This fourth installment in the Swan Princess franchise was released fourteen years after the third. By that time, we might think we could at least get something decent. No way! Richard Rich has made his not good but decent franchise into simply an abomination to animation itself by transforming it into 3D computer animation which makes especially Odette hideous and creepy to look at! The story contradicts itself and the earlier SP movies constantly, the same gags are repeated from the previous movies and new absolutely terrible gags have been added, the music, which was the highlight of the previous movies is replaced with generic pop/R&B- tunes with heavy auto-tune. Finally I must add that the fact that it is a Christmas movie is also a disgrace to the spirit of Christmas, because the symbolism it shows is so shallow and consumerism oriented that I simply feel offended. Hallelujah! Insulting both the franchise and the Spirit of Christmas. DO NOT WATCH!

As a child and now even as an adult I enjoy watching the original Swan Princess Trilogy. So when I heard about this I was excited, until I watched the trailer. Could barely make it through that. It went from beautiful animation to sucky CGI. It hardly even looks like the original characters. Don't waste your time thinking this is another beautiful Swan Princess movie because it isn't. I mean really, Lord Rothbart's ghost is coming back to haunt the castle. If I were you I would stick with the original three movies if you are wanted your Swan Princess fix. I sure once u watch the trailer you will agree with me as well. Please say if this was helpful to you or not.

The cgi animation is so pitiful it is painful to watch and Odette's eyes come off as really creepy. The songs are OK but don't mesh well with the medieval setting since they are more hip hop and R&B styled. It was barely tolerable as background noise but if I tried to watch it I quickly wanted to go do something else. I really can't find anything to recommend about it other than to skip it.I watched it on The Movie Network in Canada for free which was the only reason I tortured myself with this dreck. For a 2012 movie, the animation was like a really bad video game from several years ago. I doubt even small children would enjoy this pitiful money grab.

This film doesn't even deserve a rating... I've been a fan of these films ever since I was a child and I could not believe this one even exists. I saw the title and was intrigued to see what it was like. Unfortunately almost immediately I knew even thinking about watching this was a big mistake... I must of watched the first 2 minutes and instantly switched it off. Bare in mind the first three films are all animated, this one for unknown reasons decided to be made into cheap CGI. You can say I didn't give it a good chance because i didn't watch it all the way through or at least half way, but after seeing how it was made I decided it was best to not put myself though any mental torture and hold onto my original memory for the first three films. Some titles just need to be left alone and this is certainly a good example for this.