I don't remember ever seeing this one before. For someone who knew the song very well, but not the film...wondering where have I been? If I have, it was a long time ago. It is definitely based upon the song, which is silly to begin with so the movie is just the same, far-fetched, yet considering the song and the animated movie match, it was exactly what it was supposed to be in a crazy and weird kind of way. They just made a move based on the song because they could, but that's about all. However, it turned out to be not as bad as I thought it would be, so I was a little pleasantly surprised. It's not a complete waste of time, but worthy of at least one viewing. Happy Holidays IMDb and everyone reading this review for 2017!
44 Reviews
Entertaining and amusing...
srmccarthy4 December 2000
I really do not care for animated movies, but this one was pretty good. Normally, I would not even CONSIDER watching an animated movie, but this one interested me (as the title, is that of a song have heard for years). I took a chance and did not regret it. I won't say it's a masterpiece, but it is worthy of respect. It is pretty much the way the song goes. As each detail of the story is demonstrated, a clip of the song is played. Also, there are several new songs introduced that create originality. Grandma has a store, A business man wants to buy it, but she does not want to sell. Cousin Mel plans to steal the store from Grandma, but all things change because "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer"!
What's next? Broadway?
Foggy-75 December 2000
When this first came out as a song, it was amusing, a light chuckle along the lines of Weird Al's Christmas at Ground Zero. That was over a decade ago. Now someone's decided that we need a 50-minutes explanation of the backstory behind the song.
The storylines not bad...it's the sort of Christmas special that seems naggingly familiar, from the courtroom scene (Miracle on 34th Street) to the tycoon buying a locally run store (Gremlins 2). The animation is crude though, with a cookie-cutter feel to it. The producers apparently felt that we needed more songs by the same artist, all of which are lethargic one-verse ditties devoid of humor.
One thing I'll give credit to: The 'evil tycoon' at least is written by the books. But overall, this novelty of a video makes a better bookstop than anything else.
The storylines not bad...it's the sort of Christmas special that seems naggingly familiar, from the courtroom scene (Miracle on 34th Street) to the tycoon buying a locally run store (Gremlins 2). The animation is crude though, with a cookie-cutter feel to it. The producers apparently felt that we needed more songs by the same artist, all of which are lethargic one-verse ditties devoid of humor.
One thing I'll give credit to: The 'evil tycoon' at least is written by the books. But overall, this novelty of a video makes a better bookstop than anything else.
Movie bad, cousin hot
jaredvogel11 December 2021
I would rather watch the Star Wars Holiday Special
abrown97525 December 2010
Warning: Spoilers
This is the worst Christmas special to ever air on television. There is this young kid named Jake Spankenheimer, who is just the most sickeningly-sweet and annoying kid you could ever see, whose Grandma, who sounds like she inhaled a tank of helium, was run over by one of Santa's reindeer. Yes, this is based on the novelty song. In fact, they even sing it in the beginning of the movie while everything is happening at the same time. The characters even say the freaking lyrics as they are doing what the song's lyrics describe. So, the movie REALLY wants to make sure that you know that it's based on the novelty song. But this movie puts a twist on the song, saying that the whole reason Grandma was run over was because of the in-your-face, b*tchy, fake-southern-accented, flamboyant villain cousin Mel, who tried to poison Grandma's fruitcakes which would somehow lead to Grandma selling the store which would make something... I don't know, I kind of stopped listening once I heard the title song. But it's not just the voices, or animation, or even the dialogue that make the movie bad, although they sure are contributors. It's the songs. One novelty song is enough, but we also have "Grandma's Spending Christmas Christmas With the Superstars", in which Grandpa sings about how he thinks Grandma is dead but isn't sad because he knows that she is in heaven having Christmas with Elvis, and... Elvis ('cause that's all he lists), but he sings it to jazz/rock 'n' roll. And also "Grandpa's Gonna Sue the Pants Off of Santa", which has cousin Mel and her accountant/lawyer/lesbian lover singing that Grandpa is (insert title here) because he's going to find out that Santa ran over her, and for some strange reason when they sing, they do it to tropical music/background while they wear samba outfits, spouting out the dumbest lyrics a novelty song could have: "Grandpa's gonna sue the pants off of Santa that's what grandpa's gonna do. Grandpas gonna sue the pants off of Santa. Cause grandma would have wanted him to. Grandpas gonna sue the pants off of Santa. He knows the law is on his side. Grandpas gonna sue the pants off of Santa. Santa's going for a ride! *Arriba*" Oh yeah, I'm gonna be humming that all week. But aside from that, the movie also rips off Miracle on 34th Street and other movies, has the stupidest villain ever, an annoying Grandma who thankfully gets run over by a reindeer, and little Jake, who is twelve (or whatever) yet still believes in Santa and is so annoyingly-sugary-sweet and good-hearted that I so dearly want a reindeer to run over him. Nothing in the special was right. It was boring, annoying, had horrible songs, had horrible voices, and it even had bad animation (Is that a dollop of whipped cream on Grandma's head? Oh wait, that's her hair). Skip this movie. This is the equivalent of finding a lump of coal in your stocking.
I wouldn't recommend it
sandyandron13722 December 2005
Trite and tiring, the one-liners almost made me cry. My 4 year old left the room and ended up doing a puzzle. I don't know what age group this was written for, but the writer himself/herself didn't even want credit. As for the song, it's mildly amusing. At least it was a decade ago. There are many Christmas movies to watch. Although I've seen some many more times than this, they are still enjoyable. Whenever this comes on, I try to encourage my child to watch something else. One positive note, that allowed a vote of 2 instead of 1, is that it encourages good moral values. That would have been encouraging, if anyone were watching.
Based on One of the Worst Christmas Songs
elicopperman22 December 2019
Warning: Spoilers
Ever wondered if there was a TV special so bizarre in concept that you'd think there'd be no way in existence it could see the light of day? Well, that's where we are with this catastrophe. Based on the song of the same name by Randy Brooks, this special aired quite a lot on Cartoon Network and has become somewhat of a minor cult classic, although that may be from ironic enjoyment. The film's director is known for making pretty solid television specials before, with established comic characters like Peanuts and Garfield, but how did this weird experiment favor out?
Now given the basic structure of the original song, obviously the special's story had to be heavily altered to meet an almost one hour run-time. With all that said, in terms of a plot, this has to be one of the most baffling holiday narratives I've ever seen. What seems to start off as a cute albeit weird story about a hardworking grandmother getting hit by Santa then turns into a serious crime caper about saving saint Nick from getting imprisoned. And don't even think the plot is straight forward either, since the structure is all over the place and so many plot points come out of the left field to the point that the so-called "story" becomes pointlessly convoluted. One scene will show the lead character, Jake Spankenheimer (no, I'm not making that up), trying to save his family's shop, and the next will show him heading to the north pole where his grandma has been aided by Santa and his elves. Even if this plot could work on its own, the short length makes it feel rushed and underdeveloped without any time to let the viewers breathe.
However, the strangest aspect about these flaws is that they actually make the special entertaining. Just the mere fact that these creative decisions even exist alone is laughable already, but whatever motivations the characters have makes the experience surprisingly joyful. The titular grandma is nothing more than a sweet old lady who wants to spread good will instead of greed, and yet that makes for a weird conflict with the antagonistic cousin Mel. HER goal is to sell Grandma's holiday store to corporate conglomerates for no other reason than money, yet her intentions are so stereo-typically evil that one can't help put laugh at how loony she must be. As for the aforementioned Jake, his love for Christmas and Santa Claus is so big that it almost makes him delusional to the fact that his own grandmother nearly died from the old fat man. Every other character is just a walking trope, from the sleazy tycoon Austin Bucks, to the senile grandfather, to Jake's cookie cutter family, and even Santa feeling like a basic character archetype of what the jolly old elf is supposed to be.
In terms of visuals, even by television standards, the animation looks really bland and lackluster. The character designs look the same, the backgrounds are too drab for a colorful holiday cartoon and nothing else about the overall aesthetic sticks out well, or even badly for that matter. Although, due to the artists obviously having to meet a deadline, there may have been some noticeable goofs in the "animation" process. The characters barely move much, the lip-sync is hilariously off and some notable motion errors are worth freeze framing to the point of including them in meme culture. But of course, being a part musical, there are songs by Elmo Shropshire (the original performer of the song), yet the transitions into them are so forced they must be seen to be believed. Not that the songs are worth listening to on their own since they're pretty forgettable, it's just that the rushed plot crammed them in so poorly that they feel like add-ons. Having mediocre songs is one thing, but failing to tie them neatly into a holiday narrative makes for some unintentional glory.
If anyone were to ask me what holiday special could never have been thought possible yet it still was, I would directly point to this fascinating train-wreck. Maybe it's due to its source material being nothing more than a dumb novelty song, but Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer is so messily written and planned out that it's worth laughing at for all the wrong reasons. The only recommendation I can give is to those who wanna find corny and stupid holiday specials that have fallen in obscurity, just so as long as you have enough eggnog to keep you going. Hey, if the song makes no sense, why should this special?
Now given the basic structure of the original song, obviously the special's story had to be heavily altered to meet an almost one hour run-time. With all that said, in terms of a plot, this has to be one of the most baffling holiday narratives I've ever seen. What seems to start off as a cute albeit weird story about a hardworking grandmother getting hit by Santa then turns into a serious crime caper about saving saint Nick from getting imprisoned. And don't even think the plot is straight forward either, since the structure is all over the place and so many plot points come out of the left field to the point that the so-called "story" becomes pointlessly convoluted. One scene will show the lead character, Jake Spankenheimer (no, I'm not making that up), trying to save his family's shop, and the next will show him heading to the north pole where his grandma has been aided by Santa and his elves. Even if this plot could work on its own, the short length makes it feel rushed and underdeveloped without any time to let the viewers breathe.
However, the strangest aspect about these flaws is that they actually make the special entertaining. Just the mere fact that these creative decisions even exist alone is laughable already, but whatever motivations the characters have makes the experience surprisingly joyful. The titular grandma is nothing more than a sweet old lady who wants to spread good will instead of greed, and yet that makes for a weird conflict with the antagonistic cousin Mel. HER goal is to sell Grandma's holiday store to corporate conglomerates for no other reason than money, yet her intentions are so stereo-typically evil that one can't help put laugh at how loony she must be. As for the aforementioned Jake, his love for Christmas and Santa Claus is so big that it almost makes him delusional to the fact that his own grandmother nearly died from the old fat man. Every other character is just a walking trope, from the sleazy tycoon Austin Bucks, to the senile grandfather, to Jake's cookie cutter family, and even Santa feeling like a basic character archetype of what the jolly old elf is supposed to be.
In terms of visuals, even by television standards, the animation looks really bland and lackluster. The character designs look the same, the backgrounds are too drab for a colorful holiday cartoon and nothing else about the overall aesthetic sticks out well, or even badly for that matter. Although, due to the artists obviously having to meet a deadline, there may have been some noticeable goofs in the "animation" process. The characters barely move much, the lip-sync is hilariously off and some notable motion errors are worth freeze framing to the point of including them in meme culture. But of course, being a part musical, there are songs by Elmo Shropshire (the original performer of the song), yet the transitions into them are so forced they must be seen to be believed. Not that the songs are worth listening to on their own since they're pretty forgettable, it's just that the rushed plot crammed them in so poorly that they feel like add-ons. Having mediocre songs is one thing, but failing to tie them neatly into a holiday narrative makes for some unintentional glory.
If anyone were to ask me what holiday special could never have been thought possible yet it still was, I would directly point to this fascinating train-wreck. Maybe it's due to its source material being nothing more than a dumb novelty song, but Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer is so messily written and planned out that it's worth laughing at for all the wrong reasons. The only recommendation I can give is to those who wanna find corny and stupid holiday specials that have fallen in obscurity, just so as long as you have enough eggnog to keep you going. Hey, if the song makes no sense, why should this special?
This is what TV in hell must be like...
athoswhite22 December 2009
If we really want to get serious and find Osama Bin Laden, then we should take this stinker down to Gitmo and force the detainees to watch it. They'll be singing within minutes. Of course, I'm sure that making them watch this god-awful dreck violates the Geneva Convention in several ways.
Look, my 5 year old daughter isn't allowed to watch TV at home. So take her to her grandparents or cousins and she's a little TV zombie. She got up and walked away after about ten minutes. That's how bad this is.
You know, when the person responsible for this garbage was a young writer, I bet he or she had dreams of the great American novel. Now they have to look in the mirror every morning with the realization that they wrote what is possibly the worst hour of television in the history of the medium.
And we wonder why the rest of the world hates us...
Look, my 5 year old daughter isn't allowed to watch TV at home. So take her to her grandparents or cousins and she's a little TV zombie. She got up and walked away after about ten minutes. That's how bad this is.
You know, when the person responsible for this garbage was a young writer, I bet he or she had dreams of the great American novel. Now they have to look in the mirror every morning with the realization that they wrote what is possibly the worst hour of television in the history of the medium.
And we wonder why the rest of the world hates us...
Oddly, A Classic
michaelgarykelley19947 December 2018
"Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer" is a film I hadn't seen in forever, and I'm not even sure it comes on Cartoon Network, anymore. I saw it the day it premiered, and have always had a soft spot towards it, in my heart. It has so many great things about it, for the nostalgic taste of someone who actually cares about it, but it definitely has flaws I've only now picked-up on.
Essentially, this is a film that takes that hilarious, homey classic song and adds a story around it. It's not necessarily in need of existence, and yet I've always enjoyed it, no matter how much everyone I know hates it.
You have a family literally called the Spankenheimers (lmao), and there's a grandmother whom owns a store everyone in town seems to love. A businessman tries to purchase the store, but the grandmother is not interested in selling the old, charming place. Eventually, grandma gets cold-cocked by Santa and his reindeer, and they kidnap her from the yard of her own home, even though they claim they don't know where she lives. Again, though: they kidnapped her from the front yard lol. Santa and his team take grandma to the North Pole, and keep her for almost a year. The grandmother's grandson (grandson Spankenheimer lol) doesn't believe his grandmother is dead, and he tries his best to find her. And that's the story, pretty much. Very cooky. Very odd. Very silly. But lovable, quite frankly.
I personally think the voice acting is fine from almost everyone, except for Cousin Mel (a sellout within the Spank-Bank family tree). That actress can sometimes sound sadistic, and sometimes makes me laugh out loud about her line delivery-as if she didn't understand what she was supposed to be saying.
The music is quite a mess. The original song and title is very solid, and something heartwarming for me, since I grew-up on it. But, Good Lord, it spirals downhill with songs like "Grandpa's Gonna Sue The Pants Off Of Santa". That's a real song, and it goes on for almost five minutes. It's pretty rough stuff.
The animation is not very smooth. Sometimes, it feels like they hadn't drawn enough frames, and so they just slowed-down the footage they actually drew.
The coloring is absolutely vivid, however, and I feel it makes this special movie a lot more personable and cozy in my memories from when I was younger.
If you can't tell, I really love it, in an odd way, and probably always will. I really hope, if I'm blessed with children of my own, someday, that they'll enjoy this as much as I had, for so many years.
Surprisingly, I would call this a modern Christmas classic, even though it probably shouldn't exist.
Essentially, this is a film that takes that hilarious, homey classic song and adds a story around it. It's not necessarily in need of existence, and yet I've always enjoyed it, no matter how much everyone I know hates it.
You have a family literally called the Spankenheimers (lmao), and there's a grandmother whom owns a store everyone in town seems to love. A businessman tries to purchase the store, but the grandmother is not interested in selling the old, charming place. Eventually, grandma gets cold-cocked by Santa and his reindeer, and they kidnap her from the yard of her own home, even though they claim they don't know where she lives. Again, though: they kidnapped her from the front yard lol. Santa and his team take grandma to the North Pole, and keep her for almost a year. The grandmother's grandson (grandson Spankenheimer lol) doesn't believe his grandmother is dead, and he tries his best to find her. And that's the story, pretty much. Very cooky. Very odd. Very silly. But lovable, quite frankly.
I personally think the voice acting is fine from almost everyone, except for Cousin Mel (a sellout within the Spank-Bank family tree). That actress can sometimes sound sadistic, and sometimes makes me laugh out loud about her line delivery-as if she didn't understand what she was supposed to be saying.
The music is quite a mess. The original song and title is very solid, and something heartwarming for me, since I grew-up on it. But, Good Lord, it spirals downhill with songs like "Grandpa's Gonna Sue The Pants Off Of Santa". That's a real song, and it goes on for almost five minutes. It's pretty rough stuff.
The animation is not very smooth. Sometimes, it feels like they hadn't drawn enough frames, and so they just slowed-down the footage they actually drew.
The coloring is absolutely vivid, however, and I feel it makes this special movie a lot more personable and cozy in my memories from when I was younger.
If you can't tell, I really love it, in an odd way, and probably always will. I really hope, if I'm blessed with children of my own, someday, that they'll enjoy this as much as I had, for so many years.
Surprisingly, I would call this a modern Christmas classic, even though it probably shouldn't exist.
Director should have been run over by reindeer
hdavis444416 December 2002
Lame, ridiculous and absurd. My 6 year old son talked us into watching this rubbish. Tripe stereotypes and themes not appropriate for children. The antithesis of the commercialism of Christmas is not socialism it's Jesus.
Simply, hilariously bad
dj398025 November 2011
This movie is really bad, but really funny because of it. Yes the plot is rather stupid but most Christmas films are not exactly plausible or in this case, "clausible". HA HA. The songs are also lame, but still funny. They also seem to have added extra ones that branch of ideas from the original. The jokes are not that hard to get, there isn't really any violence or foul language...just fine for the kids. The animations are fine, doesn't have to be CGI to be considered good. Don't know why this movie is being trashed so badly, it's not by far the worst holiday one out there. We look forward to seeing this every year and hope they keep airing it. If you haven't watched it out yet, definitely look for a copy on Amazon or YouTube.
A Beautiful Mess
baileycrawly10 November 2020
Alright, listen. This special is all over the place. It's awkwardly animated (to say the least), the story is weakly fashioned around a satirical Christmas song (and is more filler than genuine, holly-jolly entertainment), the voice acting is subpar, and, at 51 minutes, it's way too long.
But all those things are what make this ridiculous little movie so endearing. It's something I would watch as a kid and enjoy, if for nothing more than the simple story and jokes. It was a little too long to hold my attention throughout, even then, but it still had something special about it that kept me coming year after year.
Now, it's good for the fun factor of it. You can't put this on expecting to see A Charlie Brown Christmas-level of quality, because that's just not it. When taken for that it is (a quick attempt for Warner Bros. to cash in on the hit Dr. Elmo song), it offers just enough to give a little holiday cheer.
Shoehorning in a bunch of cuts off Dr. Elmo's Christmas record of the same name, it makes for some of the most awkward, inappropriately inserted musical numbers, perhaps, in this history of animated movies. It's worthy of countless razzies and that's why I love it.
Waste of time
chevy_girl-4965730 November 2019
Sucked this was a waste of time. There wasn't enough booze to get us through this holiday hell-hole. The plot is so stupid, a greedy cousin plots to get her Grandmother run over by a reindeer and then pin it on Santa. The storyline was frustratingly stupid and I want that hour of my life back.
Why, why, whyyyyyyy was this made?
AlrightGuy13 December 2006
I like a good novelty song. No, I take that back. I love a good novelty song. I absolutely despise GGROBAR on the other hand, and have from the first note I ever heard. When I found out someone had made a cartoon based on it, my head almost exploded. Now that I have seen it because my kids begged me, I wish my head had exploded. It would have saved me from the excruciating misery that was this cr@pfest. First of all, making an hour long show based on a three minute novelty song is a ridiculous idea. To stretch a song like this, which had to pad like crazy just to be that long, into an entire hour, is even more ludicrous. This was poorly written, cheaply animated, poorly acted...the list goes on and on. Dear God, is this ever bad.
Bad in almost every way possible
TheLittleSongbird9 December 2010
Don't get me wrong, I love Christmas specials but I really disliked this one. This did have the ingredients for it to be at least charming, but so much let it down that my head was throbbing from hitting the wall countless times. The animation is very shoddy especially in the character designs, while the music is mostly awful. The incidental music is okay, but the songs were what irked me. Not only are the melodies forgettable and the lyrics trite, some of them don't fit with the story at all. The story is a great idea but badly told, and not helped by the poor pacing and terrible dialogue. Very few of the characters are likable either, and the voice acting ranges to decent to sub-par. So all in all, this was really quite bad, at least for me. 1/10 Bethany Cox
Confusing - Very Confusing
mhspcnauunc26 December 2006
This is supposedly a story in which a GROWN MAN tells a story about his youth. Yet, you see things like personal computers, e-mails, faxes, etc, which are items used in the late 20th Century and early 21st.
So when is this guy supposed to be telling this story - in 2020. Gee, I wonder how advanced we are then. How about telling us that.
Also, there are several legal issues which also make no sense. In the courtroom scene, the story falls into the usual pratfalls of surprise evidence, which is inadmissible in any real court of law in this country. Also, Grandma would have to be missing at least seven years in most states before to be declared officially dead.
Congratulations Elmo Shropshire. You are now officially a SELLOUT.
So when is this guy supposed to be telling this story - in 2020. Gee, I wonder how advanced we are then. How about telling us that.
Also, there are several legal issues which also make no sense. In the courtroom scene, the story falls into the usual pratfalls of surprise evidence, which is inadmissible in any real court of law in this country. Also, Grandma would have to be missing at least seven years in most states before to be declared officially dead.
Congratulations Elmo Shropshire. You are now officially a SELLOUT.
Truly the worst Christmas special I've ever seen
nerfball_king18 December 2013
Thought this might be funny, but unfortunately this crummy movie is just shockingly sloppy in stereotypes, pathetic animation, terrible music and unlikable characters. It's difficult to explain how bad this is, or even what the supposed plot is (there's an evil cousin Mel who is trying to steal the store from the kind-hearted Grandma from the title song), but if you've made it through the first 10 minutes of this abortion of an animated special, you can figure out what's going to happen. Of course, if you can make it that far, you might want to make sure you are still alive and have not been banished to a netherworld of lousy television programming. This movie is inappropriate for children, and for anyone with good taste.
This animated version of the song "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" just didn't work for me
tavm20 March 2011
Warning: Spoilers
For years, I wondered how they could make an animated cartoon about the death of a beloved grandmother caused by a reindeer running over her based on a tongue-in-cheek Christmas novelty song called "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer". Now that I've watched the result and found out that it's only partially implied she might've kicked the bucket and is actually staying at the North Pole because of amnesia, I've got to say part of me would've preferred that the song just stayed a song. I mean, all the additional stuff-like the clichéd villainous cousin, in this case the female Cousin Mel-just makes one head spin thinking how the now-iconic song is now being violated just for the sake of possibly making another classic holiday cartoon special. Well, this time, it didn't work for me as the story seemed too contrived, the characters too sugary sweet, and the situations too unbelievable. Of course, if I was still under-12...
Good show ......but why......
mjalbers-854554 December 2020
So what a great Christmas kids show. I rented it for my nieces and didn't realize they had to put all kinds of cleavage and inappropriate dress on the women. Its a kid show . Are you for real.
I regret renting it. Could be a perfect show, but..... kids don't need to be exposed to that at a young age. Shameful.
Oh, the Pure Agony...X_X
yng_tr8 December 2006
Never I have seen a movie so terrible that i've gone insane. It was a HUGE waste of time seeing this crappy film. There are a lot of things i hate about this movie: The songs is so terrible (yet a little bit catchy) i hit my head on the wall(especially from the song 'Grandpa is gonna sue the pants out of Santa' which i hit 10 Times *shrugs*), the character design, and that evil, greedy, and Bitchy cousin Mel.
I cannot stand her for one second, she has got to be one of the most bitchiest person i've seen. Even though i kinda like her southern voice.
The only bright-side is that Austin Bucks is played by the person who is the voice of Liquid Snake from Metal Gear Solid.
I would not recommended to people to watch for the holidays as it was a HUGE disgrace for x-mas.
I cannot stand her for one second, she has got to be one of the most bitchiest person i've seen. Even though i kinda like her southern voice.
The only bright-side is that Austin Bucks is played by the person who is the voice of Liquid Snake from Metal Gear Solid.
I would not recommended to people to watch for the holidays as it was a HUGE disgrace for x-mas.
A Timeless Classic
rjvandoel25 December 2010
I'm not going to lie to you. It's not for everyone. What really got me into the movie where all the fun songs sprinkled throughout the movie. Is it cheesy? Yes. Is it poorly made with terrible voice acting and animation? Yes. Is it a movie with a great message? You bet. If you enjoy Christmas and the spirit behind it this movie is for you. If you don't you might get a good chuckle and the cheepins of the whole experience.
I started watching this back in 2000 and I was delighted when Cartoon Network started showing it during the Holidays round clock. Can't you see. We'll finally be. Jesus Christ superstar lock your car we're in Harlem baby I'm a loser.
I started watching this back in 2000 and I was delighted when Cartoon Network started showing it during the Holidays round clock. Can't you see. We'll finally be. Jesus Christ superstar lock your car we're in Harlem baby I'm a loser.
Horrid.
houndra25 July 2004
Horrid...Truly horrid. The movie revolves around some kid who, by then SHOULD HAVE outgrown Santa. His personality is completely one-dimensional and his catchphrase is "yeeeeeasssssssss!!!". his family isn't much better. Granny has an irritating voice and at least is mildly entertaining (but not much). The evil salesman and his ugly sidekick are both as cookie-cutter as you can get. Santa's nothing new, and grandpa looks like some ripoff of the Disney Gepetto. With that out of the way, I'll go on about the story.
Once again, Christmas is just some big spend-fest. Religion isn't mentioned ONCE. I grew up in a Christain family and went to a Christain school, and I can tell you, I do NOT like ChristiansBut I still respect them. You know why? Because they're just living the way that they see as right. Christmas is not about giving. It's not about getting. It's about the birth of Jesus and that is the way it is. Giving is just a tradition that commemorates the 3 gifts presented on that holy day. Santa thinks he can cancel a holiday just because some people don't acknowledge him. When he's found to be real, you'd think people would've been more surprised. So Christmas is portrayed as "Santa Day", celebrating some guy that doesn't exist.
The songs are bad. Too bad to talk even more about. And the acting is even worse. I don't even know how they got a few pros to do this chunk of crap. The story is just completely unoriginal and the jokes...That was the ONE THING that got unjust treatment. Had the jokes been in a different movie, they would've been pretty good. The animation...If you can call it that, looks like it wasn't even drawn by hand. The character's chins wouldn't move when speaking, the tongues looked terrible, it wasn't inbetweened. They didn't even get good artists! I could do better...And that's no exaggeration. I mean it. I'm 14 an I could draw AT LEAST 10 times better.Really. Stay away from this, at all costs.
Once again, Christmas is just some big spend-fest. Religion isn't mentioned ONCE. I grew up in a Christain family and went to a Christain school, and I can tell you, I do NOT like ChristiansBut I still respect them. You know why? Because they're just living the way that they see as right. Christmas is not about giving. It's not about getting. It's about the birth of Jesus and that is the way it is. Giving is just a tradition that commemorates the 3 gifts presented on that holy day. Santa thinks he can cancel a holiday just because some people don't acknowledge him. When he's found to be real, you'd think people would've been more surprised. So Christmas is portrayed as "Santa Day", celebrating some guy that doesn't exist.
The songs are bad. Too bad to talk even more about. And the acting is even worse. I don't even know how they got a few pros to do this chunk of crap. The story is just completely unoriginal and the jokes...That was the ONE THING that got unjust treatment. Had the jokes been in a different movie, they would've been pretty good. The animation...If you can call it that, looks like it wasn't even drawn by hand. The character's chins wouldn't move when speaking, the tongues looked terrible, it wasn't inbetweened. They didn't even get good artists! I could do better...And that's no exaggeration. I mean it. I'm 14 an I could draw AT LEAST 10 times better.Really. Stay away from this, at all costs.
Very, very weak
darkghost340028 November 2015
Warning: Spoilers
This movie is extremely cliché in all: not only the overused Christmas tropes but also Jake and his family. The animation style is very flawed. The drawing style is okay and well colored, but the animation lacks fluidity in many parts. The songs were laughable in the bad way, because they are just shoehorned and they don't contribute to the plot at all. And no, they are nor beautiful and there aren't good lyrics to compensate their gratuitous status.
The plot is badly done, because they miss many things. In example, the time isn't enough to declare someone disappeared and Jake puts the people to taste a rotten fruitcake to prove Santa's innocence. There are many badly decided moments on this film. The Santa's idea also is poorly thought. Putting Grandma in his house? It would be far smarter to send her to a hospital. That way, all of Cousin Mel's gambit wouldn't happen. That is super idiotic and shows how weak is the storyline.
Among the characters, no one is likable, relatable or interesting. At best, you can remember Cousin Mel and Grandma for being extremely attractive. Characters are too unbelievable, cliché and uninteresting to be memorable.
The voice acting in general is decent, but Grandma's voice is beyond awful. She seems to have eaten helium and her voice is unbearable.
This film is bad, but it can be kind of entertaining and you can laugh of the bad things of the film. It is watchable, at least.
The plot is badly done, because they miss many things. In example, the time isn't enough to declare someone disappeared and Jake puts the people to taste a rotten fruitcake to prove Santa's innocence. There are many badly decided moments on this film. The Santa's idea also is poorly thought. Putting Grandma in his house? It would be far smarter to send her to a hospital. That way, all of Cousin Mel's gambit wouldn't happen. That is super idiotic and shows how weak is the storyline.
Among the characters, no one is likable, relatable or interesting. At best, you can remember Cousin Mel and Grandma for being extremely attractive. Characters are too unbelievable, cliché and uninteresting to be memorable.
The voice acting in general is decent, but Grandma's voice is beyond awful. She seems to have eaten helium and her voice is unbearable.
This film is bad, but it can be kind of entertaining and you can laugh of the bad things of the film. It is watchable, at least.
A dumb special for a dumb song.
AntonFokker17 December 2015
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I have never heard of Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer, and after I heard that song and watched this special, I am glad that I never did. This is one of the dumbest Christmas specials I have ever seen.
The story is about grandma Spenkenheimer (yes, that is their name) who owns a store in the town of Citysville (why does the title Powerpuff girls come into my mind?). People want to by the store, and her cousin Mell want to sell the store. But grandma refuse's all the offers. On Christmas eve she got run over by Santa's sled, and went missing ever since. Now it is up to Jake (grandma's grandson) to make sure that the store don't get into anyone's hands and save the Holiday.
The story sounds like a 8 year old would come up with. there is no logic here. Why would the big corporate guy care about the store so much? Why bother with the whole courtroom thing to save Christmas (like miracle on 34th street done wrong)? Why does an probably 12 year old believe in Santa (I mean that he acts like an 5 year old about it)? It is so out of place, not in the fun way, in resembling any reality.
The songs are out of place. It is not like a musical, where the songs are an extension of the story. The title song is just dumb, the others are so out of place, that it made me thing that they are there only because a lot of animated Christmas specials have song in them.
The characters are a joke. They are stereotypes. You have the corporate guy, the parents that have little to no impact what so ever, the villain's motivation is just because she is greedy, and the boy Jake is one of the most annoying brads I have seen in any film. At best: they leave no impact on you. At worst: You will hate every single one of them.
To sum it all up: it is just dumb. Skip this special. You are better of without it.
The story is about grandma Spenkenheimer (yes, that is their name) who owns a store in the town of Citysville (why does the title Powerpuff girls come into my mind?). People want to by the store, and her cousin Mell want to sell the store. But grandma refuse's all the offers. On Christmas eve she got run over by Santa's sled, and went missing ever since. Now it is up to Jake (grandma's grandson) to make sure that the store don't get into anyone's hands and save the Holiday.
The story sounds like a 8 year old would come up with. there is no logic here. Why would the big corporate guy care about the store so much? Why bother with the whole courtroom thing to save Christmas (like miracle on 34th street done wrong)? Why does an probably 12 year old believe in Santa (I mean that he acts like an 5 year old about it)? It is so out of place, not in the fun way, in resembling any reality.
The songs are out of place. It is not like a musical, where the songs are an extension of the story. The title song is just dumb, the others are so out of place, that it made me thing that they are there only because a lot of animated Christmas specials have song in them.
The characters are a joke. They are stereotypes. You have the corporate guy, the parents that have little to no impact what so ever, the villain's motivation is just because she is greedy, and the boy Jake is one of the most annoying brads I have seen in any film. At best: they leave no impact on you. At worst: You will hate every single one of them.
To sum it all up: it is just dumb. Skip this special. You are better of without it.
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