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Jedi_Jettson_21

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"The movie is good but not that great" There is several reasons about this movie being not that great. Still good to watch. 1. Martin Short is funny in this but he is funny in this but is not that great of an actor. 2. No...
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"The movie is good but not that great" There is several reasons about this movie being not that great. Still good to watch. 1. Martin Short is funny in this but he is funny in this but is not that great of an actor. 2. No Bernard. That sucks. 3. Good christmas story, but the story isn't that great. It could've been Jack Frost problems and the others trying to stop him from his troubles and his jokes and should have had something wise in the end.

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Posted mar 5, 2009 9:29 am pt

expatriot

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Still enjoyable but nowhere near as good as part 1. I like that they keep the same actors mostly.

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Posted dec 27, 2007 12:27 am pt

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This was an ok movie. It's not too bad and not to good, it's in between. I didn't like the movie when I first watch it. Now that I saw Santa Clause three I thought it was ok. It's sad to see Peter Boyle in the movie, cause I first saw this movie...
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This was an ok movie. It's not too bad and not to good, it's in between. I didn't like the movie when I first watch it. Now that I saw Santa Clause three I thought it was ok. It's sad to see Peter Boyle in the movie, cause I first saw this movie after Boyle passed away. I give this movie 3 1/2 star.

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Posted dec 13, 2007 2:19 am pt

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A really great movie... I really liked this one. The first was the best one though..but this one is really good as it has got a really good story behind it and help you to get into the christmas spirit.

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Posted nov 13, 2007 11:45 pm pt

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I'm a fan of Tim Allen's movies, but this movie was a bit of a let down.

A few scenes in the movie gave a laugh, but that was about it. The story of the movie was rather plain and unexciting - making for a dull Christmas movie.
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I'm a fan of Tim Allen's movies, but this movie was a bit of a let down.

A few scenes in the movie gave a laugh, but that was about it. The story of the movie was rather plain and unexciting - making for a dull Christmas movie.

This movie was no where as good as the original Santa Clause movie, hopefully if there is one this Christmas, it will have a vast improvement from this one.

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Posted may 24, 2007 11:44 am pt

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i thought this was one of the best in the series I really enjoyed it i love a good christmas movie will make the one a yearly holiday movie

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Posted apr 8, 2007 10:55 am pt

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This was a little better than part 2, and it is a good family film with a good message. Part 1 is still the best of the 3. A good holiday movie.

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Posted feb 20, 2007 10:07 am pt

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I liket a lot Santa Clause 1 but I didnt really like this one.I think that nothing is like the original.I dont want to see it again

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Posted feb 5, 2007 12:40 am pt

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How can the original "Santa Clause" movie turn out not one but 2 crappy sequels, and I smell another brewing up, because in this enstallment Santa took on not only his in laws but Jack frost,martin short, as well. With everything going...
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How can the original "Santa Clause" movie turn out not one but 2 crappy sequels, and I smell another brewing up, because in this enstallment Santa took on not only his in laws but Jack frost,martin short, as well. With everything going wrong and being tricked into wishing he wasn't santa anymore by jack frost we see what would it be with Jack frost as Santa. The story is pretty much cut and dry with a few pitty laughs thrown in but for the most part I wanted to leave the theatre as fast as I could. The stoyrline was terrible, the acting even worse, and the whole concept for this sequel left me to tears. The character of Jack frost was funny at first but at the end it was just annoying with the mighty power of magical warm hugs he was "unfrozen" from the inside turning himself into a giant elf, so stupid and pointless thrown into one.

I am not one to right bad reviews but if the movie is bad enough, and trust me this one was, then yest I give it a D or in this case an F.

So stop with the Santa Clause sequels cause the lowest grade in here is an F and if it continues we need to include G,H, and I

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Posted jan 30, 2007 10:48 pm pt

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Tim Allen is back as Santa Claus and he is bringing holiday cheer. this toime, this movie follows the lines of "It's a wonderful Life" as Tim finds out that being Santa Claus is the greatest job in the world.

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Posted jan 23, 2007 12:59 am pt

• [+] New York Daily News
  
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  Allen and Short seem to be having so much fun that their enthusiasm is entirely contagious. Let the season begin.

  by Elizabeth Weitzman | Read Full Review »
• [+] Los Angeles Times
  
  60
  As a full-service holiday movie, The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause gets you into the mood to shop early and often by making the North Pole look like a shopping mall with a never-ending school pageant.

  by Gene Seymour | Read Full Review »
• [+] Philadelphia Inquirer
  
  50
  This isn't a movie, it's an animatronic theme-park ride - an artificially processed, easily digestible treat for kids.Ho, ho hum.

  by David Hiltbrand | Read Full Review »
• [+] ReelViews
  
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  There's some potential in this storyline, but the movie doesn't do much with it besides giving Martin Short an opportunity to put on the fat suit.

  by James Berardinelli | Read Full Review »
• [+] The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
  
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  The Santa Clause 3 is a colourful jumble. (But quite a bit better than Jungle 2 Jungle). Nevertheless, whether parent or elf, You might laugh when you watch it in spite of yourself.

  by Jennie Punter | Read Full Review »
• [+] Entertainment Weekly
  
  50
  This Styrofoam snowman of a sequel overdoses on its own candy-cane-colored sugary cheer.

  by Gregory Kirshling | Read Full Review »
• [+] Variety
  
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  Not unlike the shiny snow globe at its center, The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause is a thing of consummate craftsmanship, a smoothly engineered and fundamentally lifeless object that's nevertheless capable of giving even the grinchiest moviegoers a brief attack of the warm-and-fuzzies.

  by Justin Chang | Read Full Review »
• [+] Empire
  
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  A little muddled and derivative but what do we expect, really?

  by Angie Errigo | Read Full Review »
• [+] The Hollywood Reporter
  
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  To borrow a cliche from another medium, Santa might have jumped the shark.

  by Kirk Honeycutt | Read Full Review »
• [+] Boston Globe
  
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  The bad news, for those looking forward to The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause with anything like enthusiasm, is this: Bernard the Elf is history.

  by Ty Burr | Read Full Review »
• [+] TV Guide
  
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  The whole film is plagued by a sense of false, desperate cheerfulness.

  by Maitland McDonagh | Read Full Review »
• [+] The Onion (A.V. Club)
  
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  There must be some solid marketing reason for putting out a Christmas movie before the jack o'lanterns have begun to rot, but if so, it's elusive. Couldn't this lump of coal have waited another month?

  by Keith Phipps | Read Full Review »
• [+] LA Weekly
  
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  This is all really a big waste. At least the out-takes at the end are actually funny.

  by Luke Y. Thompson | Read Full Review »
• [+] The New York Times
  
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  One of the good things about bad movies is that when someone sneers about the unworthiness of a perfectly mediocre film like, say, "Crash," you can turn to a seriously unworthy film like, say, The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause and laugh. Ho. Ho. Ho.

  by Manohla Dargis | Read Full Review »
• [+] San Francisco Chronicle
  
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  Plodding and unfunny.

  by Peter Hartlaub | Read Full Review »