Horst_In_Translation Review of My Little Pony: Best Gift Ever

My Little Pony: Best Gift Ever (2018 TV Movie)

Maybe the gift should have given some quality to this movie

[4/10 · 15 December 2018]

"My Little Pony: Best Gift Ever" is a new American animated short film from 2018 and the popularity of this one shows that the My Little Pony franchise is far from finished. Oh well, I won't say too much about the writers and directors here apart from that it is more people working on this project than you'd expect for a short film slightly under 45 minutes. And even if it was released back in october already, this is a Christmas special, which probably also explains its popularity on imdb at this very moment. Cast list here includes a hanfdul of fairly known names for voice acting like Tara Strong of course. Some of the actors are doing a decent job, others I found relatively annoying to listen to I cannot deny. So the story is the decisive factor and I was not really sold here. Struggled hard in developing any emotions or hopes for the characters, which may not only have to do with the plot here, but certainly also with the animation style. I am somebody who really enjoys a good kids film, animated or not, but I have never been too big on MLP I must say. That's why the outcome for me is not surprising and I cannot deny there is some subjective component to it for sure. But yeah, chances are high you have seen quite a lot from this MLP universe already if you consider checking out this very new installment, so you don't need my opinion that I do not recommend the watch here and give it a thumbs-down because I felt it dragged and not a single production value really won me over. You can decide for yourself I'm sure. Do it.