The Santa Clause Page #4

Synopsis: Divorcee Scott Calvin is disgusted to learn that his ex and her husband have tried - and failed - to break it easy to their 6-year-old son Charlie that Santa isn't real. On Christmas Eve, Scott reads The Night Before Christmas... then receives an unexpected visitor on his roof. When he's startled by Scott's calling out and falls, the Santa impersonator disappears, leaving only an 8-reindeer sleigh and a suit with instructions to put it on if he's involved in an accident. Scott does, and is transported around the town dropping gifts through chimneys until he's taken to the North Pole and informed by a group who claim they're elves that he is now Santa. Charlie is proud of his dad's new job, though Scott's convinced it's a dream. Until his hair turns white, his beard refuses to stay shaved, he gains weight inexplicably, even for his sudden love of junk food... Now he's accepted it, there's just one problem: how to keep it secret from his disbelieving family?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Director(s): John Pasquin
Production: Buena Vista Distribution Compa
  2 wins & 8 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Metacritic:
57
Rotten Tomatoes:
74%
PG
Year:
1994
97 min
5,127 Views


- Don't touch anything! | - It's great!

I'm just gonna call the police. | I'll carry this stuff up there. | Let them deal with it, okay?

Whoa! This guy was huge.

Dad, isn't this neat?

Charlie. Charlie! | Stay away from those things.

They're reindeer. | You don't know where they've been.

They all look like | they've got key lime disease.

Easy, Rudolph.

Excuse me, Comet.

Dad! Check out Santa's sleigh.

There's no such thing | as Santa's sleigh.

- Sure there is. You said | you believed in Santa, right? | - I did? I do.

What about the reindeer? | These are Santa's reindeer, aren't they?

I hope not. | These are, uh,

a gift.

Probably from | the cable company.

We're getting the Disney Channel now. | Merry Christmas.

- Now, hop out of there, please. | - I don't wanna go.

Listen, Charlie. | I'm not kidding. Let's go!

- Whoa! Whoa! | - Yeah! Let's go! Whoa!

Charlie! Hold on, Charlie!

Whoa!

Giddyap, Comet! | Whoa, let's go!

Dad! Climb up here!

There we go!

So, uh, if we go straight | on this road, and we hit l-94--

Well, we made good time. | Now what do we do?

- Get the bag of toys. | - And do what?

- Go down the chimney. | - Down the chimney?

You want me to take | the toys down the chimney...

into a strange house | in my underwear?

No. You gotta | put the suit on first.

You know what we're gonna do | is we're gonna get outta here,

because this whole thing | is stupid.

How come everything | I wanna do is stupid?

I didn't say that.

Freezing my nubs off out here, and you | want me to get into a Santa costume.

This is great. | A Santa costume.

Oh, this thing. | You never know where it's been.

A thousand malls.

Well, I hope you're happy, Comet. | Hope you're happy. But most of all,

I hope the guy that | lives here is a tailor!

Nice coat.

Well, how do I look? Nice?

- You forgot the sash. | - You're right.

This completes the ensemble.

All right. Got my boots.

Now I've got the suit on. | How am I supposed to know what to leave?

- Maybe there's a list. | - A list. How silly of me.

Of course there's a list.

Careful, Dad!

- I'm okay. I'm okay. I'm okay! | - Look! You're flying!

It's okay. I'm used to it. | I lived through the '60s.

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Nice teeth.

Who's down there?

It's the holidays. | Come on. Come on.

Charlie, I need | a little help down here!

Whoa! How'd you do that? | What'd it feel like, Dad?

It felt like | America's Most Wanted.

Now, pull me in, quick. | We gotta get outta here.

Thanks. We gotta go home. | How do you start this thing?

Just like that!

Whoa!

This could be | a really long night.

Do it again, Dad. Please.

I can't. That thing's empty.

There's nothin' in the bag.

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Submitted on August 05, 2018

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