THE SANTA CLAUSE 2
"'The Santa Clause 2' captures the true spirit of the holiday. It's
mildly sentimental, unabashedly consumerist (with anything-but-subliminal
advertisements for McDonald's hamburgers and NestlE` candy tucked inside),
studiously inoffensive and completely disposable." --A.O.
Scott, The New York Times
"'The Santa Clause 2' is more of the same tinsel-draped malarkey that
made the original film into a big hit, but it's more engaging, assured
and funny, and I liked it more. The first movie seemed too desperately
cheery; this one has a nice acerbic undertone." --Roger
Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
"... an intermittently amusing but soulless mechanism for the extraction
of money from moviegoers. There's not a moment in it that feels fresh
or authentic or inspired...'Shrek' proved that it is still possible
for Hollywood to make delightful, smart movies for children and the
adults who accompany them--a fact that makes the experience of 'Santa
Clause 2' all the more depressing." --Jonathan
Foreman, The New York Post
"Despite clever touches, the sequel is, perhaps unavoidably, missing
the sweet sense of discovery that made the original so special...Without
being too much of a grinch, it seems fair to say that 'Santa Clause
2' won't replace anyone's annual viewing of 'It's a Wonderful Life.'
But your family could find a worse way to take a holiday break after
decking the malls with trails of credit card receipts." --Elizabeth
Weitzman, The New York Daily News
"Tim Allen and his team make it look easy, this putting on of ho-ho-hos
in such a way that adults may find stocking-stuffer laughs amid the
general jingle-bellishness of 'The Santa Clause 2'...the scene of
Allen on a nightmare blind date with 'SNL' alum Molly Shannon is spiked
eggnog for the boomer soul." --Lisa Schwarzbaum,
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