It probably doesn’t help that I was really tired and not exactly in the Christmas spirit when I watched this, but I didn’t really enjoy it very much. One of the things I remember hearing about it was how unique it was for not having a villain, but I didn’t think it had many likeable characters either. Usually good children’s movies make up for being predictable and benign with fun characters and dialogue. This, I thought, was lacking in both.
Probably slightly better than I’m giving it credit for, but I didn’t like it.
Grade: **
