The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006)

User Rating:

3.8/10   

Director:

Michael Lembeck

Writers (WGA):

Ed Decter (written by) &
John J. Strauss (written by) ...

Release Date:

3 November 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:

His time at the North Pole is about to go South.

Plot:

Santa (Allen), aka Scott Calvin, is faced with double-duty: how to keep his new family happy, and how to stop Jack Frost from taking over Christmas.

Plot Keywords:

Christmas | Ex Wife | Present | Fall Off Roof | Pun In Title

Awards:

1 win & 5 nominations

Cast

Tim Allen	...	Santa / Scott Calvin
Elizabeth Mitchell	...	Mrs. Claus / Carol
Eric Lloyd	...	Charlie
Judge Reinhold	...	Neil Miller
Wendy Crewson	...	Laura Miller
Spencer Breslin	...	Curtis
Liliana Mumy	...	Lucy Miller
Martin Short	...	Jack Frost
Ann-Margret	...	Sylvia Newman
Alan Arkin	...	Bud Newman
Abigail Breslin	...	Trish
Art LaFleur	...	Tooth Fairy
Aisha Tyler	...	Mother Nature
Kevin Pollak	...	Cupid
Jay Thomas	...	Easter Bunny

Also Known As:

Pretender (Philippines: English title) (review title)

Runtime:

98 min | Philippines:91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:G | Malaysia:U | Ireland:G | Singapore:PG | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | Australia:G | South Korea:All | Argentina:Atp

Filming Locations:

British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Santa Frost Productions Inc.

Trivia:

Peter Boyle played Mr. Whittle, Scott Calvin's supervisor in the first movie, then was recast as Father Time in the latter movies.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Jack tells Carol her mother is fabulous, he is using his left hand, but when they cut to the close up, he is using his right hand.

Quotes:

Jack Frost: [after Santa's pants catch on fire] Is there anything I can do to help.
Scott Calvin: Yeah, put a chill on my bottom, will ya?
Jack Frost: [turns his head away slowly]

Movie Connections:

References The Terminator (1984)

Soundtrack:

The Christmas Song

Just what we expected

Took the kids to see this and they loved it. I didn't have high expectations but was entertained and got the predictable feel good, happy ending. I agree with others that it was a couple notches better than the second movie. All and all, a good way to kick off the holiday movie season.

Other notes of interest: The actress playing Mrs. Clause is on the T.V. show Lost now. That took a little getting used to. Martin Short did a nice job as Jack Frost. The blooper reel at the end of the movie is pretty lame. Not funny at all. Plus, when the bloopers are literally shown 3 seconds after the end of the movie, it takes away from the movie itself. The kids are still smiling and in a magical place then "poof", magic is over here are the actors messing up their lines. It's like seeing Peter Pan on stage and right after the show, they show you all the wires that were used to make him fly. Save the bloopers for the DVD.