Strong and Moving!

Good concept, poorly executed.

Go in cold, and you're likely to emerge with your blood boiling. This has to be seen to be believed.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Personally didn't think that 'Little Angels: The Brightest Christmas' was that bad. It is a long way from being among Golden Films' best efforts, but it's not among their worst either.'Little Angels: The Brightest Christmas', as far as Golden Films go, isn't as good as 'Thumbelina', 'The Little Mermaid', 'Pinocchio', 'The Three Musketeers', 'Princess Castle' and 'The Red Shoes'. Golden Films also did two other Christmas-themed animations, 'The Christmas Elves' and 'The Night Before Christmas', both of which also superior. On the other hand, it is much better than 'Tarzan of the Apes' (their worst), 'Hercules', 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame', 'Anastasia' and 'Treasure Island', all of which are mediocre or less, the first three in fact are lame.If anything, 'Little Angels: The Brightest Christmas' is a middling effort for them. While there is much better animation about, there's also much better.Not without hindrances. The story is thin on the ground and does lack momentum in places, it's less than 45 minutes and does struggle to have enough content for that running time. The dialogue is not a strong suit, too often feeling half-cooked and with an overload of cheese and over-sentimentality.Same with the animation, which consists of an uneven colour palette (sometimes vibrant but too often flat) and rather rough and rushed-looking drawing, the backgrounds also could have done with more detail. The characters are likable enough if underwritten.However, personally thought the music was quite nice myself. It's a long way from being the best ever heard in animation or anywhere, but it's pleasant enough and doesn't make you want to rip out your ear-drums. "To Protect You" and "You Are Not Alone" are sweet, but not overly sweet, songs.'Little Angels: The Brightest Christmas' does mean well and has its heart in the right place, to me it did have heart and soul and did make me tear up on occasions. The story does have some beautiful, touching and charming moments, and one of the best aspects is the messaging, it's a lovely message delivered with just the right amount of sincerity, just avoiding being too sentimental or preachy. As said, the characters are pretty likable and the voice work while not mind-blowing is admirable.In conclusion, not a complete misfire if not a gem. 6/10 Bethany Cox

BEWARE OF FALSE REVIEWS & REVIEWERS. SOME REVIEWERS HAVE ONLY ONE REVIEW TO THEIR NAME. NOW WHEN ITS A POSITIVE REVIEW THAT TELLS ME THEY WERE INVOLVED WITH THE MOVIE. IF ITS A NEGATIVE REVIEW THEN THEY MIGHT HAVE A GRUDGE AGAINST THE FILM . NOW I HAVE REVIEWED OVER 200 HOLIDAY FILMS. I HAVE NO AGENDA. I AM HONEST.So what's bad about it? 1) The Story-It's weak and thin with so soul or heart 2) The songs- The worse score I have ever herd anywhere regardless of the medium/showcase 3) Its a pilot to a show that was bad idea This cartoon can be found on DVD sets that have multiple titles but don't bother to watch it.In this a single man put his son in charge of the house. After the father leaves one of the younger children gets hurt. Because they live in a remote location (with no phone) the older child ventures out to get help for his brother. Along the way he gets help from "Angels". Now that sounds like this would be good but trust me the cartoon is so bad that you don't care about anything