In the second film, Scott acquires a wife, Carol (Elizabeth Mitchell), another legal obligation. Also, “The Santa Clause” begins with the death of Santa, an oddity the new series - which, incidentally, has a quite frightening credit sequence - finds an opportunity to address.) (Frankly, this forced transformation always struck me as more curse than blessing. Santa slips, falls and dissolves, leaving only the suit and a card instructing the finder to put it on this turns him into the actual new Santa, fat, bearded, jolly, etc. Following the much-derided “ The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause,” one could call it something of a recovery, and though it’s thin in characterization and obvious in the emotional beats - sort of the point in a work like this, anyway - it’s a respectable, fairly amusing holiday entertainment for anyone who would like to start their Christmas now.įor those fresh to this epic, which first came down the cultural chimney in 1994 with “ The Santa Clause” - the contractual “clause” being the pun the whole series is built on - Allen plays Scott Calvin, a distracted, divorced dad who startles Santa on his roof one Christmas Eve. “The Santa Clause” is coming to town for a fourth installment of the Tim Allen franchise, now in the form of a six-episode television series, “The Santa Clauses,” premiering Wednesday on Disney+.
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