For those who don't already know, in the first film (The Santa Clause), Tim Allen's character inadvertantly causes the demise of Santa Claus. He finds a business card in Santa's coat that describes the titular 'Santa Clause'- whoever puts on the magic coat will become the next Santa Claus and so the movie went on to describe an everyman's transformation into a Christmas legend.
The sequel concerns some fine print hidden in the border of said business card that can only be seen with a powerful magnifying lens. It states that Santa must be married by the next Christmas (in the film). It's called "the Missus Clause" of course.
The film has 3 plotlines. First, Santa needs to find a wife. Second, Santa's son is in trouble with the Principal and isconsequently on Santa's 'naughty' list. Finally, there is an evil Santa duplicate trying to take over Santa's workshop at the North Pole while the 'real' santa is taking care of plotlines 1 and 2.
The film is well acted and quite charming. There are several clever quips and a bunch of amusing cameos. The story is a bit disjointed at times and the pacing is somewhat flawed. The final 3rd of the film seemed terribly rushed to me and several of the subplots are resolved without much explanation or sense.
By and large, this film is a worthy successor to the original Santa Clause though not quite as good as the original. It's a great family film with plenty to keep both children and adults amused and runs about two hours (with some amusing antics during the end credits). Unfortunately, the marketing bigwigs released it in October (no doubt to try and get the DVD on shelves in time for 'real' Christmas) which makes it feel a bit premature and out of place in the throws of Halloween and pre-Thanksgiving celebrations all about.
If you enjoy 'family films' or light comedies, then by all means go see Santa Clause 2. It really is "fun for the whole family" if you can get by the odd choice of release date.
The sequel concerns some fine print hidden in the border of said business card that can only be seen with a powerful magnifying lens. It states that Santa must be married by the next Christmas (in the film). It's called "the Missus Clause" of course.
The film has 3 plotlines. First, Santa needs to find a wife. Second, Santa's son is in trouble with the Principal and isconsequently on Santa's 'naughty' list. Finally, there is an evil Santa duplicate trying to take over Santa's workshop at the North Pole while the 'real' santa is taking care of plotlines 1 and 2.
The film is well acted and quite charming. There are several clever quips and a bunch of amusing cameos. The story is a bit disjointed at times and the pacing is somewhat flawed. The final 3rd of the film seemed terribly rushed to me and several of the subplots are resolved without much explanation or sense.
By and large, this film is a worthy successor to the original Santa Clause though not quite as good as the original. It's a great family film with plenty to keep both children and adults amused and runs about two hours (with some amusing antics during the end credits). Unfortunately, the marketing bigwigs released it in October (no doubt to try and get the DVD on shelves in time for 'real' Christmas) which makes it feel a bit premature and out of place in the throws of Halloween and pre-Thanksgiving celebrations all about.
If you enjoy 'family films' or light comedies, then by all means go see Santa Clause 2. It really is "fun for the whole family" if you can get by the odd choice of release date.