Rotten
Frost turns the occasion into a swag-saturated consumer orgy, which the film condemns even as it hams up product placement for Red Bull.
Stephen Garrett, Time Out New York
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
'Twas the fight before Christmas...
2006 · 1h 32m · G
Adventure, Comedy, Family
Directed by
Michael Lembeck
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The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
Overview
Now that Santa and Mrs. Claus have the North Pole running smoothly, the Counsel of Legendary Figures has called an emergency meeting on Christmas Eve! The evil Jack Frost has been making trouble, looking to take over the holiday! So he launches a plan to sabotage the toy factory and compel Scott to invoke the little-known Escape Clause and wish he'd never become Santa.
Director and cast
- Michael Lembeck Director
- Tim Allen as Santa / Scott Calvin
- Elizabeth Mitchell as Mrs. Claus / Carol
- Judge Reinhold as Neil Miller
- Wendy Crewson as Laura Miller
- Ann-Margret as Sylvia Newman
- Eric Lloyd as Charlie
- Spencer Breslin as Curtis
- Liliana Mumy as Lucy Miller
- Alan Arkin as Bud Newman
- Martin Short as Jack Frost
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
17%
Tomatometer
Rotten
You've got to hand it to director Michael Lembeck... he's succeeded in persuading studio bosses to let him make not one but two sequels from premises that were dead in the water from the word go.
Derek Adams, Time Out
Fresh
The movie is more cute than funny. Smiles are plentiful, but outright laughs are widely scattered.
Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Rotten
This Styrofoam snowman of a sequel overdoses on its own candy-cane-colored sugary cheer.
Gregory Kirschling, Entertainment Weekly
Rotten
Perfect entertainment for five-year olds and sheer torture for the unlucky parent(s) accompanying them to the theater.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
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