just watch it!

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

It is both painfully honest and laugh-out-loud funny at the same time.

The Story is very clever the and the it stays true to the original Frosty special. Bill Federbark's Frosty may sound a little lower and slower, but other than that, the movie is fantastic. The movie includes funny jokes and gags that keep you guessing whats going to happen.In the beginning the story a town seems more like a navy and no one seems to having fun, there are rules all around there's no snowball fights it's all, get your back straightened. Then Frosty comes in and changes all of that, starting to teach the kids to start having fun instead of going to bed Early or use the right spoon to eat soup. I would like to tell you more but you have to see the movie to find out the rest. The artwork and design is very original and pleasing to look at. Fans of the original special will be pleased with Frosty's come back it's funny, it's original, it's super.

I just saw this new special on Cartoon Network and it was much better made and done than that crappy Frosty Returns special, and Rudolph The Rednosed Reindeer and The Island Of Misfit Toys. The animation for one is actually very well done unlike the sketchy animation used for Frosty Returns and the Primitive looking CGI used for Rudolph The Rednosed Reindeer and The Island Of Misfit Toys. The plot is actually not bad and I like how it turns out that Tommy Tinkerton is the Magician's from the original Forsty grandson. The only real complaint I have is the choice of Frosty's voice. It sounds a little too much like Patrick Star from Spongebob.

December holiday specials, like the original Frosty, ought to be richly-produced with quality music and a wholesome, yet lighthearted storyline. They should have a touch of the mystical magic of the holidays. Basically, they should look, sound, and feel...well, "special" and they should have a decent and appropriate December holiday subtext.So when I saw Legend of Frosty the Snowman in the TV listings, I got my kids (6 and 8) pumped up for it by telling them the story of the original Frosty and passionately relating how much I enjoyed it as a kid. As my wife and kids cozied up on the couch to watch the movie the expectations were high, but 10 minutes into it my kids were yawning and my wife and I were giving each other "the look" and rolling our eyes. After 35 minutes my kids were actually asking to go to bed -- I guess they were fed up with the insensitive language and pointless, disconnected segments. I was actually embarrassed about their (and my) disappointment with this movie.Unfortunately, Legend of Frosty the Snowman is more like a bad episode of Fairly Odd Parents crossed with a worse-than-normal episode of Sponge Bob than a classic holiday movie. Don't get me wrong...those shows are fine and I like them as much as the next guy, but when I watch Fairly Odd Parents or Sponge Bob, my low expectations (for mediocre, off-color, zero subtext, mind numbing episodes) are always satisfied.We picked out some good books and spent the rest of the evening reading together. A much better choice than the embarrassingly bad Legend of Frosty the Snowman.

Barring a few exceptions, children's cartoons, especially sequels, seem to have been made by people who believe kids to be incapable of appreciating anything other than a simple joke. As a result, they fill their programs with noise and pretty lame humor. I tuned in to watch Legend simply because it aired after the original special and I couldn't find anything else to watch. As I watched, I was impressed with the storyline (a somewhat anti-establishment tale with a love story subplot) and the jokes, which actually made me laugh audibly several times (BROTHER: Santa Claus isn't real WALTER: Just like magical snowmen aren't, right? FROSTY WALKS BY WINDOW, HUMMING: Hey, Walter! Give me a call sometime! BROTHER, GAPING: … WALTER: Hmm, I didn't know he had a phone). My only real complaints are a) the choice of voice actor for Frosty (another reviewer said he was the voice actor for Patrick from Spongebob Squarepants) who doesn't really fit the Frosty we all know and love and b) the one or two liberties the special takes with the original plot (although there are some nice references and nods made to it).While it doesn't have the same "heart-warming" feel of the original, The Legend of Frosty the Snowman is a surprisingly well-scripted holiday special that parents will be able to enjoy almost as much as their kids and it won't put them to sleep to boot!