This story could have been better. It seems well intentioned, especially the back story of Cuddles, and tries to offer a nice message. Technical blunders are so numerous, however, you could have a parlor game while watching this to see who can spot the most goofs.The computer graphic animation is grossly cheap and awkwardly done to the extent it's actually distracting. Characters do not cast shadows. The size perspective of objects is not consistent. Colors are irregular. Movements by characters appear robotic. This last problem is actually cute when you see it in the stop-motion clay-mation of the original classic Rudolph, but it looks weird here. Even though there is effort to reconstruct the characters faithfully to their original design, the overall quality of visuals simply stink.It tries to give us an update on each of the characters we met in the original, and to some extent, succeeds. Glaring problems exist with Rudolph's personal life though. Instead of getting older since Rudolph's original cartoon adventure took place, he and girl friend Clarisse have apparently been shrinking from young adults to about middle school age (whatever that is for reindeer!). Also, Rudolph has angst about being famous. Why? A "toy taker" rips off the North Pole toy cache, and it's up to Rudolph to catch the thief. On the way, he runs into a loud toy-repairing hippo who offers to zap his red nose into a normal color. Well, OK. Oh, and everybody sings a lot, but the songs are truly forgettable. The voice talents are successful at making the characters sound like they did in the 1964 cartoon.Had potential, and even the confused production offers a few moments. Overall, this is a very long endeavor, especially for the smaller children.

Though this is movie does pale to the beautiful and timeless story which Rankin Bass created in the original....This new movie is a modern story that children from this era can watch and enjoy.I do think that the computer generated graphics could have been made to be textured in a way that made this cartoon look better.But overall it's a sweet story with a couple of good song and dance routines.It made my 8 children happy and it was time well spent enjoying characters which I love.

I think the animation is wonderful in this movie, more life like than the original. The songs in this movie are WONDERFUL,, my 2 year old sings every single one! It is a very cute movie... If people do not rank it high is probably because they love the classic Rudolph. Which I love as well but it is nice to see a quality sequel. My cousin wasn't crazy about the 3d animations in this movie that was because he is only use to the original Rudolph... I purchased this movie not sure what to expect and This movie DID NOT Disappoint me or my child. I am an avid animated movie watcher and I think this ranks up there with all the other classics!!

My 2-year-old is watching it at the moment in the other room -- and it's September.The lyrics to the songs are complex to the point that I wonder how the actors got through them without switching to their normal voices, but I thought they were quite good, despite that.The animation is not up to Shrek's standards, but would we want it to be? Photo-realistic animation would just detract from the story. As it is, the animation reminds me enough of the original stop-motion so that this indeed feels like a sequel.The voice acting is marvelous: Rudolph and Hermey sound like they did in the original, and the other actors drop neatly into place around them. As commented earlier, this takes the characters forward, instead of just repeating the identical behaviors in a different plot.So, see it. You may find it a waste of time, but it's very much a mileage-may-vary thing, rather than a this-is-a-waste-of-celluloid thing.