In a way, Tim Allen makes the perfect, unassuming guy to be whisked away in a frenzy of holiday magic, and be told that he's next in line to become the jolly dude in the red suit. Allen always has an affable, breezy carelessness to him, like he was some suburban dad on the way to pick up his kids from hockey practice one day and happened to wander onto a movie set. The filmmakers saw his bewilderment, mistook him for an actor, and he's been putting out charming, occasionally decent fare ever since. In The Santa Clause, he really does play a suburban dad, the typically divorced kind. Scott Calvin is his name (get it?;) and his life is a bit of a mess following his split up with wife Wendy Crewson. She's together with a hotshot doctor now, making him bristly. I would get a bit up in arms if my wife took up with Judge friggin Reinhold too. So he spends Christmas with his son (Eric Lloyd) accidentally burning their turkey and ending up at Denny's for their Christmas feat, with all the other recently divorced dads. Things are mopey until an outright misunderstanding causes Scott to cause the death of Santa Claus (!) and spur on his recruit,net for the job. Most of the fun of the film is Allen's good natured disbelief upon reaching the North Pole and seeing inch of real love elves. Pretty soon his waistline balloons, snowy facial hair sprouts and it becomes clear that he really is destined to be the big guy. It's a slight, lighthearted flick that's perfect for kids, with really funny work from elves played by David Krumholtz and Paige Tanada, and a small, sly appearance from Peter Boyle. Allen steals the show, though, and is wonderful. As far as the sequels go, the second is pleasant overkill, anime yet to see the third with Martin Short as Jack 'Sonic The Hedgehog' Frost. I'm in no rush. This ones a nice dose of holiday cheer, though, and being a 90's movie, still holds up today.

And we have another Christmas movie starring Tim Allen, The Santa Clause. This movie is probably the most family friendly Christmas film you will find out there around Christmas time. Tim Allen is very funny and enjoyable as the lead actor, and the kid is cute too. This film is fun and sweet. There are a lot of warm hearted moments, especially between Tim Allen and his son. It has a good well written script, it has good special effects, although the film doesn't use a lot of effects. The kids and the adults will both surely love this one, if not love, like. This is one of those that gets you in the Xmas spirit! If you're interested in sitting down with the entire family and enjoying this Christmas movie, ABC Family Is showing it on the night of December 2nd. You can get your Christmas off to a merry start. 7/10. Make sure to check out my review on the Santa clause 2 :)

The Santa Clause is a great movie with a very well developed storyline and a good cast.I love watching this movie and the other two installments every Christmas,I enjoy them for the nostalgia purpose as I watched it constantly as a child at Christmas and it reminds me of a time when I believed in Santa Claus,and it also gets me in to the Christmas cheer.Tim Allen is without a doubt my favourite portrayal of Father Christmas,he suits the role of a man who is forced to be become Santa and really has no idea what he's suppose to do perfectly,Scott Calvin is a sweet and lovable character and I couldn't imagine anyone other than Allen playing him.The Santa Clause is a very enjoyable movie that I would definitely recommend for a family to watch at Christmas time. After trying on Santa's suit after an incident on Christmas Eve,Scott Calvin is forced to become the new Father Christmas. Best Performance: Tim Allen Worst Performance: Peter Boyle

Scott Calvin is played by Tim Allen in the Santa Claus films and he does that on a really classic and unforgettable way. The Santa Clause is about Scott Calvin who is a divorced business man and happens to be not very good at being father. The relationship with his son isn't very good but they have to spend Christmas together. But when Scott kills Santa accidentally everything is going to change for him.A lot of Christmas films have been made and a lot of times the role of Santa has been played but nobody ever captured that role as Time Allen did. He did very remarkable and very unforgettable job playing him. His acting is what makes this film partly so successful I think but also the scenes he has with his son on screen Eric Lloyd. The scenes between them father and Son are filmed really strong and is what makes the film good as well. For me Tim Allen will always be "Santa" it was a tradition for me at home to watch the Santa Claus films with the whole family on TV at Christmas every year. And I think it can truly be mentioned as one of the greatest Christmas films ever made.Of course with a Christmas movie you always wait for that special magical thing to happen. And the story really develops to that moment. When you, as an audience, see the home of Santa with the Elfs it gives you really as an adult a happy feeling. It truly has something magical and it doesn't get boring with every movie. I rate this film 8 out of 10; The story has been told brilliantly on screen, the performance of Tim Allen and Eric Lloyd was wonderful.