The Santa Clause 2 (2002)

Directed by

Michael Lembeck

Genre

fantasy film, comedy film, romantic comedy, children's film, Christmas film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

G

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 1,444 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man who became Santa Claus discovers a clause that forces him to marry by Christmas Eve or he will lose his job. He goes to the real world to find a wife while a substitute Santa and his elves deal with chaos at the North Pole.

funnywhimsicalheartwarminglightheartedfestivecheerfulromantic

What happens

The Santa Clause 2 is a 2002 American Christmas fantasy comedy film directed by Michael Lembeck (in his feature directorial debut) and produced by Robert Newmyer, Brian Reilly, and Jeffrey Silver, from a screenplay written by Don Rhymer and the writing teams of Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio, and Ed Decter and John J. Strauss, based on a story by Leo Benvenuti and Steve Rudnick. It is the sequel to The Santa Clause (1994) and the second installment in The Santa Clause franchise. All of the principal actors from the first film, including Tim Allen, Eric Lloyd, Judge Reinhold, Wendy Crewson, and David Krumholtz, reprise their roles, and are joined by Elizabeth Mitchell, Spencer Breslin, and Liliana Mumy. The Santa Clause 2 premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on October 23, 2002, and was theatrically released in the United States by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution on November 1. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $172.9 million worldwide on a $65 million budget. It was followed by another sequel, The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause, released in 2006. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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