Variety
There are worse Yuletide kidpics, but "Elliot" has that particular by-committee quality which can suck the goodwill right out of the room.
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Elliot the Littlest Reindeer
A miniature horse named Elliot has three days to prepare for an audition to join Santa's reindeer in this animated family comedy featuring the voices of Martin Short and John Cleese.
2018Rating: G, Very mild themes and coarse language, some scenes may frighten very young children89 minsCanada
AnimatedKids & Family
- Director:
- Jennifer Westcott ('Locked in a Garage Band')
- Writer:
- Jennifer Westcott
- Cast:
- Morena BaccarinJosh HutchersonJohn CleeseMartin ShortChristopher JacotJeff DunhamJean YoonSamantha Bee
Elliot the Littlest Reindeer / Reviews
The New York Times
New evidence for the case that computer animation is homogenising children's movies, robbing them of visual interest, this harmless, charmless movie plods along well-trodden turf.
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Nobody operating on a low budget (roughly, anything less $100 million) has yet worked out how to make human figures look like anything but plastic dummies brought to unsettling half-life.
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Los Angeles Times
Undistinguished CGI animation, wan humour and uninspired dialogue further undermine this middling, if nicely-voiced journey.
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Hollywood Reporter
Elliot: The Littlest Reindeer is strictly for the most undiscriminating small fry.
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