Honest Trailers - The Santa Clause

WIth the holidays quickly approaching look back at this 90's classic that taught us the true meaning of Christmas: getting revenge on your ex-wife! It's "The Santa Clause"

Watch the Honest Trailer Commentary to see the writers talk about the movie and the making of the latest HT!

Title design by Robert Holtby

Producers - Dan Murrell, Spencer Gilbert, Joe Starr, and Max Dionne
Written by Spencer Gilbert, Joe Starr, and Dan Murrell
Edited by Kevin Williamsen and TJ Nordaker

[screenjunkies]

One, speak up and join the conversation.
Two, discuss and debate with respect.
“And three, be nice.” – Dalton from Roadhouse

[pokemontas]

"...That you think is a classic cause you were a kid when you watched it" lmao ME to all my childhood movies.

[KS-xkso]

For those of you that don't feel like following the trail of breadcrumbs left for you, when Tim Allen was in his 20's he got busted with a shitload of coke, and ratted out a bunch of other dealers to reduce his sentence. Served 2 or 3 years I think.

[Jaredpoth]

Tim Allen's recovery and story of turning his life around is actually really inspiring. He was into some pretty bad stuff before he took on his acting career.

[Liberator]

This is one of the best/weirdest Christmas movies ever. A man accidentally kills Santa, becomes him after a magical legal document binds him with the spirit of Santa, has a existential crisis over it including questioning his sanity and endures PG body horror, gets into an absolutely stone-faced serious legal dispute over custody battles with his ex-wife, and gets arrested for kidnapping his son.

This is also my favorite Christmas movie ever. Tim Allen is in great form with this movie.

[maria.whiddon]

Thanks a lot. "I'm gonna go into the family business."
"Sooo. You're gonna kill your dad?". Bahahaha. Made me spit out my tea.

[ecliptorcalrissian]

Holy crap! This is another time I'm blown away by how well you nailed it when I could never see the darkness of the movie before. This is all exactly right - it felt like a classic 'cause I watched it as a kid who loved Tim Allen in Home Improvement and totally missed what this world is actually like! And it's not even hidden implications that you don't notice until way later...

[chavamara]

My dad worked on some of the set pieces on this movie. We got to keep some of the giant stuffed animals from Santa's Workshop!

[Kristina-zfvf]

This movie is officially ruined for me 😭😂😂 especially that last part "so you're going to kill your dad?"

[ToxicDemon]

2:45 Anyone else feel creeped out when the line "You look pretty good for your age." is taken out of context?

[ThisLittleCriticSanad]

One of the most underrated Christmas movies. Loved this!

[morgancloutier]

Please say “I know him! He’s a friend from work!”

[hedidittoem]

Please say: “Fun isn’t something one considers when balancing the universe. But this does put a smile on my face”.

[papahamdrew]

I never thought of “the Santa clause” was a parasite that morphs the host. I’ll never watch it the same way again

[ContinualImprovement]

“If honest trailers were the real trailers...”

[killercaos]

The Santa Clause is THE anti-hero Santa movie.

[TEKKENKING]

I'm wondering what happened to mrs. Claus after Santa Claus fell off the roof 🤔

[jimb.]

*PLEASE DO "ELF" NEXT WEEK, PLZ!*

[bladersmosh]

Do The Polar Express. That's one of my favourite Christmas movies.

[dontcallmelil]

I haven't seen this movie since it was relevant, and I never knew, up until he came on the screen, that I had a crush on Bernard.
WOW, what?