UnowPriceless hyped garbage

CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Voxitype Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

Salubfoto It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

dmataylor-43810 This time, Rudolph has to save the new year. But, they tried to copy the original story too much. The plot is confusing. Many of the characters have odd dates and times as their names. The film also tries to mix other stories and characters into this story, and they do this badly. In conclusion, Rudolph's Shiny New Year is a lsme sequel to the original 1964 Rudolph.

ktronis It's pretty obvious that the producers of the original Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer TV special were trying to milk the concept once more. They should have quit while they were ahead.As another person pointed out in their comment, at the end of the original Rudolph show, he had become a young adult. But, in this show, he is back to being a "kid" again. That's just the beginning of the weirdness.The plot is quite confusing and muddled, including numerous character names that relate to dates and times. If a small child is watching, they might enjoy it simply for the animation. But, I cannot imagine trying to explain the plot and the characters to them.You know a show is odd when you see a scene with Rudolph standing there with a Ben Franklin-lookalike, a caveman, and a knight in armor.This story concept might have worked well on its own without Rudolph, playing on the "travelling through time" angle. But, what it has to do with Rudolph and the Christmas holiday, I'm still trying to figure out.

MisterWhiplash Rudolph's Shiny New Year can be striking, and entertaining, if you're watching it when you're little - little enough that by the time you're my age you have no clear memory of the first time you watched it, just that you did over and over. As a kid you get introduced to claymation someway or another (even those of today who don't have Gumby get Wallace and Gromit), and this plays for a fine hour for the little ones, but can perhaps be of worth for the parents here and there. The story of Rudolph saving the "baby new-year" from the clutches of Eon, a vulture looking to keep December 31st on a loop, is pretty simple, with conflicts and characters that are typical and funny enough to take. But what can be memorable for a child is how some of this special is dark (with Eon) when it's not cute (most scenes with the baby). It's also interesting as a kind of sequel-cum-remake of the original Rudolph story, as the baby has to contend with having big ears- something that a child might find more relatable than a shiny nose. The songs are also a bit of a treat, if dated, and Red Skeleton does a fine double-job with the voicing of Father time and the little Bear on the island. Basically, it's the kind of special that is worth checking out with the kids for a few minutes, and if they get into it, it may prove a treat, and if not, there's still Nickelodeon.

CineMage **POSSIBLE SPOILERS ABOUT THIS AND OTHER CHRISTMAS SPECIALS AHEAD**While I can enjoy the cheeriness of the tale, and Red Skelton is always a joy to behold, this special fails for me on two levels.A minor quibble is the nakedly derivative storyline.A serious quibble is that Rudolph is de-evolved from a young adult deer back to a child.One of the wonderful aspects of the original "Rudolph the Rednosed Reindeer" special is that it functioned as a fairly honest coming-of-age story, a simplified but genuine bildungsroman for modern American children. A key moment is when Rudolph accepts the responsibilities and costs of becoming an adult. And it is the mature Rudolph, not the chibi cute li'l Rudolph, who is honored to lead Santa's sleigh. All this is negated when he suddenly reverts to childhood in this special in order to save the New Year.I am disappointed when an emptily cute story constitutes the sequel to an intelligent coming-of-age fable, and that is what has happened here.