Santa Clause 3 - A frosty mess

Movie
German title	Santa Clause 3 - A frosty mess
Original title	The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	2006
length	98 minutes
Age rating	FSK 0 ; JMK unrestricted
Rod
Director	Michael Lembeck
script	Ed Decter , ; John J. Strauss
production	Robert F. Newmyer , ; Brian Reilly , ; Jeffrey Silver
music	George S. Clinton
camera	Robbie Greenberg
cut	David Finfer
occupation
	Tim Allen : Santa Claus / Scott Calvin; Elizabeth Mitchell : Mrs. Claus / Carol Calvin; Wendy Crewson : Laura Miller; Judge Reinhold : Neil Miller; Martin Short : Jack Frost; Ann-Margret : Sylvia Newman; Alan Arkin : Bud Newman; Liliana Mumy : Lucy Miller; Eric Lloyd : Charlie Miller; Spencer Breslin : Curtis, Eleven; Aisha Tyler : Mother Nature; Michael Dorn : Sandman;
chronology
	← Predecessor ; Santa Clause 2 - An even nicer mess

Santa Clause 3 - A frosty mess (Original title: The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause ) is an American comedy film from 2006 with Tim Allen in the lead role. The production is the third part of the “Santa Clause” Christmas film trilogy by the Disney studios.

action

Carol lives with her husband Scott Calvin, Santa Claus , at the North Pole with the Christmas elves and is about to give birth to their first child before Christmas. She misses her human family. At the same time, the council of famous legendary figures has to convene an emergency meeting at the North Pole: Jack Frost wants his own holiday and has caused disorder in the world in at least 270 cases: he wanted to push Santa Claus out of the headlines. In the Council it is said that it is ringing in a season, but that it is not a public holiday, and that it is now threatened with temporary exclusion from the Council. As a sanction, he proposes charitable work with the Christmas elves, in whose presence the loner feels very comfortable. Santa Claus agrees and is now planning to bring his in-laws to the North Pole, which is passed off as " Canada ". To do this, he lets the sandman put his in-laws to sleep so that they don't notice the ride in the reindeer sleigh. At the same time, Scott's ex Laura with Neil and Charlie and his half-sister Lucy come to visit who want to help out because of Carol's pregnancy.

Frost pursues his own plans: he wants to become Santa Claus himself and learns from the elf Curtis how a Santa could end his office: He has to pick up the snow globe that is kept in the snow globe chamber and wish that he would never have become Santa. Then turn back time for him. Then Frost begins sabotage , which delicately interferes with the operations of the elf workshop. When Scott shows Lucy the snow globe room of all previous Santa Clauses, which has been secured with a code, he gets in unnoticed and steals Scott's globe. On the way out he is seen by Lucy, who calls her parents for help, but he freezes Laura and Neil and locks the ice figures in a closet with Lucy.

Scott has reached the limit of his resilience: the damage caused by frost must be repaired, it is the last day before Christmas and Carol also needs attention. Frost also unscrews a screw from the Christmas tree stand in Scott's apartment: just as Scott has put on the top of the Christmas tree, the tree falls over. There is a dispute with the parents-in-law who want to leave, Carol is unhappy and doubts the decision to become Scott's wife at the North Pole. Now Frost goes outside with Santa and insists that Scott open a present from him. At the same time he asks him if he didn't wish he never became Santa and gets Scott to say this sentence when he opens the gift box and has his snow globe in hand. The resignation clause comes into effect, Frost is delighted and clings to Scott as both travel back in time to the time when Scott discovered his predecessor on his house roof ( Santa Clause - a beautiful present ). Frost hits Scott on the head with the snow shovel, lets his predecessor crash with a shout and puts on the Santa Claus costume himself.

Frost becomes Santa Claus, the era of Scott never existed, he travels to his new future and finds himself head of the toy company in his hometown. He drives to Laura and Charlie, who greet him sullenly and disinterestedly, he learns that Laura is divorced and Carol has moved to another city. Neil and Lucy go to Frost's North Pole amusement park every year, to which Scott also flies. The elves provide the staff without joy, the visitors can be put on a kind list for a fee, there is no more giving away gifts. Scott meets Lucy and Neil, who got divorced because of Charlie, who did not accept him as a father and Scott was not a father to him due to lack of time. Scott lets Frost catch the snow globe he has fetched and thrown by Lucy and plays back spoken words of resignation recorded by Frost's voice recording pen that Curtis had previously received. Time rewinds again to the moment when the Santa predecessor falls from the roof. This time, Scott Frost is stuck behind a snowman when his former self steps out of the house and soon after becomes Santa Claus. Scott travels into the future again, to his North Pole apartment with Carol and the visit of the in-laws. He now tells them the truth about the elf workshop and his job, there is a reconciliation with them and Carol. Because Lucy hugs Frost, who feels joy about it, both he and Lucy's parents thaw and finally Carol's baby is born, who is then a teacher for the elves.

Reviews

"Penetrating, hectic Christmas film that destroys any attempt to satirically exaggerate the Christmas party sales with kitsch attacks and cuteness."

- Lexicon of international film

“[H] he is about the pointless argument between Santa and his adversary Jack Frost, fought against a kitschy cheap backdrop. If you really want to see it, you should stay in the cinema until the end: the outtakes in the credits are the best. "

- Cinema