For an anonymous Saturday afternoon, it's the best lump of coal Hollywood can jam in your stocking.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
The movie is not a special effects extravaganza like "The Grinch," but in a way that's a relief. It's more about charm and silliness than about great hulking multimillion-dollar high-tech effects.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Kevin Thomas
Tony Burrough's vast Toy Workshop and Elf Village at the North Pole is the film's strongest asset. The workshop is a dazzling and accurate display of the Art Nouveau style in sinuous full flower.Read Full Review »
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Philadelphia Inquirer: Steven Rea
Has the disjointed feel of a bunch of strung-together TV episodes.Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
Entirely inoffensive, so it makes for perfect family fare -– but only if the children are young enough to be indiscriminating about what they're seeing.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Dana Stevens
Captures the true spirit of the holiday. It's mildly sentimental, unabashedly consumerist (with anything-but-subliminal advertisements for McDonald's hamburgers and Nestlé candy tucked inside), studiously inoffensive and completely disposable.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Claudia Puig
If you value your time and money, find an escape clause and avoid seeing this trite, predictable rehash. The 90 minutes could be better spent doing holiday shopping.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Desson Thomson
Allen, who's a natural charmer, seems to be at half-strength here.Read Full Review »
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