A solid Xmas film

Rating: 8/10 (20 September 2005)

Tim Burton showed that you don't have to be Pixar or use "high-end" technologies to produce original cartoon. In fact, this one beats most of the recent CG movies visually. Extremely well animated, very imaginative background design and songs. Lyrics are at times hilarious, and at the very least amusing.
The film revolves around the concept of "halloween" guys trying to make Christmas with predictably failed results. I have to say that the plot itself is somewhat clichÃ©, but, probably, I've just seen too many of such movies. Execution is very nice, though, primarily due to an incredible amount of work that went into details. Another big minus is that it is too short by modern standards, a little over an hour. 8/10, with points deducted for length and plot.