Tim Allen,
Elizabeth Mitchell,
David Krumholtz,
Eric Lloyd,
Judge Reinhold
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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 ... read more
Directed by: Michael Lembeck
Release Date: October 27, 2002
Keywords:
first one,
tim allen,
santa clause,
clause 2,
Franklin Gothic Medium,
Tim Allen ,
Santa Clause ,
Scott Calvin
DVD Release Date: November 18, 2003
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December 20, 2011Being the sequel to one of my favourite Christmas movies, I dreaded that this would tarnish my good memories of the original. But as much as I prepared myself for a suck-fest beyond measure, I quickly came to discover that my fears were unfounded. Sure, the script is about as thi... read more
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December 14, 2011Stupid, but good for completely mindless entertainment. I LOVED the first one as a kid - so strange to see everyone so much older in this one.
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December 10, 2010A rather forced sequel at times. I hated this on my initial viewing 8 years ago, as it spat on the memory I had of the original. This year I watched them back to back and it actually played a lot better. The film still has some major issues. Most of all, it can't balance the adul... read more
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November 23, 2010The first is better but this one is also good. The new characters are fun and the plot is decent. With the holidays coming up, this a reccomendation. Fun for the whole family!
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January 13, 2010fb733768972Much better than the first, and I said that I would remember the first for every christmas, and now I can say that I think the exact same way and maybe more about this second film!
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December 24, 2009Disney trying to make an unnecessary franchise out of a Christmas movie. Gots to makes money to give the kids materialz. Not entirely awful and this shiz is Pumpkin Pie compared to Santa Clause 3. I'm not even gonna review that vegetable poop.
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Critic Reviews
November 12, 2002
Ben Kenigsberg, Village Voice
November 5, 2002
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
The Santa Clause 2 is a barely adequate babysitter for older kids, but I've got to give it thumbs down. Full Review
November 2, 2002
Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News
A bloated, prefab sequel that gets stuck in the chimney.
November 1, 2002
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Has less charm than coal in a stocking.
November 1, 2002
Scott Foundas, Variety
A movie conscious, at every waking moment, of trying to out-do its predecessor. Full Review
November 1, 2002
Claudia Puig, USA Today
If you value your time and money, find an escape clause and avoid seeing this trite, predictable rehash. Full Review
November 1, 2002
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star
There's something fishy about a seasonal holiday kids' movie ... that derives its moment of most convincing emotional gravity from a scene where Santa gives gifts to grownups. Full Review
November 1, 2002
C.W. Nevius, San Francisco Chronicle
Kids probably will find it rip-roaring holiday fun, and it is rated G to boot. Full Review
November 1, 2002
Gene Seymour, Newsday
It's as home-entertainment ready as a shrink-wrapped sack of microwave popcorn. But at least it works hard at finding ways of pushing this one-joke premise ahead a space or two. Full Review
November 1, 2002
Jonathan Foreman, New York Post
An intermittently amusing but soulless mechanism for the extraction of money from moviegoers.
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