The Santa Clause 2 (2002)

A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

The Santa Clause 2 (2002): Dir: Michael Lembeck / Cast: Tim Allen, Elizabeth Mitchell, Spencer Breslin, Eric Lloyd, David Kromholtz: Fine plot concept with 2 symbolizing two clauses and two individuals. The idea of introducing Mrs. Clause through another clause is ideal but the playful use of violence is not. Scott Calvin's son is on the naughty list. He must find a Mrs. Clause before Christmas Eve or he will turn back to his old self. A toy Santa is created to continue his duties thus fooling the elves while Calvin quests for Earth. Unfortunately the replica Santa malfunctions and decides to follow the rules thus having coal put in stockings. Director Michael Lembeck does his best to employ as much originality as he can but fooling of the elves with a fake Santa is against character and questionable content for the intended audience. Tim Allen balances the two roles with great comic timing. Elizabeth Mitchell as a principal is obviously set to be Mrs. Claus but their sudden match up is a tad bit sudden. It is missing the courtship part. It is also a bit stereotypical that she suddenly gain weight. Spencer Breslin is amusing as an inventive elf. Eric Lloyd returns as Calvin's son but his role is not as broad. David Krumholtz again plays Bernard the elf who seems ever harassed and irritable. Great visual effects will keep themes from melting away. Score: 6 / 10

The second Santa Clause film is even better than the first film. This movie focuses on Tim Allen having to find a wife or he won't be able to stay Santa. The movie has all the same actors back, and they all do a great job, just like last time! There was a big time gap between the first and second one, 1994 to 2002, so Charlie's character has grown a good bit, he's now a teenager, that has been getting into trouble lately and is now on the naughty list 😱. This film's visuals are pretty cool to look at. And the script is pretty cute and fun. The characters are well written and work well together. Molly Shannon even makes a brief cameo, and it may just be my favorite part in the whole film, Molly does a fantastic job in her little scene, had me dying laughing! This is a cute, fun, totally family friendly Christmas movie that everyone will enjoy this Christmas! 8/10 for The Santa Clause.

The Santa Clause 2 is a great movie with a well developed storyline and a good cast.Tim Allen is back once again as Scott Calvin/Santa Claus and despite the eight year gap between this movie and the first Santa Clause,he steps right back in to this role very naturally,as if he never stopped playing him,and I think those few years gave him time to improve as an actor and do an even better job this time around,he is given a lot of emotional scenes,particularly between him and his love interest,and he shines in these parts,he's in practically every scene as he also plays the villain and it dosen't get annoying to see him constantly for most of the movie.I preferred this to the first one and I know people will disagree with me,but the original is very straight forward,in this there is a lot more adventure and there's a more joyous Christmas feel to it,I love all three Santa Clause movies as they were a big part of my childhood at Christmas time,but this one is certainly my favourite.Its obviously not perfect,but the Santa Clause 2 is entertaining and funny for the whole family and I would recommend it if you're looking for a good Christmas movie. Despite some very successful years as Santa Claus,Scott Calvin may have to give it all up unless he can find a woman to be his Mrs Claus. Best Performance: Tim Allen Worst Performance: Molly Shannon

Tim Allen, Elizabeth Mitchell, Eric Lloyd, Judge Reinhold, Wendy Crewson, Liliana Mumy, Spencer Breslin, David Krumholtz, Art LaFleur and Peter Boyle star in this 2002 comedy sequel. Scott Calvin/Santa Claus (Allen) learns that his son, Charlie (Lloyd) is acting up at school. That's not all, he also learns that he must find a wife before Christmas Eve or he'll stop being Santa. He gets a clone of himself created called, Toy Santa (Allen) by Bernard (Krumholtz) and new elf, Curtis (Breslin) and it soon becomes bad. Scott returns to see Charlie, Laura (Crewson), Neil (Reinhold) and their daughter, Lucy (Mumy) informing them of his problem. Scott realizes that Charlie is acting up because he can't tell anyone his father is Santa. Scott meets Charlie's principal, Carol Newman (Mitchell) and they start falling for each other. Carol eventually learns the truth about Scott and tries to understand. Scott must also stop Toy Santa from taking over the North Pole and delivering coal to all the children of the world. LaFleur plays the tooth fairy and Boyle plays Father Time. This is a pretty good sequel, Allen & the cast are great and there's neat effects. I recommend this.