My Movie Review on The Santa Clause · 5:46pm Dec 7th, 2019
Ho ho ho, my good friends and readers!
This is your friendly film, TV show, and episode reporter here with another review.
And today, for the 3rd installment of my "Christmas Craze" series, I'm gonna give you guys my review on Tim Allen's "The Santa Clause".
Here's the summary of it:
Scott Calvin is a divorced father and toy salesman who's been having trouble connecting with his son, Charlie, even as they spend Christmas Eve together.
In the middle of the night, though, Scott finds a peculiar man on his roof and accidentally causes him to fall off. The man, Santa Claus, then disappears without a trace. At the insistence of Charlie, Scott puts on Santa's suit, commanders the sleigh, and finishes the rest of the fallen Santa's work for the year.
However, the role of Santa is unwittingly thrusted onto Scott, and so he now has to be accustomed to becoming a person millions of children worldwide believe in. What's more, he too has to believe in Santa, and that won't be easy because he himself is having trouble doing so.
Will Scott be able to come to terms with his newfound role? Or not?
Having grown up with this movie, and watched it again recently in preparation for reviewing it, I really must say that this movie is a pure Christmas jewel. A perfect family-friendly film.
The direction by John Pasquin, and the story by Leo Benvenuti and Steve Rudnick, were all spectacularly spot-on.
I will admit that the humor certainly didn't get me rolling on the ground with laughter, but I also saw that it wasn't Pasquin and the writers's intention either. Their style of humor for this film was more of a friendly-deadpan kind of comedy, and the jokes were funny and well-crafted enough to earn chuckles and giggles.
The film isn't without heart, emotion, and moral either. Among the most heartwarming elements was that of the growing bond between Scott and Charlie, which was truly sweet and compelling. The themes it had, which were about believing, love, and family were among the things that gave this film a soul.
The performances of the cast, the characters, and character development were all astoundingly done. It was definitely clear that a lot of thought was put into bringing the characters to life.
Tim Allen, of course, was the one who impressed me the most out of every cast member aboard. Even though his character wasn't the most lovable at first, Allen was able to make something fun out of every moment he was given thanks to flawless comedic-timings and clear improvisation. He has the ability to make any unlikable character likable, which made him all-the-more perfect for the part of Scott Calvin. The character development of Scott himself was all-out fantastic. Transformative even, which helped the character be excellently three-dimensional.
For a film from 1994, the special effects that it had were impressive. In the best way, the reindeer were the ones who stood tall, because the effects team brought them to life to the best of their ability despite the small budget they obviously had to work with. The moments where the sleigh was flying were awesome to watch too, as it looked like Scott and Charlie were actually flying.
In the end, "The Santa Clause" is a delightful holiday treat that everyone should see. It's original, has all of the qualifications to make it a fun film, and it's quite frankly a better recommendation that the later "Arthur Christmas".
So, I rate "The Santa Clause" five out of five stars.
Sadly I've never watched much of this film. So I'll have to see it in its entirety to make an opinion.
I consider The Santa Clause biblically canon.
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Really? How so?
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I, uh...
I don't know how to answer that.
I hadn't seen that film, but I have seen the sequel.
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Okay.
"The king is dead. Long live the king."
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You quoting line from a Home Improvement episode?
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Not intentionally, but I feel that I remember the reference now
I was originally referencing a common plot element in fiction where 'someone' new becomes King only because that 'someone' killed the former King.
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Now I see.
When you said that, I couldn’t help but remember that Tim Taylor in Home Improvement was referred to as the king of Halloween pranking, and I especially found myself remembering the episode where Tim’s wife plays quite a prank on Tim, with his friends in on it.