Ceticultsot Beautiful, moving film.

Ogosmith Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

filippaberry84 I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Quiet Muffin This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

Horst in Translation (filmreviews@web.de) "Santa vs. the Snowman" is a 22-minute animated short film special from 1997, actually from 13 December 1997, which means it has its 20th anniversary exactly today. What a great occasion to review this one. The writer and director is John A. Davis and he was not yet an Oscar nominee at that point. Anyway, his work here was remade in 3D a few years afterward, but I recommend this original here. It is not flawless visually, but overall I liked the animation. The voice acting was solid too and so was the story. This is a little tale of a snowman who no longer wants to be lonely, but be loved like Santa, so he comes up with a wicked plan to follow in Santa's footsteps. Of course, this one is all about the kind spirit, so he finds friends indeed eventually, but not the way he thought he would. At slightly over 20 minutes, this is an essential story with good focus that has exactly the runtime it should have. The music is nice fun too. The song that includes a girl singer hoping Father Cringle would be single was pretty hilarious. There is a bit of everything here, funny moments, good music, a heartfelt message that will especially appreciated by those in the shadows. It is a good watch with or without children in my opinion and did not really need the modernization it was given later on. Retro is king here, even if I am not sure "retro" is the right word to describe the style and looks here. My suggestion is to check this one out if you can and not go for the 2002 version, even if that one may be easier to get a hand on.

Allyn-2 Ok, it was pretty funny, and the animation was nice, but this film destroyed my view of Santa. He is presented as an indoctrinating corporate logo/warlord! At first, I couldn't believe it was being shown for children, what with the apparent anti-Santa perspective the first part of the film gives. But the ending confirms that the main purpose of this short film is to bludgeon children into consumer-driven mindframe. And I thought those people griping about the commercialization of Christmas were just Humbugs. Now I know that they were on to something! Consumerism is the new ideology of the international marketplace, and this seemingly benign cartoon is a tool propaganda for that "Buy Toys!" doctrine. What a sad image for Christmas.

corripio Overall, it was an excellent movie. It had great 3d animation, and an interesting story line (I won't give it away, you'll have to see yourself). A twisted sense of humor combined with the spirit of Christmas produced a truly unique product.

Kylee! I loved this! The animation was excellent, there were take-offs galore, and the creator's twisted sense of humor is a delight to behold. I won't spoil the surprises, though. The voice actors did very well (atypical for American animation), and the sound effects were well done, too.I haven't seen it since it was on TV.