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Ep. 24: Where is Our Escape Clause for this One??: Commit One's Review of The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause


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What happens when you make a successful, fondly remembered Christmas film, then make a sequel that is okay but not great, but you don't just quit while you're ahead? You get the 2006 Disney film The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause. Will, Mike, and Sam wonder this exact question and many others as they watch Tim Allen and Martin Short nearly destroy their careers with a film that was made to just be a cash-in, but made nearly $70 million less than the second film despite having a much lower budget. A poor script, poor acting at points, and a pace that would make a snail seem speedy all make up this poorly conceived sequel and serves as a flat end to a promising trilogy. It's the Commit One crew's first Disney film, but why did it have to be this one?

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