
When Blitzen announces his retirement on December 21st, a miniature horse has 3 days to fulfill his lifelong dream of earning a spot on Santa's team at the North Pole try-outs.... (Full plot summary below)
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When Blitzen announces his retirement on December 21st, a miniature horse has 3 days to fulfill his lifelong dream of earning a spot on Santa's team at the North Pole try-outs.
Leave your thoughts about Elliot: The Littlest Reindeer.
| Film InquiryAmyana BartleyFrom the shaky animation and the no point script to the anemic at best humor and no actual lessons for the viewer or the protagonist, this film simply isn't worth it. |
| Arkansas Democrat-GazetteKaren MartinThe ending won't be a surprise, but don't expect an overdose of schmaltz. Elliot has the heart of an athlete, the focus of a competitor, and the empathy of a true friend. That's what makes his movie a contender. |
| New York TimesBen KenigsbergNew evidence for the case that computer animation is homogenizing children’s movies, robbing them of visual interest, this harmless, charmless movie plods along well-trodden turf. |
| VarietyDennis HarveyA would-be new “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” it’s energetic and polished enough to avoid feeling like a rip-off — “Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny,” this is not — but there the compliments pretty much end. |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekJoins the multitude of other utterly mediocre attempts to play off the holiday season. |
| TheWrapWilliam BibbianiIf Jennifer Westcott’s animated kids’ movie Elliot the Littlest Reindeer was a Christmas gift, it’d be the toothbrush at the bottom of your stocking. It’s well-intentioned, and you might get some use out of it, but let’s just pray it’s not the highlight of your holiday season. |
| StarburstJ.R. SouthallThere are enough small touches -- Hazel's encounter with a tin can, for instance -- to ensure this isn't as by-the-numbers as it might have been. |
| Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinThis fantasy, about a miniature horse aching to join Santa’s team of reindeer, works hard but underwhelms. |
| The Age (Australia)Jake WilsonNobody operating on a low budget (roughly, anything less $100 million) has yet worked out how to make human figures look like anything but plastic dummies brought to unsettling half-life. |
| RogerEbert.comNell MinowThe action/competition scenes have some dynamism, but the overall look of the film is unimaginative. |