The Christmas Clause

Basically I watched this film just to see how far American idiocy would go and I was not disappointed. The movie is utterly ridiculous not only as a concept but as plot ,acting which is so incredibly weak that the characters come out as caricatures. The directing is not that impressive either . All in all whoever made this film was either high or was simply aware of his target audience which is naive , illiterate Americans. The woman who is supposedly an attorney in typical American fashion can't even speak English properly. At one point she utters "I would have sAng " instead of the correct "sUng". Of course this is such a small matter but indicative of how these people live.

I have no idea how you can call this a Christmas movie. Yes, for once there is some Christmas fantasy and the santa was well played. But Lea Thompson (and I have no idea why raters were gushing over that) was a train wreck from start to finish, no matter what her situation in life was. This film was tedious, stressful and out and out aweful to the point that it is virtually unwatchable. Do not recommend.

I'm glad this aired under the title "The Christmas Clause" as the original is misleading The Mrs. Clause - and I would've been heartbroken not to see Lea Thompson as Mrs. Clause (I can see the outfit now...).

What you have here is a middling Christmas movie. Everything about this film is average. The script, the direction, the acting (except for Lea Thompson, who is not brilliant in this, but better than average).

It looks like the writers and the director were going for a cliché- ridden movie as in one section Lea's character asks the Santa "Stand-In" - "could this be more clichéd?" But after a very short while, cliché- ing clichés falls flat. And though we all know how this story will end, after all, it is a Christmas film, the writer and director drag it out to the point where you're screaming at the telly, "COME ON ALREADY, FINISH THIS THING!"

If you're a Lea Thompson fan and have yet to watch this I say go for it.

I've watched this movie twice now, it didn't get better with age.

Absolutely shocking film. How people can say otherwise is beyond comprehension. Terrible acting from the one person everyone is claiming was great in this film... She wasn't.

The worst part of this film though is the plot. The wife seems to run around complaining a lot whilst doing a terrible job of parenting (worse than the husband who just tried to get on with things whilst she makes a huge deal out of everything) and somehow were expected to feel sorry for her. The expression woe is me must have been invented for this woman.

To make things worse this was filmed on a potato, even for the time and somehow manages to look dubbed, but isn't.

Lea Thompsom stars as Sophie Kelly is a top-rated lawyer with three kids and a husband that take up all her time. All of her family and work stress comes to a chaotic halt at the shopping mall, days before Christmas, when she sees Santa and wishes for a different life. However, the grass is not always greener as a single, successful lawyer with her own firm and the most eligible bachelor vying for her attention. Freedom has its price as she realizes the sweet life is not so sweet and must race against time to find the true meaning of family and love before Christmas Day.

Now I could see why Sophie wanted a different life in this film. Her daughter are brats and her husband is unemployed. She has a boss that doesn't respect working mothers. I find hard to believe that she would want her old life back!

I highly doubt anybody would like this film.