The Santa Clause (1994)

Name: The Santa Clause
Director: John Pasquin
Genre: Fantasy, Drama, Comedy, Family
Released: 1994
Duration: 97 min

"This Christmas, the snow hits the fan."

ThumbScore

👍 91%Google users liked it ⓘ

Critics Score

🎬 65% (RT: 73%, MC: 57)

FantasyDramaComedyFamily

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Director

John Pasquin

Runtime

1h 37m

Country

United States of America

Language

English

TMDB Rating

6.5/10 (2,266 votes)

Rotten Tomatoes

73%

Metacritic

Cast

Tim Allen as Scott Calvin · 76% avg

Judge Reinhold as Neal · 75% avg

Wendy Crewson as Laura · 73% avg

Eric Lloyd as Charlie · 77% avg

David Krumholtz as Bernard · 71% avg

Larry Brandenburg as Detective Nunzio · 74% avg

Mary Gross as Ms. Daniels

Paige Tamada as Elf-Judy

Is The Santa Clause good?

Yes. 91% of real audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics scored it lower at 65%, but audiences disagreed.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre

#38 / 937 · Fantasy

Rank in its year

#9 / 84 · 1994

On ThumbScore's lists

The Best Christmas Movies (#1) · The Best Comedy Movies on Disney+ (#2) · The Best Drama Movies on Disney+ (#2) · Top 250 Movies of All Time (#166)

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

On Christmas Eve, divorced dad Scott Calvin and his son discover Santa Claus has fallen off their roof. When Scott takes the reins of the magical sleigh, he finds he is now the new Santa, and must convince a world of disbelievers, including himself. Wikipedia ↗