you don't have these, you definitely need to get them both. Honestly, Tim Allen is just wonderful in them and really makes the story quite frankly. Writers or not, he just takes it and goes and I would think that the majority of what he says is "ad lib" on his part.

This sequel to the first is really great. You never really buy sequels as a rule, but this one is definitely different. When Allen finds out he has to get married to stay Santa, it's pretty amusing to see what the elves go through to get him married off. Everything from making a "fake Santa" gone bad, to destroying the fake Santa's army of bad tin soldiers, keeps the kids entertained throughout. It's a very sweet story, one that explains a lot about the Santa legend to those children with questions. It definitely has the Disney touch, with I think is great and not a marketing thing at all as indicated in the review at the top of this item description. Anyway, be sure to grab this set - I still feel really sad when Allen is refusing to be Santa in the first movie and the sad face of the child that they show afterwards. It's just heartbreaking. Buy these and have wonderful memories with your children, so that they can enjoy them with their children. There's no "White Christmas" song by Irving Berlin on this one, but if you really miss it, then just play it in the background and pass that video on down too!

The first Santa Clause was a wonderful take on the big guy in red. It made me a believer in Santa Claus. It showed how human Santa is.
The Santa Clause 2: The Mrs Clause was just as awesome. This time, Santa must find a Mrs. before Christmas Eve otherwise Santa will become Scott Calvin (Tim Allen) for good.
The movie was geared towards children; or children at heart. This time there are more elves, 2 Santas and a reindeer in training named "Chet". The opening sequence is precious. It shows a militaristic view of how Santa and the elves keep their "North Pole" home a secret. Then there was the scene with the "symbols" of make believe. There was Mother Nature, Father Time, the Easter Bunny, Cupid, the Sandman and the Tooth Fairy (or as he wanted to be known as THE MOLINATOR.
Charlie (Eric Lloyd), Scott Calvin's son, is all grown up and getting into plenty of trouble. He is rebelling against Christmas because he cannot tell anyone what his dad does for a living.

Scott's ex-wife Laura Miller (Wendy Crewson), now married to Neil (Judge Reinhold), is the legal guardian of Charlie. Her part was small.
The movie centered on Carol Newman (Elizabeth Mitchell), the principal of Charlie's school. She is constantly giving Charlie a hard time because of his behavior. Scott, or Santa, comes in to talk to her and save his son from being suspended. In the process, he (Scott) starts to pursue Carol because the "Mrs Clause" runs out Christmas Eve. Santa, now Scott because he has "desantaficated" himself, has a little Santa magic to use. If he runs out before finding a wife, he cannot return to the North Pole.
Our lovable head elf, Bernard (David Krumholtz) is back. He has the task of keeping the North Pole afloat while a duplicate (& military style) plastic Santa runs things.
The music was beautiful. The sets were superiorly designed and detailed.
The whole movie is enchanting. In this day and age with war all around us and nothing but "R" and "PG-13" rated films, it is nice to have a "G" rated movie for everyone. It was a thrill to see the typical Disney opening sequence.
You do not have to be a kid to see this. I believe in Santa Claus. Tim Allen is brilliant. I truely believe in Santa. When I turn 90 years young, I will still believe in Santa.
Go see this movie. You will believe.

If you are looking for an excellent holiday family comedy that the entire family can enjoy, than buy the SANTA CLAUSE 2 on DVD or video! In the sequel to the first hit comedy, Scott Calvin (played by Tim Allen) is in grave trouble. First his son Charlie (played by Eric Lloyd) is destroying the school with graffiti and infuriating the evil principal Ms Newman (played by Elizabeth Mitchell) and then the elves up at the North Pole reveal that if Santa isn't married by Christmas, he'll stop being Santa forever! So Scott creates a new robotic clone of himself and goes off to find the Mrs. Clause, while at the same time the robot is taking over the North Pole!! Will Santa save the day in time....and still get married to Mrs. Clause?? This movie is great for all ages and has an excellent returning cast and characters, including some new elves and reindeer!! Two thumbs up for THE SANTA CLAUSE 2!!!

I thought this was a great movie. I liked the first one, but I think this one is even better, especially since they have the people in this movie as was in the first one. As soon as it comes out on DVD I am going to buy it. It seems good to have a movie that anyone can go to. We need more of these. I might be old fashioned but I like family movies as well as the older ones.

A nice holiday film. Pretty good sequel. Not quite as warm as the first, but touching at times and certainly enjoyable family entertainment. The plot is ok; the writing is good.

About seven years after the events in the first "Clause", the North Pole is bustling with activity about a month before Christmas. The opening sequence gives a nice, fanciful view of Santa's village and workshops. You see Santa as a good manager/leader happily encouraging the elves in their efforts.

But trouble is on the horizon - literally in the opening sequence and figuratively in the form of two problems: Charlie, Santa's son, has grown into a teenager and is getting in trouble for rebelling against a repressive school principal with no holiday cheer; and Santa finds another "clause" that says he must find a Mrs. Claus or he will be "de-Santafied", reverting back to Scott Calvin. And he has only 28 days before this marriage must occur, coinciding of course with Christmas Eve.

A cute scene occurs at the North Pole as it is Santa's turn to host a Board Meeting of Legendary Characters: The Easter Bunny, Cupid, The Tooth Fairy, Mother Nature, Father Time (Peter Boyle) and The Sandman (Michael Dorn of Star Trek:TNG fame).

Charlie now has a six year old stepsister and this young actress does a very nice job with her role. She is charming.

While Santa is away looking for a wife and tending to Charlie's troubles, bad tidings occur at the North Pole - beware of soul-less technology and a rigid enforcement of "the rules"!

I don't like giving anything away for people who plan to see the movie. I would suggest that this movie will work much better if you have seen the first movie. So if you haven't seen "The Santa Clause", rent and watch that before this.

I also wonder how effective this movie would be for children under six. This sequel's content, while rated G, feels a bit older than the first.

The acting is well-done and comes across as genuine, though the Bernard character seems a bit overplayed with more broad physicality than seems needed.

Happy Holidays!

This is a great sequel to the original in so many ways. First, the cast from the first returns! While the banter between Scott and his ex-wife's husband Neil isn't nearly as plentiful as it was in the first movie, it's still hilarious when it happens. The toy Santa has some classic lines in the final confrontation with Scott ("Whoa, he's an action figure!"), and it's great to see Charlie and Bernard both returning for the second trip (you really don't realize how long it's been since the first one until you see how much Charlie's grown!). This is a "G" rated film, and I have to congratulate the guys on doing that. So few "G" rated movies come out anymore that it's a relief to see one that makes it and has a great star in it! I felt just a little cheated by the ending because there just seems like there should be an "after Christmas" scene to see how it all worked out, but I guess that leaves a little something for another sequel. You can tell everyone had a good time making the film, and I hated to see some of those deleted scenes taken out of the movie (Scott's blind dates were hilarious). All in all, this is a great dvd and a great follow-up to the original.

A nice return to form for Tim Allen. Nit that his other movies were bad (I liked them all), but they were missing something. In the Santa Clause 2, it is back.

Over the years, he has become the best Santa Clause ever. But they stumble upon another Clause that one of the elves overlooked: The Missus Clause. It states that to continue being Santa, he must get married before X-mas day. As each day passes, his beard gets smaller and continue to lose weight. To top it all off, his son Charlie ends up on the Naughty List.

As he tries to find a wife, deal with the fake Santa who is taking over the North Pole, and figure out what is bothering his son, the movie fills up with excellent comedy and fun while delivering a good message. It's not as good as the first, but it soon to be a X-mas classic.

"The Santa Clause 2: The Mrs. Clause" is a decent enough sequel, buoyed mainly by Tim Allen's engaging performance, which is added by the fact that all of his comic excess is vented through the "toy" Santa that is created to fool the elves at the North Pole while Santa is out shopping for a wife. The movie splits into two plot lines. For the kiddies there is the toy Santa deciding to maintain a strict interpretation of what it means to be "naughty" and put coal in the stocking of every child. For the adults there is the attempt of Scott/Santa to woo, win and wed Carol Newman (Elizabeth Mitchell), the principal at the school where Charlie Calvin (Eric Lloyd) has been defacing school property with anti-Christmas graffiti.

As the clock ticks down on the efforts to find his Mrs. Claus, Scott begins the process of de-Santification, which means the beard and belly end up disappearing. The best sequence of the film is when Scott manages to actually talk himself into a date with Principal Newman and uses his entire reserve of magic to impressive her, which he does. We are impressed, even though part of what he does is the same sort of thing that convinced Charlie's step-father Neil (Judge Reinhold) that Santa was real the last time around. But for me this movie comes down to the moment when Carol has to become convinced of the truth and I did not find the movie's solution to that pivotal moment to be particularly memorable or moving, as much as I wanted it to be.

However, that objection will matter not a whit to the small fry who will be more concerned with flying reindeer and the final encounter with the toy Santa's army of toy soldiers (which ends up as a very weak rehash of "Babe in Toyland"). Still, a holiday movie this time of year that the kids will enjoy is a good thing. There are some nice character bits turned in by Art LeFluer as the Tooth Fairy, Peter Boyle as Father Time, Michael Dorn as the Sandman, Kevin Pollack as Cupid, and Molly Shannon as a prospective bride who is clearly Santa's #1 fan. Final note: Be sure to stick around for the first part of the end credits because you do not want to bolt out of your seats and be the first person out the door at the end of this one.

I confess that I never saw THE SANTA CLAUSE in its entirety, but I saw little bits of it. Tim Allen did a commendable job and the film was perfectly harmless for children. But if a children's movie doesn't entertain adults then it completely fails. It is in this important requirement that THE SANTA CLAUSE 2 succeeds. It is entertaining, good hearted, and has an impressive look to it.

That impressive look comes across in the opening sequence in the North Pole. Santa's workshop is bustling with elves. They are clearly played by children who wear makeup wisely limited to the ears. At the same time the place comes across like FAO Shwartz with a gigantic upgrade. The elves are making the toys that Santa must deliver when trouble starts. A surveillance plane is approaching their territory, and picking up the sounds coming from the workshop. Aanta turns to elves who monitor a security section like NORAD in WARGAMES. (They go to "ElfCon 1", a nice touch.) Eventually the crisis is abated, and it's back to business. Santa then conducts a meeting with all the other legendary figures: The Easter Bunny, The Tooth Fairy, Father Time, Cupid, and even The Sandman. When I saw who was cast in the role of Sandman I burst out laughing. (I wouldn't dream of revealing who it is. Some great jokes will come out of it.)

Everything seems wonderful, but Santa comes down with two major problems. His son Charlie from the real world is on the "naughty" list, and if Santa doesn't get married before Christmas Eve at midnight, it's all over. So, he must go back to the Real World, find out what's up with Charlie and find someone to be Mrs Clause. Charlie is in trouble at school for painting graffiti, but after meeting his principal and her feelings about Christmas, it becomes understandable why he did it.

Without giving away too many secrets, I can say that Santa only has a limited amount of Santa magic to use while he is in the real world. Meanwhile the head elf and his assistant try to cover up the fact that Santa must leave and go right on schedule. It results in a subplot that's a nice touch and is good for some funny moments. At the same time I felt Tim Allen projects a complete sense of good will and a belief that he really is Old Saint Nick. In a couple of scenes where he uses his magic I had a smile on my face.

Will kids like this film? I'm sure they will. Some adults may be turned off completely by this, but their cynicism is probably so high that it's their problem. So what? Some of my customers at Hollywood Video are parents who will like it even more than I do. I doubt it will ever become the holiday classic like A CHRISMTMAS STORY or IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, but it does bring good cheer.

I think this film did very well for itself, considering it's a sequel that really could have been messed up and made really corny. I thought it would be really bad and stupid, but it wasn't. It upholds a strong enough plot to keep the movie from sinking under the "lame sequel" title. Tim Allen returns as Scott Calvin, our beloved Santa Claus who, along with all the elves and everyone in the North Pole, is busy preparing for the busiest time of the year which is known as Christmas. When Santa receives word that his son Charlie has gotten himself on the naughty list for rebellious behavior at school, Santa must get himself a replacement so that he can fly back home and help Charlie. Of course, this is not the only reason Santa has to get home: according to the rules, he must find himself a Mrs. Claus if he intends to go on being Santa. Simple enough plot with some very funny, gentle, touching, and altogether engaging moments.

I think one thing that made this movie successful was the return of so many of the actors/actresses from the first Santa Clause movie. Tim Allen, of course, is back as Santa, and so is Eric Lloyd as Charlie, and Charlie's mom and stepfather Laura and Neil. I think Lloyd did a very strong acting job here and put some good depth into Charlie's character. Charlie is hurt and angry inside because his dad has the best job in the world, and he has to keep quiet about it--thus, he falls into some behavioral problems. Later, though, he discovers how special this secret is, which is a very touching moment in the film. And of course, you can also enjoy some new characters this time around. Curtis the elf will have you laughing, and Charlie's little stepsister Lucy is quite the little charmer. She is a cutie, and a special moment between her, Charlie, and Santa at the end was my personal favorite in the movie.I don't want to give away too much in this review, but I will advise you to go see this movie because it is one of the very few movie sequels out there that really works.