I realize this is subjective. The only other Rankin/Bass effort I disliked was Jack Frost, and that's also personal taste, but at least that show is imaginatve. This movie is contrived, convoluted, bizarre, disjointed, and about 65 minutes longer than it had to be. There are a few good one-liners by Frosty, but other than that, this is awful... and I'm easy to please! I had to watch Rudolph, Little Drummer Boy, and Santa Claus is Coming to Town, about three times each in order to get this ponderous, ill-conceived disaster out of my mind. Yes, it has a star-studded cast. So what? Shelly Winters couldn't sing, or in singing, she did it in character as the swimming lady who sacrificed herself to save the preacher in The Poseidon Adventure... after she was dead.
Sadly, the stop-motion is beautifully-done, but is utterly wasted on some of the worst writing ever made into film. A two out of ten is generous.
Sadly, the stop-motion is beautifully-done, but is utterly wasted on some of the worst writing ever made into film. A two out of ten is generous.