Mjeteconer Just perfect...

Beanbioca As Good As It Gets

Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

Fatma Suarez The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

ragingbull1965 For kids who have grown up with Christmas animations such as Jim Carry's Grinch and A Christmas Carol, this classic animation may not appeal to them. But for those of us who grew up watching this program as well as A Charlie Brown's Christmas and A Christmas Story, this will definitely have sentimental value. The ranger represents every parent who tries to explain Santa Claus to their children and the cubs represent every child who wants to learn about Santa. Of course the parents know that Santa doesn't exist and the kids want to believe in him so the parents (in this case, the Ranger) will pretend Santa is real so as not to disappoint their children (the cubs). Where I live, this delightful animation is not shown anymore. The last time it was featured was 2004, if I recall correctly. But if anyone has the chance to watch it, I recommend that they give it a chance. And for those of us "baby-boomers", it will be a chance to relive our own childhood and remember a time when public celebrations of Christmas were not politically incorrect and how excited we all were every year during Christmas. And how much we liked this film when we watched it as kids!

snafuone This was a great cartoon i watched as a kid. It remains my favorite Christmas cartoon. Better the Rudolph! Better than Grinch, too! Just total innocence in this one. There's two little bears that are told about Christmas by the park ranger, and then they want to celebrate Christmas, like humans do. They're excited. The only problem is that it's wintertime, and mama bear wants them to hibernate for the winter. Then, confronted by mama bear, Mr. Ranger tells her about the legend of Santa Claus, and agrees to help the little bears experience Christmas so that they will go to sleep. The ending of this little Christmas cartoon will tug at your heartstrings, as the joy of Christmas is experienced by the little family of bears. I converted the VHS tape copy i have to DVD, so it will always be preserved. I will watch this every Christmastime that i'm living.I find that there is only one problem with this movie. It's a line i just cannot agree with. Mama bear tells the cubs, "I'm afraid Christmas is just for humans, not bears." I believe that the animal world celebrates Christmas with all the joy, love and excitement that humans celebrate it with. Animals of all types know very well about Christmas. God created them, as well as humans. I am certain that the animals know about God's love for humanity, because God also loves his animals. God loves all his creation.

rickbarry While I hate to be a scrooge, this is by far the worst Christmas special I've ever sat through. From the soporific score to the glacial pace of the story, there was very little in this film to make it worth watching. There was a standard, feel good Christmas message in the story, but the way it was told made it hard to get that message across.We sat down a few nights before Christmas to watch this video with three adults and two children (under 6). By the time it was over, all three adults had drifted off at some point, and both children were growing increasingly bored. You could have tightened this story up and made it much more watchable if you took out a lot of the musical numbers (which tended to be very repetitive and didn't add much to the story), and brought it down to about 25 minutes rather than its 45 minute running time.My recommendation: Don't waste your time, there's too much good Christmas entertainment out there to bother with something like this.

moonspinner55 Sure, its syrupy in the extreme, but this holiday cartoon tale about two bear cubs awaiting Santa Claus on Christmas Eve is rather charming in its naiveté. Following a live-action prologue (which features two kids, a grandpa, and a really sleepy cat), this becomes a semi-musical animated treat with Jean Vander Pyl (Wilma Flintstone herself!) voicing Nana, the mother bear. She tries to get her cubs to hibernate, but they're too excited about seeing Saint Nick. This matinée item is geared strictly towards the under-10 crowd, though I found it simple and reassuring, if treacly. Tony Benedict co-directed from his own script (and also co-produced). Although it resembles a Hanna-Barbera offering, the movie is actually the product of Ellman Film Enterprises and Key Industries Ltd.