"Holidaze- The Christmas That Almost Didn't Happen" is an animated Christmas movie released in 2007. It features the voices of many well known Hollywood stars. It's the story of Rusty the reindeer, who happens to be Rudolph's brother, as he tries to find his Christmas calling. Rusty leaves the North Pole and heads to the "Big City" where he meets the icons of all the other holidays. The movie is entertaining from many aspects, mainly the storyline but also the not so hidden references to "American Idol", "Campbell's Soup" and "Wal-Mart" to name three. I watched this movie with my wife and two of our grandchildren (one age 12 and one age 2) and we all enjoyed it and laughed together. This is one movie I (we) highly recommend for all who enjoy Christmas.
As cute and interesting these characters are, all thru the movie, as each "joke" was delivered, I asked myself what age-group is this directed at? Jokes were said in blandness and different generations would not come close to understanding the background to a "joke". Some jokes would be way over the heads of an entire age-group. And it really did not help having a grandmother constantly hitting the eggnog, in most cases really needing the next hit of nog to make it thru the day. As much as I like variety in a toon, this is a stretch. Certainly not a Disney, a Warner Bros. or Wallace and Gromit toon level.
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The claymation-style animation makes you think it's for younger kids, but beware - there are several adult references that may not be appropriate for your kids. We ordered it for our nephew, but after pre-screening it, we decided it was likely not the Christmas gift his parents would appreciate us gifting. For adults, it has some funny parts that only you will understand.
I could not get interested in this movie as well my 5 year old neither. Put it in about 3 times and never got very far. Maybe it would get a little more interesting on over in the cartoon but it just couldn't hold our attention.
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