Tockinit not horrible nor great

AshUnow This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Kodie Bird True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

Allissa .Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

joab-70946 This was a very fun movie! It kept me smiling all the way through. In the sequel, Santa Claus is losing his magical powers. There was a hidden clause in his contract that he had to marry by a certain time or he would lose all his magic powers. So, he goes back home to date and helps straighten his son out who was on the naughty list. While away, Santa's lead elves make a clone of Santa so the other elves won't worry about Santa being away. The fake Santa is pretty funny as he learns the enjoyment of cocoa among other things. Then he gets completely out-of- hand and goes on a power trip. The tooth fairy even plays a part in this film. So Santa HAS to get married. Fast. Will he do it? This is the type of film that helps people better appreciate the holiday season. If you want a funny, enjoyable, cute, movie the entire family can go see, even your young kids, then I highly recommend this film.

mike48128 It looks a little better on repeated viewing. Like SC#3, it's just not as much fun. I hope they don't make a fourth one. The phony rubber Santa-clone is mean-spirited and there is no place in this series for that. Sure, not as bad as the turn-around in SC#1, which starts out very badly with the jolly old guy slipping off the roof and an unhappy fireman at "career day" at school. A hidden commercial for Ideal-Hasbro "retro" toys. Santa-clone is made of plastic? He looks like an angry dictator from WWII? Not appropriate at all, but it will go "over the heads" of most kids. Kind of a "shotgun" wedding as Carol has to save Christmas by marrying Scott Calvin, in-a-hurry! Liliana Mumy steals the show as "Lucy". An uneven script. Charlie grows into an un-cute delinquent. Parts I like involve the "Legendary Council" (tooth fairy) and "Comet & Chet" the baby-talking reindeer! However, the Scott and Carol courtship seems a bit rushed. Over the ending titles, Mrs. Claus is quite chunky. Apparently she ed North Pole "Weight Watchers" for Clause #3. Not shown as often on TV or cable as SC#1 and SC#3 for some of these reasons? The weak ending steals shamelessly from that tacky old Laurel & Hardy "March of the Wooden Soldiers" from the 1930's, with giant attacking clunky soldiers? (A movie that apparently most reviewers are too young to have seen?) Well, at least they didn't shoot them all down with "pop" guns, AK-47's or rocks! How unimaginative can you get? The Santa vs. SC fight is not fun to watch either. Even SC#3 is depressing with Martin Short as evil Jack Frost who tries to freeze up everything and turn The North Pole into a dismal version of Disneyland.

Davis P The second Santa Clause film is even better than the first film. This movie focuses on Tim Allen having to find a wife or he won't be able to stay Santa. The movie has all the same actors back, and they all do a great job, just like last time! There was a big time gap between the first and second one, 1994 to 2002, so Charlie's character has grown a good bit, he's now a teenager, that has been getting into trouble lately and is now on the naughty list 😱. This film's visuals are pretty cool to look at. And the script is pretty cute and fun. The characters are well written and work well together. Molly Shannon even makes a brief cameo, and it may just be my favorite part in the whole film, Molly does a fantastic job in her little scene, had me dying laughing! This is a cute, fun, totally family friendly Christmas movie that everyone will enjoy this Christmas! 8/10 for The Santa Clause.

Adam Foidart I'm not a big fan of "The Santa Clause" and in fact, I don't really think it's a good movie for a number of reasons. You would expect then, that I would dislike the sequel even more, because unless you're one of the few exceptions, sequels rarely turn out to be as good as the original. In this case, I actually think that "The Santa Clause 2" is a better film than the first and I think that if you liked the first one, you'll like this one too. Set a number of years after the first movie, Scott Calvin is now firmly ingrained in his position as Santa. Eric Lloyd as his son Charlie is all grown-up into a rebellious teenager (and a much better actor). The trouble comes when Santa's elves reveal to him a second, secret clause. He needs to get married. If he doesn't by December 25th, he will lose his Christmas powers. While a robotic Santa is created to keep the North Pole running, Scott has to go back to the human world in order to find a wife and straighten out his son, who is now on the "naughty" list.I was actually surprised to see how many of the actors came back for this second film. Actually after doing some quick research, I realized that EVERYONE is back. I didn't recognize some of the cast, like Wendy Crewson and Eric Lloyd at first, but a quick trip to the internet confirmed that yep, they're all back. Now isn't that a refresher? I half expected what I assumed was a direct-to-DVD sequel to have none of the same actors except for the odd person that needed to buy a new boat and star Tim Allen. I think this adds a level of believability to the story because the cast have good timing and chemistry between each other. As I mentioned earlier, the acting, particularly from the young performers has gotten significantly better. Looks like they took some acting classes between 1994 and 2002 and I'm always excited to see people becoming better at their craft.I like the story of this film as well. OK, it's kind of contrived at first, but once it gets moving, it's pretty creative. There are two plots going on, the first with the robot Santa running the North Pole (and yes, that goes about as well as you expect it to) and the other has Scott having to not only find a wife in 28 days (no small feat) but also looking for a way to discipline his son and get him off the "naughty" list. I like these stories a lot better than the plot we had in the first movie. Scott has to find a nice lady to spend the rest of his life with (and I'm not sure how long that will be, does Santa become an immortal like the elves?) and that is going to be pretty tricky. He only has until Christmas Eve, and the guy's been not only out of the dating game, but gone from the human world for some time now. His Santa powers are dwindling, which means he begins looking more presentable, but they're not quite gone so he has a bit of magic left to help ease the process of getting someone to fall in love with him (and they don't make it creepy, no worries). I like that idea, there's a lot of potential there. I thought that the lady that Scott was getting attached to was quite good too. I would assume that it's a spoiler if I list even the actresses' name here, but for the record, I thought she played a credible character and that she and Tim Allen had good chemistry going. The love plot is rushed (the movie its it) but it really worked for me. I also liked the side plot of Charlie and his father having to connect again. Think of the scandal if Santa's own son was on the naughty list! In a smart move, that's not the bulk of the movie, it's just a side plot. That shows some forward thinking. Good job screenwriters!To me, "The Santa Clause 2" is better than the first one because we're used to this universe the plot is set in, the actions of the characters make more sense and it brings back everything that was good about the first movie while dropping everything that didn't work. I believed the love aspect, I thought there was just enough witty, sarcastic banter between Tim Allen and the other cast to satisfy your itch for comedy, I even liked the reindeer and their Scooby-Doo-style talking mannerisms. Maybe my expectations were low,but this sequel comes off, to me at least, as not just a cash grab and an excuse to make more money off of a holiday-family favorite, but as a decent idea that's worth bringing to the screen. I don't think it's mind-blowing in of quality, but I do recommend that you see it if you have seen the first film. It actually makes me reconsider (if only a little bit) some of my criticisms of the first movie. Maybe I'll give it another shot. I say don't let your first impressions turn you away from "The Santa Clause 2"; it's actually a fun, light, holiday movie. (Full-screen version on DVD, December 21, 2014)