Standard corporate product.

Rating: 3/10 (7 June 2013)

The good:

Three good interesting characters, enjoyable variations of Santa, the Eastern Bunny and the Sandman.

The bad:

Unbearable music. Your average formatted philharmonic Hollywood rubbish, yet way more annoying than usual; a record and ears breaker.

Pathological hyperactivity. Guardians always move and fight at super-speed (a common source of annoyance in this kind of film). Meanwhile, the orchestra will never allow your eyes to suffer more than your ears.

Bad animation. While movements are frantic, bodies are rigid.

Dull story. Kids completely change their entire belief system in minutes. Mythic characters lose their power when kids stop believing, except for the hero, powerful yet unknown to anyone.

Dull villain. You can't have a good movie with a dull villain.

Mawkishness. Very corny, i.e., the usual amount.

Conclusion: There is no magician behind the scene here, just a team of jobbers, including a scenarist who has good ideas once in a while.