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The Santa Clause

Name: The Santa Clause
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Released: 1994
Duration: 97 min
Cast: Tim Allen, Judge Reinhold, Wendy Crewson, Eric Lloyd, David Krumholtz

Taste attributes: comedydramafamilyfantasyholidaysfresh & originalwholesomelightimaginarysimplelinearglossycomplex relationship

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"What if your dad was Santa Claus?"

Boxlist takeA fantastical comedy-drama that is wholesome, light and polished. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: very wholesome · Weight: very light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: simple · Structure: very linear · Look: glossy · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

Quality rating

6.4 /10

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Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
Setting / scale: Balanced, just how this profile likes it

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Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy
Wholesomeness: Wholesome, where this profile leans unsavoury

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Synopsis

Scott Calvin is an ordinary man, who accidentally causes Santa Claus to fall from his roof on Christmas Eve and is knocked unconscious. When he and his young son finish Santa's trip and deliveries, they go to the North Pole, where Scott learns he must become the new Santa and convince those he loves that he is indeed, Father Christmas.

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