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The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause | 2006 | G | - 1.3.1
Tim Allen reprises his role as Santa Claus; in this installment he is expecting a baby Claus, and he also must deal with a jealous and mischievous Jack Frost (Martin Short) who comes up with a plan to convince Santa to hand over his holiday. Also with Elizabeth Mitchell, Judge Reinhold, Wendy Crewson and Eric Lloyd. Directed by Michael Lembeck. [1:38]
SEX/NUDITY 1 - A man appears to be enamored with a woman, and flirts with her. A man looks at a woman adoringly, he rests his head on her shoulder and she caresses his head.
► A husband and wife hug in several scenes.
► A rabbit (the Easter Bunny) makes suggestive remarks to a woman. A man asks another man to cool down his pants after they have been in flames. A woman wears a low-cut dress that reveals cleavage. A man leaves his house wearing boxer shorts and a jacket.
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VIOLENCE/GORE 3 - A man freezes a husband and wife while their young daughter watches and pleads for him to stop.
► A snow globe glows and whirrs and two men are swept through the air, they crash onto the ground (this happens in a couple of scenes), one hits the other with a snow shovel, and they struggle and wrestle to reach a coat.
► A man slips and falls off a roof in a few scenes (the suit he is wearing is shown flat on the ground and the man disappears).
► A man swings on a rope and kicks another man knocking him down, the two men yell at each other, one pokes the other with a plastic candy cane, and one climbs on the roof of a stage display house and crashes through the roof.
► A girl kicks a man in the shin for making his wife cry. A man holds another man on the ground while yelling at him. A man becomes angry with a girl and yells at her.
► A woman in labor is taken screaming on a stretcher through a busy street in a couple of scenes (things are spilled and people run into them). A tree falls over dropping many ornaments and breaking some.
► A man blows ice into gears and other mechanical and electronic equipment causing them to break down. A coffee machine breaks down and sprays coffee beans all around. Toy machines spurt out stuffed teddy bears.
► The ice that covers three people breaks away and they are all OK. Two men disappear in a flash of sparkling light.
► A man blows glittering dust into a man and a woman's face, and they fall back onto a sofa and fall sound asleep.
► We see a fireplace in the shape of a man's head with his open mouth as the fire pit. A man's pants are in flames and a man sprays them with foam. Fire flares out of an oven and a man sprays it with foam. Reindeer flatulate loudly in a couple of scenes.
LANGUAGE 1 - 2 mild anatomical terms, name-calling (blubber ball, fatty).
SUBSTANCE USE - We see a "Red Deer" dispensing machine (instead of "Red Bull").
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Family, work vs. family, jealousy, greed, magic, Santa Claus, duty, responsibility, trust, naughty vs. nice, relationships with ex-spouses, secrecy, divorce, celebrity, therapy, appreciation, legendary figures, fairy tales, helping, cold hearts, not caring for people, second chances, forgiveness, love being determined by how much money is spent on you.
MESSAGE - Making time for family is the key to happiness. Being truthful with family can only make you closer.
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