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17 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanAllen and Short seem to be having so much fun that their enthusiasm is entirely contagious. Let the season begin.
- 60Los Angeles TimesGene SeymourLos Angeles TimesGene SeymourAs a full-service holiday movie, The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause gets you into the mood to shop early and often by making the North Pole look like a shopping mall with a never-ending school pageant.
- 50VarietyJustin ChangVarietyJustin ChangNot unlike the shiny snow globe at its center, The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause is a thing of consummate craftsmanship, a smoothly engineered and fundamentally lifeless object that's nevertheless capable of giving even the grinchiest moviegoers a brief attack of the warm-and-fuzzies.
- 50Philadelphia InquirerDavid HiltbrandPhiladelphia InquirerDavid HiltbrandThis isn't a movie, it's an animatronic theme-park ride - an artificially processed, easily digestible treat for kids.Ho, ho hum.
- 50ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliThere's some potential in this storyline, but the movie doesn't do much with it besides giving Martin Short an opportunity to put on the fat suit.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttTo borrow a cliche from another medium, Santa might have jumped the shark.
- 38Boston GlobeTy BurrBoston GlobeTy BurrThe bad news, for those looking forward to The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause with anything like enthusiasm, is this: Bernard the Elf is history.
- 30The New York TimesManohla DargisThe New York TimesManohla DargisOne of the good things about bad movies is that when someone sneers about the unworthiness of a perfectly mediocre film like, say, "Crash," you can turn to a seriously unworthy film like, say, The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause and laugh. Ho. Ho. Ho.
- 30L.A. WeeklyL.A. WeeklyThis is all really a big waste. At least the out-takes at the end are actually funny.
- 12New York PostKyle SmithNew York PostKyle SmithMartin Short as Jack Frost, means we're getting a turkey and a ham for the holidays. As for Tim Allen as Scott Calvin, an ordinary guy who took over Santa's job by chance, he's more like a tasteless lump of mashed potatoes.