| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C+ |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Melinda Ennis |
"In The Santa Clause 2, we have more of the original -- way too much more." more... |
C- |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"...engaging, assured and funny..." more... |
B |
Chicago Tribune
Mark Caro |
"...passes by like an innocuous small-screen Christmas special." more... |
C |
| E! Online |
"...sugary sweet--and full of empty calories." more... |
B- |
filmcritic.com
Blake French |
"...lacks the overall magic of the original, but it makes up for the bad filmmaking with enchanting performances." more... |
B- |
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas |
"...starts promisingly but quickly becomes ponderous and loses its energy as it packs on too much extra plot." more... |
C- |
Movie Mom
Nell Minow |
"...gets a 'bah humbug' from me." more... |
C+ |
New York Post
Jonathan Foreman |
"...intermittently amusing but soulless..." more... |
C |
New York Times
A. O. Scott |
"...mildly sentimental, unabashedly consumerist...studiously inoffensive and completely disposable." more... |
C |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"...anyone under age 10 will be enchanted; anyone over age 10 will have trouble stifling their boredom." more... |
C |
San Francisco Chronicle
C.W. Nevius |
"There's a nice little holiday movie in there somewhere..." more... |
B |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Ellen A. Kim |
"...continues the successful formula of the first film..." more... |
B+ |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"...trite, predictable rehash." more... |
D+ |
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