Rating: PG
Genre:
Comedy
Release Date: 10/29/2002
SubTitles: Espanol
Dubbed: English/French/Espanol
Sound: DD5.1/THX
Run Time: 97 Minutes
Flags: Suitable for Children
Distributor/Studio: Walt Disney Video
Television sitcom star
Tim Allen made his big screen debut with this light, family-friendly holiday
comedy.
Allen stars as Scott Calvin, the divorced dad of Charlie (
Eric Lloyd). Scott is distressed to learn that his ex-wife Laura (
Wendy Crewson) and Charlie's psychiatrist stepfather Neal (
Judge Reinhold) have informed his son that there is no
Santa Claus. While a sullen Charlie visits his dad on Christmas Eve, a noise on the roof brings them outside, where Scott startles the intruder, who tumbles from the roof. It turns out that there is a
Santa after all, and Scott has just accidentally killed him. Because of a legal technicality known as "the
Santa clause," Scott inherits the jolly old elf's job. As the next year passes, Scott rapidly gains weight, grows a white beard and meets the elf Bernard (
David Krumholtz) -- who is the one who
really runs the North Pole -- while Charlie regains his Christmas spirit. However, Neal becomes concerned about Scott's sudden change in appearance and insistence that he's
Santa, and he forces him to undergo a psychiatric evaluation. Director
John Pasquin previously directed
Allen in the TV series
Home Improvement and would team with him again for
Jungle 2 Jungle (1997).
~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
;)
