The Santa Clauses (TV Series) Chapter One: Good to Ho (2022) User Reviews

NO NO NO

[eoinpgeary · 5/10 · 20 November 2022]

HO HO HO, more like no no no.

This just didn't hit home for me, I watch the Santa movies every Christmas and still love them all, but this feels absolutely nothing like the movies at all.

What made the movies so great in my opinion was the love, and sweetness and overall wholesomeness that went into them and the jokes were all funny and they just make you feel warm and happy, but not this.

This to me feels like Disney is really trying to Milk Tim Allen, the story seems okay, Santa is getting old he may need to find a replacement but honestly the movie is beyond cringe worthy, I'm all for silly jokes most Christmas movies have them but this is just awkward to watch, I think they should have made it it's own thing with a different cast and nothing to do with the movies, even that would be meh

This is only after 1 episode !!! It's not cannon in my book.

Chapter One: Good to Ho

[studioAT · 7/10 · 10 December 2023]

Tim Allen returning to 'The Santa Clause' franchise worried me.

I hold the films in the highest esteem, and the thought of it being done again badly worried me. I always think I would have preferred for this to be done as a fourth film rather than a series.

But Tim Allen admitting that the 3rd film wasn't as good as hoped rang true, and any ending to Scott Calvin's story that was better than that had to be better than nothing.

I thought this was a good start. It's warm, it's charming, and Allen is back on form in the role, having looked like he was going through the motions back in the 'Escape Clause'.

It's a bit broad with its humour, but there's lots to like here.

Chapter One

[bobcobb301 · 6/10 · 24 November 2022]

I was not exactly the biggest fan of The Santa Clause movies, but this felt like a good idea from Disney+ to revisit this and give fans a little bit of holiday cheer.

Some funny moments, more often than not the jokes worked, and it felt like the right balance of humor that kids and their parents could enjoy alike. This was the formula that worked for Diary of a Future President, a show that unfortunately wrapped up way to soon after two seasons.

I won't say I love the show, but there was enough here to keep me watching and keep me engaged to see how the franchise wraps up at the end of this miniseries.

Why make good bad?

[moov_e_c_er · 6/10 · 25 January 2023]

First off this should have been a great comeback and go from films to TV streaming. This should have been a great idea. But the overall delivery from effects (really great graphics for sleigh movement but zero purpose for a donut???) to story line was supremely weak and not flushed out. Generally movies (at least some) are test screened. Tv shows should be test screened and both should be well flushed out: don't flush the jokes but work out the idea. This entire episode felt half-baked and like someone ran out of money before or during shooting. If there were big ideas and the money ran out before shooting then nothing should have been shot = work it out on paper far before shooting anything, work the budget for the needed stuff, and because it's episodic instead of a film (much shorter time to write/shoot/edit and air) don't waste or half-bake anything. This is supposed to be done by professionals not lazy people. It could have been amazing, funny, entertaining. But it was simply one moment of fun, weird decisions and uncomfortable at times.

Second this is a supremely weak attempt. Next episode is much more Worked out and way better.