This movie sucks.

Rating: Null/10 (14 November 2004)

The script is subpar, as you will see in the many awkward silences between the stilted dialogue. It goes to great lengths to impress you, and this movie wastes no opportunity to bombard viewers with that pretentious score. It got old very quick. The most defining trait of classic animated movies, though, is the memorability of its characters. The drones in this movies, though carefully placed into predictable archetypes, are not charismatic in the least. Tom Hank's character is the only one that comes close, and he wasn't even that good. Santa wasn't warm and cuddly, he was a big freaky looking guy. The songs were both of the made-for-TV quality, namely the first one, which was probably played so fast so viewers wouldn't realize how bad it was. The second was empty fluff recycled from countless Christmas films.
And "believe" has got to be the most overused word in movies, period.
Don't waste your money. The little kids I was with didn't even seem to enjoy it. Go see "The Incredibles" instead.