The Santa Clause

"This Christmas, the snow hits the fan."

Nov 11 1994 PG 1h 37m
Comedy, Drama, Family

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.

Plot

Scott Calvin is disgusted to learn that his ex-wife 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 Santa is startled by Scott's calling out and falls, he 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.

Written by

Leo Benvenuti, Steve Rudnick

Directed by

John Pasquin

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Outlaw Productions, Hollywood Pictures, Walt Disney Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

2 wins & 9 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
140,387
Average Rating
6.6 out of 10
Metascore
57
Popularity
NA