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Tim Allen returns as a regular guy-turned-Jolly Old Elf in the second sequel to the 1994 hit The Santa Clause. Scott Calvin (Tim Allen), who doubles as Santa Claus, has settled into his home at the No... read more read more...rth Pole with his new wife, Carol (Elizabeth Mitchell), and is preparing for another Christmas when he receives a visitor -- Jack Frost (Martin Short), the cold-weather sprite who has been sent to help out St. Nick by Mother Nature (Aisha Tyler) and Father Time (Peter Boyle) after making a scene at a meeting of the Council of Legendary Figures. However, while Jack is supposed to acting as an assistant to Santa, he has a habit of making things go haywire, and as it happens this is no mistake -- Jack is hoping that an exasperated Santa will quit his position so Jack can take over and finally have a holiday he can bend to his will. Meanwhile, Scott has invited Carol's parents, Bud (Alan Arkin) and Sylvia (Ann-Margaret), over for a long-promised visit, but since he needs to keep his other identity a secret, he and his elves are forced to go to great lengths to convince them that they're actually in Northern Canada. Wendy Crewson, Judge Reinhold, and Spencer Breslin also reprise their roles from the first two Santa Clause films. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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G, 1 hr. 32 min.

Directed by: Michael Lembeck

Release Date: November 3, 2006

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DVD Release Date: November 20, 2007

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  • DreamExtractor
    March 1, 2011
    DreamExtractor
    Cheesy crap that is a waste of christmas
  • kiriyamakazou
    December 10, 2010
    kiriyamakazou
    A real, painfully forced entry. It takes on the old alternate reality scenario. Jack Frost wants to steal Santa's limelight by becoming Santa. In this offering the human drama is sidelined, and is the simple getting on with the in-laws shtick. There's really not a lot to like her... read moree, as it all just feels like a quick cheap installment. The plot seems rushed and lazy. The focus of the first two was Allen's relationship with his son, which is now completely gone. There's nothing in here that excites as much as the second, nor warms the heart or makes you laugh like the first.
  • coollala0910
    November 23, 2010
    coollala0910
    Not as good as the first two but an okay conclusion to the series. I just wish Bernard was in it.
  • bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb1
    July 29, 2010
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    F
  • fb733768972
    January 13, 2010
    fb733768972
    I can still watch this movie, because I really would watch anything that has anything to do with christmas during the holidays, but it is definately, extremely disappointing!
  • deano
    November 29, 2009
    deano
    This is my first Santa Clause series I watched. It is so cute, sweet and innocuous fun. Tim Allen's title role is perfect and Martin Short is excellent as Jack Frost. He is so evil and he does it well. Ann-Margaret and Alan Arkin are terrific supporting actors as Mrs. Clau... read morese's parents.
  • stormyweather980
    August 15, 2009
    stormyweather980
    This is the Jack Frost movie. As expected, it's great stuff. Tim Allen and the reindeers are just classic funny!
  • bhobbs1985
    November 1, 2008
    bhobbs1985
    For a third this movie is good. It's nothing classic and not quite as funny as one would think it could be with Tim Allen and Martin Short but it is worth watching.

    Positives: Same actors three movies in a row! The reason most sequals, by the third, gets stupid is because the ... read moreactors are getting stupid.. but this one they are the same.. it's funny at parts.. it's creative as hell.. we get too see a little space travel to the first classic movie.

    Negatives: The movie spends about 75% of it leading up to what is going to happen at the end and then the ending is crammed into about 20-minutes in which it made for not a good out come. The ending is a little sloppy, creativeness of the movie seems to go south towards it,

    Overall for a third movie this movie cannot be discredited. I have not seen to many threequals that are as good as this.
  • bbcfloridabound
    December 15, 2007
    bbcfloridabound
    Whats the name of that song? I don't think Hank Did it this Way. Well I don't think Walt did it this way, meaning if Walt Disney was alive today this would not have been a christmas movie by Disney for Children, Whats that you say It wasn't made for Children! Well it should have ... read morebeen. Need I say more. This one is headed for the trash can.
  • StarCrossedVoyager
    December 11, 2007
    StarCrossedVoyager
    awesome!! great sory line and I love jack frosts hair!!!!
    these films never get old or boring! they could continue forever!

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Critic Reviews

Jeff Strickler
November 18, 2006
Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune

The movie is more cute than funny. Smiles are plentiful, but outright laughs are widely scattered.

Gregory Kirschling
November 8, 2006
Gregory Kirschling, Entertainment Weekly

This Styrofoam snowman of a sequel overdoses on its own candy-cane-colored sugary cheer. Full Review

James Berardinelli
November 6, 2006
James Berardinelli, ReelViews

Perfect entertainment for five-year olds and sheer torture for the unlucky parent(s) accompanying them to the theater. Full Review

Peter Hartlaub
November 6, 2006
Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle

It's very, very difficult to care, because the movie is structured so poorly. Full Review

Ty Burr
November 6, 2006
Ty Burr, Boston Globe

Jack Frost gains control of Santa's workshop and turns it into a Las Vegas-style theme park -- supposedly a hideous inversion of Christmas values. So blandly commercialized is the movie's vision of th... Full Review

Peter Howell
November 3, 2006
Peter Howell, Toronto Star

It's time to send this one-trick reindeer to the glue factory. Full Review

Roger Moore
November 3, 2006
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

The movie's as icy as Jack's hair, as lifeless as its animatronic, flatulent reindeer. Full Review

Lisa Rose
November 3, 2006
Lisa Rose, Newark Star-Ledger

Tim Allen seems bored with his own franchise. At times, he looks downright morose, cranky enough to kick an elf. Full Review

Kyle Smith
November 3, 2006
Kyle Smith, New York Post

Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause, with Martin Short as Jack Frost, means we're getting a turkey and a ham for the holidays.

Elizabeth Weitzman
November 3, 2006
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News

Allen and Short seem to be having so much fun that their enthusiasm is entirely contagious. Let the season begin. Full Review

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