The Christmas Toy
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Movie Reviews of The Christmas Toy
Movie Review: Classic Muppet Special & Jim Henson Outshines Them All!
Summary: 5 Stars
Originally released in 1986 on T.V. as a prime time holiday special. It is one of the best specials Jim Henson ever produced. And I have been waiting for this to be realeased on DVD forever! I am so happy that they have finally done it, except for cutting out Kermit. What can you do, complain and whine? I'm just happy I can share this story with my kids and it brings such warm memories from Christmas when I was a kid. It is truly The Original "Toy Story".
Now, I love Pixar, but they completely ripped off the idea from Jim Henson. I wish credit was put where credit is due.
Enjoy this one, it truly is a Christmas Classic!
Here is a synopsis of the story from IMDb:
When no people are around, the toys still play in the playroom. But since a toy will be frozen forever if a person catches it out of position, they have to be very careful. It's Christmas Eve, and Rugby the Tiger remembers how he was the Christmas Toy last year, and thinks he's going to be unwrapped again. And it's up to Apple the Doll, whom Rugby supplanted as favorite toy, to tell him what's in store. But Rugby won't believe her, and tries to get into the Christmas package and lets Meteora, Queen of the Asteroids loose. Unfortunately, she doesn't know she's a toy, and thinks she's landed among aliens. And it's up to Apple, Mew (the Cat's toy mouse), and the other toys to get Rugby out of the box and Meteora back in it before they're found and frozen.
Movie Review: With or without Kermie, it's still terrific!
Summary: 5 Stars
How sad is this...? My sister and I, who are 27 and 30 respectively, think this is the most fun Christmas movie to watch together around the holidays! When our mother taped it off the TV (and we still have that...and every single commercial is for some kind of margarine, which they don't do anymore [that is, run only one product's commercials during a program]) we watched it over a few Christmases and then forgot about it. In high school we rediscovered the tape and thought the story was really stupid and childish...but then, despite ridiculing the idiocy of the stinking mouse "Mew" and the wide-eyed vacuousness of "Apple" the doll (maybe Gwynnie Paltrow liked this movie too and named her poor daughter after that character...?), we ended up watching it every Christmas since. And of course the busty Meteora, who is as close to a villain as this show has, is particularly worthwhile, with her outrageous "outer space" breastplate and diva-esque song. In truth the songs are memorable, like "Old Friends, New Friends" and of course, as it's a Muppet production, one would be hard pressed to find even the most jaded Gen-X'er who wouldn't smile at the antics of Jim Henson's creations. Merry Christmas!Movie Review: My Favorite Childhood Christmas Movie
Summary: 5 Stars
I am so happy I saw that this is coming out on DVD. As someone else said, I also have this on VHS from when it was on TV. I can't wait to see it on DVD. I HOPE that Kermit is in it. It won't be the same without him narrating and then being dressed up as Santa going down the chimney.
This is my favorite childhood Christmas movie. After watching it I always wondered if my toys came to life when I wasn't in the room. It's funny what you think when your a child.
I can't wait to get this and show my cousins. This is way better than the crap they make for kids today. It may be because this is what I grew up with, but I prefer this to CGI and that other stuff they make kid's movies with today.
Trust me, if you have never seen this and you were a kid in the 80s, get it. You will enjoy it. True classic (at least for me).
Movie Review: A classic which has been digitally remastered!
Summary: 5 Stars
My wife has this movie on VHS, recorded about 20 years ago, and has to watch it every year for Christmas. The problem was that the videotape was getting so worn out that it was so annoying having to adjust the tracking. So imagine how excited I was to hear that this movie was released for the first time on DVD! I'll tell you what, the quality is FANTASTIC!! If you weren't a video-phile like me, you wouldn't be able to tell this was shot in the 80's, the quality was perfect - not grainy or faded or anything! Unfortunately, I'm not much of an audio-phile, so I could not provide much on the sound quality except for the fact that it says on the back it is Dolby 2.0. The only thing that gave away the fact this movie was shot in the 80's was the types of clothes the people were wearing!!Movie Review: As good as you remember it!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I remember watching this movie when I was little. My mom taped it off the tv and in recent years the tape has been watched so many times it's starting to wear out. When I saw this I knew I had to have it! I bought a copy for myself, my younger sister and my best friend's 3 year old. As soon as it came I had to watch it, and I was quite suprised that I still remembered the songs all these years later. When I gave the movie to my friend's little boy at Thanksgiving we had to sit and watch it immediately. It's such a wonderful movie that anyone who is in their mid-twenties (I'm 26) should definately have in their collection. It really takes you back to your childhood when you just knew that your toys came to life as soon as you left the room!