I have seen this movie with my siblings every christmas since we were young children, and i believe its the earliest christmas movie we ever saw, we never even saw the original puppet version, but this movie did introduce us to the classic song, and from there on we would always think about this movie every time the song played. As time has gone by i have found several flaws with the film. the beginning of the movie is completely cringe-worthy with the sprites and baby Rudolph, in fact you could skip past that, and it would not affect the story in any way, after that, there are a few more cringy moments but it decreases as the movie goes on. Next i just want to say, i have watched a lot of cartoon movies, and i have become accustomed to very well animated films that move very smoothly, this was the first year i noticed how poor the animation really is in this movie, its not terrible, in fact there are some moments where the animation looks really good, but other times especially with extras or supporting characters it does look cheap. Despite these flaws i eventually find myself enjoying the movie. the characters are really fun, Rudolph is a little generic nice guy, but i relate to him with his bullying, feeling different and unwanted( there are so many times when hes being bullied it takes me back to when i was bullied in school), Zoey,; Rudolph love interest is also generic, but is very sweet, in fact i find her and Rudolph's relationship very sweet. Slyly the arctic fox, is hilarious, i love his voice actor and his con man ways. John Goodman is a warm and gentle Santa who is very protective of everyone and is a memorable Santa. Whoopi Goldberg as the ice queen, is amazing, i loved every time she was on screen, her modern day jokes didn't bother me, and added to the films comedy. one of her lines goes like this, " Because of you reindeer, i can now unleash a terrible storm and ruin Christmas, take care of that in therapy", i love that! the movie is constantly trying to send messages to be honest, kind, and be yourself, and i enjoy that, there not always in your face, but they do take a large part in the plot. i love all the songs, especially show me the light a romantic duet between rudolph and zoey. I still really like this movie, despite it getting really childish for me, i still like to watch it every christmas.

I love this movie. It tells the story of Rudolph brilliantly. It also teaches kids that there's a little something special in them. When Rudolph is born, he is accepted by his parents and then when everyone in Christmas town learn how special he is cause of his red glowing nose, he accepted for that and saves Christmas from a wicked ice queen. This film also has a beautiful love story and it's as cute as when Rudolph got Clarice in the original Christmas special. In this movie Rudolph's girlfriend is named Zoey and it is very beautiful that she really cares dearly for Rudolph for when he's down for being made fun of for his nose. When Rudolph runs away from the Reindeer games cause of being disqualified for using his red nose in them, he gets depressed until he meets a couple new friends. A sly fox named Slyley, voiced by Richard Simmons and a polar bear named Leonard voiced by Bob Newhart. Desperate to find Rudolph, Zoey gets into trouble by the evil ice queen Stormella voiced by Whoopi Goldberg. Then Rudolph comes to the rescue with the help of his nose and finds Zoey in an icy bar prison. Then both of them get trapped until Slyley comes and frees them and then Stormella tries to freeze them all, but Rudolph stops her with his nose and that makes her almost fall of a cliff and then Rudolph, Zoey, Slyley, Leonard, the penguin and the wolves rescue her. Then after that Rudolph gets a Christmas wish for doing his good deed and makes Stormella turn nice. That's good anyway cause that's how it was with the Abominable Snow Monster and he used to terrify me as a kid. After that the storm which Stormella created couldn't be stopped, so Santa asks Rudolph to guide his sleigh and that's what Rudolph did. Santa is a much nicer guy in this then he is in the original cause no offense but he kind of acts like a jerk in the original special. Also Santa is voiced by John Goodman in this and he makes a really good Santa. At the very end Rudolph is loved by all in Christmas town and he went down in history. I also believe that Rudolph marries Zoey and they both have a fawn and called him Rudolph Jr. I made a fanart of that on Deviantart by the way. This movie also has a beautiful soundtrack including a beautiful duet by Jennifer Warnes and Bill Medley the same duo who sang the song The Time of My Life as heard in the 1987 film Dirty Dancing. All in all this is a beautiful movie for every Christmas and best for the whole family.

It seems as though EVERY new Christmas movie that comes out is listed as an "Instant Classic" and this is no different.I think this as a so-so effort with a different approach to the Rudolph story known by all. When presented with the incredible animation process of Polar Express this is, in my opinion, less enjoyable than the Rankin Bass production from 1964. The songs are simple and, even though the Paul and Linda McCartney hit "Wonderful Christmas Time" is listed as one of them, it is only a small snip-it version of perhaps 30 seconds.I prefer the classics that I grew up with like the original Grinch or Rudolph, but my child enjoys the show and, as the saying goes, "To each his own".

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.