Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

This movie was a awful sequel to a true classic. The animation is lazy and terrifying, Most of the songs were absolute garbage, and the story is just unbelievably clique and stupid. The only good thing about this garbage sequel is that I love the song beyond the stars. But aside from that, this movie is a shameful sequel to a unforgettable, heartwarming, and beautiful classic. DO NOT WATCH IT, STICK TO THE CLASSIC! This movie has, besides the song beyond the stars, has absolutely nothing to like. And the hippo character was an absolutely unpleasant and annoying character and sounds like absolute crap. Unless you want to be dumber or love watching these animated horrors, skip this one at all costs and for Christ's sake, do not show this garbage to kids.

The movie starts with some over the top narration..I think Dryfus could have turned it down a few notches along with his evil looking snowman certainly not Burl Ives. The animation is like watching the WII bowling team...It is terrible. But I think the big crime here is the story line..It moves at the speed of snail and is way to long. This movie could have easily been cut down to 50 minutes.All that said I was wondering if anyone caught the overtones. the female pig who needs a slot. The Zsa Zsa Gabor sexpot queen and Rudolf telling his girl friend she needs to earn her wings...In all it's a slow moving, poorly animated movie that is way to long and is just odd to watch. It doesn't work even with the big names associated with the film.

****Spoilers Inclusive****This was not a shadow of the original. There's not a chance that Rankin/Bass would let this one go. It did have some interesting plot points and there were moments I had to grin (the group posing as misfit toys---then Bumble comes out at the the back of the line), and it was fun to get some more from Rudolph, Yukon, Hermey, and even the once grouchy-at-Rudolph during the reindeer games Comet; but this is, to say the least, nothing I'd take time out to watch again. I have to say the best part about watching this mediocre special was seeing the "Toy Story"/"Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" elements come together and just stating about 10 minutes before the Toy Taker's revelation---"he's got to be a disgruntled toy----I'll bet a Teddy Bear." Imagine the bow I took at the end. I was even looking forward to the reunion between the Teddy and his now grown up former owner, and it showed no emotion at all. Dreyfuss, Curtis, Moranis---y'all didn't have better projects available?

Rudolph travels to the island of misfit toys to help the elf dentist treat the lion toy. As they sail back they get caught in a storm and meet the Hippo Queen who offers to fix Rudolph's nose if he wants it done. While he is away The Toy Taker raids Santa's toy warehouse and takes all the toys. Rudolph sets out to find the Toy Taker and get all the toys back in time for Christmas by using the island of misfit toys as a trap to draw him out.Dear Lord but this is one cheap nasty little cartoon! Ignore the actors listed in the cast list - just because they managed to pay a few big names for a day and a half's voice work doesn't mean this film is any good. The plot is a reasonable attempt to draw as many films out of Rudolph as possible and, on paper, is a reasonable sting operation but the delivery is awful and ruins anything that might have been called potential.The godawful songs are part of the problem - they seem to happen after every few lines of dialogue all the way through. It makes it impossible to bear - it really is awful stuff. The animation is also pretty bad. That might seem a bit unfair considering it looks OK and is computer animation, but it is the sort of animation you get in cut scenes on average games on your PC. The camera moves very slowly, the characters cannot move very fast and none of them are lip-synched at all!The fancy voices do nothing at all to improve it. Dreyfuss does some rubbish Snowman narrator but Jamie Lee Curtis dons a horrible accent to do a hippo queen! (was she trying to hide her identity from shame?). Moranis has an OK character visually but he does nothing with it and the absurd songs and voice only serve to the character of any menace he had before he spoke.Overall I can only advise that you do not make the mistake that I made by watching this. No matter how demanding your children get, don't use this film to placate them - making them sit facing the wall for an hour would be preferable.