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To me, this movie is perfection.

Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

Good , But It Is Overrated By Some

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

This is one of the first Christmas movies with a plot about someone turning into or becoming Santa Claus. The plot is strange, but far out enough to be somewhat interesting. The clause is in the contract. This is mostly comedy in a modern fairy tale. The sets, elaborate toy and workshop displays, and camera work are some of the pluses for this film. "The Santa Clause" just skirts on the edge of having a Christmas message. The various cast members are OK in their roles. Tim Allen is fine as Scott Calvin, whose initials just happen to be the same as those of Santa Claus. Judge Reinhold is OK in a familiar role as a lame Dr. Neil Miller. Wendy Crewson is OK as Laura, and Eric Lloyd plays Charlie Calvin. The various kids in the roles of elves aren't convincing enough for a kid's imagination. Some films were very good that used midget actors and other small people with excellent costumes and makeup. The wise-guy persona of Bernard the Elf (played by David Krumholtz) may be an effort to make this film modern, but it loses something more – in the image and lore of the North Pole elves.The film is good for a couple of laughs and smiles. But it's not of a caliber to be in an annual holiday film collection.

The Santa Clause is a funny and original movie and a worthy addition to the library of Christmas movies. Tim Allen is the leading actor and gets better as the role becomes more ridiculous or sympathetic, depending on your perspective. The movie takes an old theme of belief in Santa Claus and gives it a 1990's setting with parents who share custody of a lovable child, played by Eric Lloyd, who is starting to question if there is a real Santa. It is an issue that most families face or postpone but try to muddle through as best they can. The fantasy of Santa becomes a reality for the boy and his divorced father on a momentous Christmas Eve. Eventually both the boy and his father embrace the reality of Santa who takes possession of their lives. This leads to a collision with the "real" world of adults, teachers and the working environment. The mother is played by Wendy Crewson and the step-father by Judge Reinhold, in a fine performance as a serious psychiatrist badly shaken by the behaviour of the child and his father. David Krumholtz, 16 years old at the time, shines as the head elf. The movie is for adults or youth. Children would have a distorted and confused view of the Santa persona after viewing this movie but for others it's fine holiday entertainment.

The Santa Clause deserves so much more credit then it gets I really disagree with how low the rating is on IMDb. Every Christmas I find myself looking forward to watching this film, I've grew up watching it & it really makes me feel very festive. The film is just really lots of fun, entertaining and puts you in the Christmas spirit. Tim Allen is great in it, and you find yourself falling in love with all the cast. The way the sets are set out the effects the santas work shop is just magical to watch. The Santa clause tells the story of a man who begins to transform into Father Christmas. I laughed a lot through out this film and feel it really is something for all the family to enjoy! With a lovable cast a great storyline you feel yourself beginning to fall in love with the film, I certainly did. Great for adults and children a must watch at the Christmas time of year!!

The Santa Clause is all around the perfect family Holiday film. I don't mean to imply its a perfect film because it is of course silly, implausible, full of product placement (good ol' Disney), but its also sweet and fun and magical. Watching our main character's transformation into Santa is easily one of the most memorable in Christmas film history. The movie really has everything you could possibly want from a Christmas film right from square one with familiar Christmas classics, a middle aged divorced father more concerned with his career than his family, Santa, presents, North Pole, elves, magic...you name it. It is all here. There is also a ton of hidden little Easter Eggs (pardon the pun) in the film from Mickey Mouse's hidden face in the moon to elves hiding amongst the humans throughout the movie. Its a fantasy adventure comedy that kids will absolutely adore and adults can still smile even if its a guilty little pleasure. Best of all the film is full of magic and morals and is squeaky clean save few a couple of stupid fart jokes in the beginning (I hate fart jokes but they are there for better or for worse.) Tim Allen blew everyone away with his comedy on Home Improvement in the 90's and with this film he proved his chemistry could translate to the big screen. Allen really is fantastic in this movie. He goes from the selfish single Dad to Santa in all the right ways and makes the unbelievable believable. Eric Lloyd does a great job as Allen's son. He isn't amazing but this is really one of his first films and he is absolutely right for the part. The chemistry between him and Allen is perfect and fits the film. Wendy Crewson is Allen's ex-wife and she is good in the role. She doesn't get a lot of time on screen and her best scenes are towards the end when she comes around to the idea of her ex-husband being Santa Claus. Judge Reinhold is really the closest thing you get to a "villain" in the movie and he isn't quite that. He's a grown up who refuses to accept a concept like Santa Claus. They do make him awfully unlikable though which is unfortunate. However, he serves a purpose and mostly is there for Allen to make sarcastic jokes about. His scenes near the end when he comes around to Santa are really silly and poorly done in my opinion. David Krumholtz is sorely underused as the head elf. He is a very funny actor and I think there could have been more done with him and the relationship between him and Allen.Director John Pasquin had worked with Allen on Home Improvement and a few projects since then including his new sitcom "Last Man Standing." They likely know each other very well and know the style of comedy. I'm not sure he's the optimal choice for a family Christmas film but he absolutely gets it done in the right away. Perhaps my only but would be that there could have been more character development with the supporting cast and I felt like the ending is very rushed. They spend a lot of time building up this story and then it seems as though they realized they spent too much time and have to wrap it up very quickly. Nonetheless, this is a lot of fun and you will certainly enjoy watching it and you'll smile a lot. For me, it wasn't laugh out loud funny like I expected it to be but its simple and cute. There is a lot of magic for the little ones and you can't fault them at all for making something like that. Its worthy of adding to your family Christmas film rotation every year! I'm looking forward to following this up with the two sequels, one of which I have never seen. 7/10