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Santa Clause, The
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Comedy | Drama | Family/Kids | Fantasy
Written by:
Leo Benvenuti
Steve Rudnick
Directed by: John Pasquin
Release Date:
Theatrical: November 11, 1994
DVD: October 29, 2002
Running Time: 97 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: PG
Starring Tim Allen, Wendy Crewson, Judge Reinhold, Eric Lloyd, David Krumholtz, Larry Brandenburg, Mary Gross, and Paige Tamada
Superstar comedian Tim Allen shines bright in Disney's magical, larger-than-life hit holiday comedy. (Disney)
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FILM: Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause The Santa Clause 2
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What The Critics Said
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Variety Leonard Klady
This is a hip, likable spin on the seasonal icon told with a deft mixture of comedy and sentimentality.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Staff(not credited)
Nevertheless, The Santa Clause is a charming, if mild, fantasy, distinguished by a gentle directorial touch that strikes a deft balance between dramatic and fantastic elements.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Rita Kempley
Aimed at kids, but written with parents in mind, The Santa Clause balances the sugar with the spice, which Allen sprinkles on just right.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
All of the film's technical and creative contributions are top-notch, but as it should be, it's the people who win us over. [11 Nov 1994 Pg. F10]
Washington Post Desson Thomson
The personable star of the TV series "Home Improvement" turns this Walt Disney film around. He may not be as effervescent as, say, Robin Williams, but he's full of understated, ticklish charm.
Read Full Review >Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
The Santa Clause (so named after the clause on Santa's calling card that requires Scott to take over the job) is often a clever and amusing movie, and there's a lot of fresh invention in it.
Read Full Review >USA Today Susan Wloszczyna
As holiday heartwarmers go, The Santa Clause is an amusing stocking stuffer, a sitcom-superficial novelty that jingles many of the same bells as last year's "Mrs. Doubtfire". [11 Nov 1994 Pg. 12.D]
ReelViews James Berardinelli
The Santa Clause isn't an unmitigated disaster, but it's also a whole lot less impressive than it could be.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Hollis Chacona
Actually, this souped-up sled is a perfect vehicle for TV star/comedian Tim Allen and, despite its formulaic chassis, he takes us through a few interesting twists and turns.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
Watch for the ''Mrs. Doubtfire'' syndrome: In Santa drag and padded for laughs, Scott demonstrates how to be a more sensitive, more funsy parent than boring old Mom.
Read Full Review >The New Yorker Michael Sragow
Tim Allen's talent for dry regular-guyness fails to kindle Disney's sappy big-screen Yule log.
Read Full Review >Time Richard Schickel
The Santa Clause presents us with an Anti-Claus, Tim Allen of Home Improvement, hard-edged, discomfitingly frenetic and spritzing cheerless one-liners.
Read Full Review >Empire Staff(not credited)
The film drops from obvious comedy into a ready melt slush which no amount of make-up and special effects can rescue.
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