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The Santa Clause

1994

John Pasquin

Tim Allen, Judge Reinhold, Wendy Crewson, David Krumholtz ...

4.2

9,622

Kids. Comedy When a man inadvertently makes Santa fall off of his roof on Christmas Eve, he finds himself magically recruited to take his place. Divorcee Scott Calvin (Tim Allen) is disgusted to learn that his ex Laura (Wendy Crewson) and her husband Neal (Judge Reynolds) have tried - and failed - to break it easy to their 6-year-old son Charlie (Eric Lloyd) that Santa isn't real. On Christmas Eve, Scott reads The Night Before Christmas...then ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"[The premise] is a clever one, and the movie is not without real charm (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"A clever, entertaining children's film with a realistic edge (...) This film's nicest touch is its sugar-free resolution of Charlie's problems with his parents"	POS
United States	Leonard Klady Variety	"This is a hip, likable spin on the seasonal icon told with a deft mixture of comedy and sentimentality"	POS
United Kingdom	William Thomas Empire	"A bloated, wretched concept comedy (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Kevin Thomas Los Angeles Times	"All of the film’s technical and creative contributions are top-notch, but as it should be, it’s the people who win us over"	POS
United Kingdom	David Parkinson Radio Times	"Tim Allen made his feature debut in this engaging yuletide comedy, which is likely to appeal to the whole family and brims over with plenty of good ideas (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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