The Santa Clause 2
| The Santa Clause 2 | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Michael Lembeck |
| Written by | Leo Benvenuti (characters) Steve Rudnick (characters) Don Rhymer Cinco Paul Ken Daurio Ed Decter John J. Strauss |
| Produced by | Robert F. Newmyer Brian Reilly Jeffrey Silver |
| Starring | Tim Allen Elizabeth Mitchell David Krumholtz Eric Lloyd Judge Reinhold Wendy Crewson Spencer Breslin Liliana Mumy Danielle Woodman |
| Cinematography | Adam Greenberg |
| Edited by | David Finfer Edward A. Warschilka |
| Music by | George S. Clinton |
| Distributed by | Walt Disney Pictures |
Release date | November 15, 2002 |
Running time | 105 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $65 million[1] |
| Box office | $172,855,065[1] |
The Santa Clause 2 (also known as Santa Clause 2 or The Santa Clause 2: The Mrs. Clause) is a 2002 American comedy film and the sequel to the 1994 film, The Santa Clause. All the principal actors from the first film reprise their roles, except for Peter Boyle, who returns portraying another character. According to Box Office Mojo, the film cost around $65 million to make and had domestic (U.S.) box office receipts approaching $139 million. The film was followed by another sequel, The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause, made in 2006.
Plot
Eight years have gone by since Scott Calvin (Tim Allen) first took up the Santa Claus suit, and became subject to The Santa Clause. Now Santa is at the top of his game at the North Pole and could not be happier, at least until Bernard (David Krumholtz) and Curtis (Spencer Breslin), the Keeper of the Handbook of Christmas break the news; there is another clause-the "Mrs. Clause".
Santa/Scott is now pressed to get married before the next Christmas Eve, or the clause will be broken and Christmas will die away. At the same time, Abby the Elf (Danielle Woodman) delivers news that is more distressing; Santa's own son Charlie (Eric Lloyd) is on the naughty list. It then cuts to Charlie one night defacing the walls of the school gymnasium from the skywindow until his is caught by Principal Carol Newman (Elizabeth Mitchell). Scott must return to his home to search for a wife and set things right with Charlie. He even brings this up when visited by the Council of Legendary Figures consisting of Mother Nature (Aisha Tyler), Father Time (Peter Boyle), Cupid (Kevin Pollak), the Easter Bunny (Jay Thomas), the Tooth Fairy (Art LaFleur), and the Sandman (Michael Dorn).
To cover for Santa's prolonged absence, Curtis helps Santa create a life-size toy replica of Santa, much to Bernard's horror. However, this larger-than-life legalist cannot find any grace or slack in his plastic heart for minor infractions by children the world over, having followed the Handbook too strictly. Toy Santa takes control of the North Pole with a duplicated army of life-size toy soldiers. He thinks that everyone is naughty, and he plans to give the entire world lumps of coal.
Because of the impending end of his contract, Scott undergoes a "de-Santafication process" which gradually turns him back into Scott Calvin. He has a limited amount of magic to help him. Scott attempts to reconcile with Charlie, who keeps vandalizing his school to get attention. He and Charlie both hit the cold hard wall of Principal Carol Newman when Charlie defaces the lockers.
Charlie confesses to Scott how hard it is for him that Scott is never around like other fathers, and reveals the stress he is under to conceal the secret that his father is Santa. Scott vows to try harder as a dad, and he and Charlie reconcile.
After a few failed dates, Scott finds himself falling for Carol. He accompanies her in a sleigh to their school faculty Christmas party, which turns out to be dull and boring. Using a little of his Christmas magic, Scott livens up the party by presenting everyone with their childhood dream gifts (much like he did for Laura and Neil in the first film). He makes a special presentation to Carol, and, with his last remnant of magic, wins her over and they kiss passionately. However, she balks when he attempts to explain he is Santa, believing that Scott is mocking her childhood, until Charlie manages to convince her by showing her his magic snow globe.
Curtis flies in to deliver the dreadful news about the Evil Toy Santa's coal binge. However, Scott has used up the last of his magic wooing Carol and Comet has eaten too many chocolate bars. With a little help from the Tooth Fairy, Scott and Curtis return to the North Pole. Toy Santa wastes no time in subduing Scott, but Charlie and a now-believing Carol spring him free by summoning the Tooth Fairy to fly them there. Scott goes after the Toy Santa, who has already left with the sleigh, riding Chet, a reindeer-in-training, and they both crash back into the village. With an army of elves, Carol, Bernard, Charlie and Curtis lead a snowball war to overthrow the toy soldiers. Toy Santa is reduced to his normal six-inch height, Scott marries Carol in a ceremony presided over by Mother Nature herself, Scott transforms back to Santa, and Christmas proceeds as it always has and Scott and Carol have a three month honeymoon to go on the next day. In addition, Scott and Charlie reveal the truth to Lucy (Liliana Mumy), Charlie's younger half-sister (the daughter of Laura and Neil) about Scott being Santa Claus so she is now in on the secret.
Cast
- Tim Allen as Santa Claus/Scott Calvin/Toy Santa
- Elizabeth Mitchell as Carol Newman/Mrs.Claus
- David Krumholtz as Bernard the Arch-elf
- Eric Lloyd as Charlie Calvin
- Judge Reinhold as Dr. Neil Miller
- Wendy Crewson as Laura Miller
- Spencer Breslin as Curtis
- Liliana Mumy as Lucy Miller
- Danielle Woodman as Abby the Elf
- Aisha Tyler as Mother Nature
- Peter Boyle as Father Time; Boyle was also in the first Santa Clause playing Tim Allen's boss.
- Jay Thomas as Easter Bunny
- Kevin Pollak as Cupid
- Art LaFleur as Tooth Fairy
- Michael Dorn as Sandman
- Victor Brandt as Reindeer
- Bob Bergen as Comet (voice)
- Kath Soucie as Chet (voice)
- Molly Shannon as Tracy
Soundtrack
Original Release Date: November 15, 2002
- 1. Everybody Loves Christmas - Eddie Money, Ronnie Spector
- 2. Santa Claus Lane - Hilary Duff
- 3. Santa's Got A Brand New Bag - SHeDAISY
- 4. Jingle Bells - Brian Setzer
- 5. Run Rudolph Run - Chuck Berry
- 6. 'Zat You, Santa Claus? - Louis Armstrong
- 7. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town - Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
- 8. Blue Holiday - The Shirelles
- 9. Unwritten Christmas - Sum 41, Unwritten Law
- 10. I'm Gonna Lasso Santa Claus - Brenda Lee
- 11. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town - Steve Tyrell
- 12. North Pole [Score]
Home media
The film has been released on DVD and VHS in 2003.
References
- ^ a b "The Right Stuff". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 4, 2010.