A Brilliant Conflict

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

I have never heard of Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer, and after I heard that song and watched this special, I am glad that I never did. This is one of the dumbest Christmas specials I have ever seen.The story is about grandma Spenkenheimer (yes, that is their name) who owns a store in the town of Citysville (why does the title Powerpuff girls come into my mind?). People want to by the store, and her cousin Mell want to sell the store. But grandma refuse's all the offers. On Christmas eve she got run over by Santa's sled, and went missing ever since. Now it is up to Jake (grandma's grandson) to make sure that the store don't get into anyone's hands and save the Holiday.The story sounds like a 8 year old would come up with. there is no logic here. Why would the big corporate guy care about the store so much? Why bother with the whole courtroom thing to save Christmas (like miracle on 34th street done wrong)? Why does an probably 12 year old believe in Santa (I mean that he acts like an 5 year old about it)? It is so out of place, not in the fun way, in resembling any reality.The songs are out of place. It is not like a musical, where the songs are an extension of the story. The title song is just dumb, the others are so out of place, that it made me thing that they are there only because a lot of animated Christmas specials have song in them.The characters are a joke. They are stereotypes. You have the corporate guy, the parents that have little to no impact what so ever, the villain's motivation is just because she is greedy, and the boy Jake is one of the most annoying brads I have seen in any film. At best: they leave no impact on you. At worst: You will hate every single one of them.To sum it all up: it is just dumb. Skip this special. You are better of without it.

This movie is really bad, but really funny because of it. Yes the plot is rather stupid but most Christmas films are not exactly plausible or in this case, "clausible". HA HA. The songs are also lame, but still funny. They also seem to have added extra ones that branch of ideas from the original. The jokes are not that hard to get, there isn't really any violence or foul language...just fine for the kids. The animations are fine, doesn't have to be CGI to be considered good. Don't know why this movie is being trashed so badly, it's not by far the worst holiday one out there. We look forward to seeing this every year and hope they keep airing it. If you haven't watched it out yet, definitely look for a copy on Amazon or YouTube.

I like a good novelty song. No, I take that back. I love a good novelty song. I absolutely despise GGROBAR on the other hand, and have from the first note I ever heard. When I found out someone had made a cartoon based on it, my head almost exploded. Now that I have seen it because my kids begged me, I wish my head had exploded. It would have saved me from the excruciating misery that was this cr@pfest. First of all, making an hour long show based on a three minute novelty song is a ridiculous idea. To stretch a song like this, which had to pad like crazy just to be that long, into an entire hour, is even more ludicrous. This was poorly written, cheaply animated, poorly acted...the list goes on and on. Dear God, is this ever bad.

Now here's a cartoon that the whole family can watch, and nobody has to watch or listen for anything that little kids ought not hear. This is just a fun little cartoon that I think can really put the Christmas spirit into people. Here you have the Spankenheimer family, a nice family who have their own little business, and they care about making the customers happy as opposed to Cousin Mel's plans for just making money and lots of it. The genuine holiday spirit consisting of loving and caring and family really works Cousin Mel's nerves, but of all the family, the worst to her is Grandma because she refuses to sell out her honest business for money. Cousin Mel decides to ruin Grandma by adding an extra ingredient to Grandma's (already) "Killer Fruitcake" (as is explained in song, and a hilarious one at that). Grandma takes the fruitcake with her when she leaves home on Christmas Eve and is involved with a hit-and-run with Santa Claus, and the sole witness to this incident is Jake Spankenheimer, the grandson. Jake can't get anyone to believe him, and he must find Grandma before Cousin Mel sells the store to Austin Bucks, who wants to turn it into a run-of-the-mill business. With nowhere left to turn, Jake sends a request to the North Pole for help in finding Grandma, and hilarity and adventure ensues from there in the race to get Grandma back home and stop Cousin Mel's fiendish plans. A highly recommended Christmas film for the whole family.