Classic Friday : The Santa Clause (1994) 6/10

Starring : Tim Allen, Judge Reinhold, Wendy Crewson, Eric Lloyd, David Krumholtz
Director : John Pasquin
Running Time : 93 mins

When Scott Calvin (Allen) accidentally knocks Santa Claus off his roof just before Christmas, he finds himself forced via a loophole to take on the jolly fat man's role and starts to transform into Santa. As he carries out Santa's duties, he soon finds himself facing many problems, such as being accused of breaking and entering and having to face the fact that his ex-wife Laura (Crewson) believes he might be insane...

It's clear that this was designed as nothing but a Disney vehicle to transfer Tim Allen from his television show Home Improvement to the silver screen, but there are some nice moments which kids will enjoy. The story is a little disjointed, and the plot itself doesn't really get explained other than in the title of the film, but children will be entertained by the special effects and Allen’s transformation into Santa.

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