Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie (1998)
Young Rudolph suffers a childhood accident that sees his nose turn from the publicly accepted norm of black to a glowing red colour. His parents worry about him getting teased, and indeed he does in the end. When he is beaten in the reindeer games by his rival for a doe he fancies, Rudolph runs away and moves into a cave with Slyly the Fox. However can he overcome his fear and reach his true potential?
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To me, this movie is perfection.
Boring
A Masterpiece!
Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.
When I was 5, I was 'cleaning' out the videos and trying to put them in order. Though I was failing miserably. My mum came into the room and I expected her to be mad. So I waited to see what she was going to say. But she wasn't mad. Instead, she said 'I have a surprise for you.' I was excited. A surprise? What had I done? She then showed me a video of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. I was so happy and excited. I watched it immediately. And to my surprise I loved it more than I thought I was going to. Ever since, I have loved this film and it has been my favourite to watch at Christmas. Please do not think this is a remake of the 1964 version. It's actually better, with it's own plot! The songs Show me the Light and We can make it were superb and not to mention the fantastic Wonderful Christmastime by Paul McCartney and Wings. While there are a few errors, factual and animation, that still won't change how awesome this film is. Also, with the voices of Eric Idle from the famous Life of Brian and other Monty Python series, and Debbie Reynolds also from one of my favourite Studio Ghibli films, it just makes the film a whole lot better. The only down-side to it I'd have to say is the Sprites of the Northen Lights. While their lights make the scenes of the night very pretty, they are slightly annoying and if that was fixed than it would be even better. But anyway, this is most definitely a Christmas classic and I recommend it to anyone who loves Christmas.
i love love LOVE this movie! I have loved all Rudolph stories, always. But, this one has to be one of my very favorites. It has adorable songs, great animation, and the voices fit great for every part. It is a great Christmas movie, that can be enjoyed all year!! One of the things that I've always liked about this one, is that Rudolph's dad isn't quite as mean as he was in the other ones. You can really see how much he loves him, and I love that. It's how it should be. And it shows that good beats evil =] . The only..off thing for kids in my opinion is the "I Hate Santa Clause" song the witch sings. But other than that..This is definitely a movie to buy and watch. Have fun!!
If you do not like this see your doctor immediately your heart has turned to coal.It is instant Christmas classic! Great cast (voices)(though I wouldn't give it a grade A for animation but hey, that my opinion) make this a family classic for any Christmas occasion. Considering the fact that this film isn't Disney, it belongs in the category of excellent animated films. On a Friday afternoon of September 1998, I came across "Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer : The Movie" opening today in limited release. Fortunately my movie theater was playing it and with a cast including Whoopi Goldberg, Bob Newhart, Sarah Jessica Parker, Debbie Reynolds, & John Goodman, I couldn't resist. Why Legacy Releasing opened a Christmas movie in the fall I'll never know, but if you haven't seen it with your kids, get it this Christmas season. Soundtrack includes a special musical performance of "A Wonderful Christmas Time" by Paul and Linda McCartney and show me the light is a very good and sweet song. Now on video from Goodtimes Entertainment.Though the sprites I think really ruined the movie. and the romance between Zoey and Rudolph is quiet sweet.(by the way I hope a remake of it comes and DEATH TO SPRITES)Good points- * The romance beetween Zoey and Rudolph* Whoppi Goldberges portrayal of the no-nonsense villain Stormella* The song "show me the light" one of the only three good songs in the film* like the fellows comment the second bellow me, It shows being brave in the face of fear and rising above the mockery (i'm teased a lot at school so I know how it feels)* Some of the humour that some people miss is quiet funny-Bad points (do not let these ruin the film just fast forward through them)* the sprites and their singing arrrrrrrrrrrrrgh, ahck DEATH TO SPRITES* some of Slyly's script was pathetic in the leonard cave incident* the songs: It could always be worse, santas family and Christmas time are awfully bad
Strangely, I found this movie quite good. It fills you with a sense of Christmas and there's nothing wrong with sitting down and watching this before you open your presents. A nice little kids movie which appealed to me quite a bit. This year I was feeling a bit bah humbug, but this warmed my heart. The plot is good, sticking to the original idea while skewing away in places, but it remains a nice honest film which everyone can watch. The acting is above average IMO, and Leonard the Bear is my favourite character. A story of the underdog rising up is always great, and this delivers just like it's predessor. Especially fitting for a nice Christmas Day morning. There were some questions left unanswered, however, such as how do the reindeer's fly? But all in all, this is a worthy Christmas tale, telling a story about everyone's favourite reindeer. It is just a shame that this will forever be compared with the original. This is the way great films are ignored and this movie is getting bad feedback because 'it does not live up to the original'. This film is still great, however little can see it's potential. Sad.