Santa Clause 2 (Fullscreen) (Dual-layered DVD)
- Starring: Tim Allen, Elizabeth Mitchell, David Krumholtz
- Director: Michael Lembeck
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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 (Allen) initially had mixed feelings when he became the new Santa Claus, after eight years on the job he's come to enjoy being Father Christmas, and he and the Elves are looking forward to another holiday season when things begin going a bit wrong. Scott finds he's becoming less and less "Santa-like," and his son Charlie (Eric Lloyd) has become difficult enough to land on the official "Naughty" list. Scott discovers most of his problems stem from an obscure passage in his contract with the North Pole which decrees that he has to find a Mrs. Claus. Scott has little choice but to start dating, but he soon learns that when you're a big guy from the North Pole who lacks conventional employment, single women do not come running. In order to leave him more time to search for a wife, Scott and the Elves create a duplicate Santa to keep an eye on the shop; however, the "other" Santa turns out to be more Naughty than Nice, and in time Scott has to wrestle control of the North Pole away from his doppelganger. Wendy Crewson, Judge Reinhold, and David Krumholtz also reprise their roles from The Santa Clause. Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Features
- Genre: Comedy
- Category: Family-Oriented Comedy, Fantasy Comedy, Holiday Film
- Theme: Fathers and Sons, Mistaken Identities, Nothing Goes Right, Technology Run Amok, Wedding Bells
- Release Date: November 18, 2003
- Rating: G (General Audiences)Rating Opens in New Window
- Studio: Walt Disney Video
- Lead Actors: Tim Allen, Elizabeth Mitchell, David Krumholtz
- Supporting Actors: Andrew Stone, Eric Lloyd, Judge Reinhold, Wendy Crewson, Spencer Breslin, Art La Fleur, Liliana Mumy, Aisha Tyler, Danielle Woodman, Kevin Pollak, Jay Thomas, Michael Dorn
- Director: Michael Lembeck
- Picture Format: Pan & Scan
- Run Time: 1 hr 44 min
- Language: English, French, Spanish
- Format: DVD
Additional Information
- DPCI: 058-10-0579
- ASIN: B002HSZ8FU
- Catalog #: 11332042
- Item can not be gift wrapped.
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- Estimated Ship Dimensions : 7.48 inches length x 5.37 inches width x 0.59 inches height
- Estimated Ship Weight: 0.14 pound.
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Like most sequels -- especially those eight years in the making -- The Santa Clause 2 is bursting at the seams of its Santa suit with extra subplots and places for your eyes to look. Unlike most sequels, the latest Tim Allen holiday vehicle actually pulls it off. Surprisingly, what's new is every bit as effective as what returns. It could even be argued that the sequel's three most whimsical ingredients are all fresh: comically gifted child actor Spencer Breslin as an elf, Allen's own synthetic dictator of a doppelganger, and a reindeer that speaks in irresistible reindeer gibberish. If the above weren't enough, the team of screenwriters (there's almost one per character) finds room for fellow folklore icons like the Tooth Fairy and Mother Nature, and even introduces a frosty principal (Elizabeth Mitchell) for Allen's Scott Calvin to thaw. The whole concoction overwhelms a viewer's better notions that this is just a corporate, profit-driven enterprise. Although the screenwriters distribute screen time miraculously among the disparate components, left out in the cold is Eric Lloyd as Scott's son, reprising from the first movie -- which makes him a decidedly awkward age to write. That's why his "acting out" takes the form of spray-painting graffiti about the principal on school walls, which just never makes much sense for his character. Other than that, the script really does have it both ways -- pursuing equally interesting plot lines both at the North Pole, where Allen has a dandy time playing the robotic impostor, and back home. The Santa Clause 2 generates enough populist charm to appease all but the most cynical purists -- who were never its target audience in the first place. Derek Armstrong, All Movie Guide
