A Christmas Carol

The grandkids loved it
Caveat: I have NOT watched the movie (I am a huge Charles Dickens/Christmas Carol fan, so no doubt I'll get around to it one-of-these-days).
I bought the movie for my grandkids (3 and 5) and I'm posting this review based upon their reaction (very positive). I should mention that, at this age, they seem to prefer animated movies to the other kind (they may grow out of it, some folks do when they become adults - poor guys).

Unique, Well-Animated Christmas Carol
The 3D rendering and animation in this version of "A Christmas Carol" are excellent. The snow seems so real you can almost feel it! The characters and objects in the scenes are obviously computer-generated "3D" graphics, but they look so good and move so well that no undue attention is drawn to them.

The characters are animated animals, and the script has been redone uniquely, but the names and the general story line are followed closely enough to make it seem as if this were a retelling of the classic story, yet a new movie which could stand on its own merits.

Here are a few examples of animals substituted for the classic characters: Scrooge and his nephew are skunks; Cratchit and family are rabbits; Jacob Marley is a grasshopper, and The Ghost of Christmas Past is a stork, I think.

The jewel case cover is a snowglobe, too!

Pretty generic, but furries are always good
Story wise, it's the same story you've seen in however many movies. Though Tiny Tim has a different "bad future" fate than some.

Animation is fairly cheap old 3D that doesn't look too great. Movement can be odd in places, the dancing around a tree especially. Voices aren't bad at all and the voice acting isn't bad either. The songs aren't great, but at least they aren't the usual endlessly repeated and reused stuff that most xmas movies use. They did try a little.

If you like anthropomorphic animals, hey, go for it. It's not bad, just not that good either. Certainly better than some cheap 3D movies. If you don't like anthro/furry characters, well, who knows your kids'll probably like it.

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