I grabbed this on impulse at the checkout stand of my local grocery store for my children (3 and 1.5 yrs old). I was pleasantly surprised that it is a cute movie. It has many traits that remind me of older children's' movies that came out in the 60's, 70's and 80's which I grew up with. Such as it has frequent, impromptu songs sung by the characters (like many of the old clay-mation Rankin Bass TV specials on which the movie is loosely based) where they dance around. Also, the plot is simple and straightforward which is easy for small children to understand. There are many lively characters that get introduced along the way and the animation is good. My children love it and are watching it over and over. I think it's refreshing to see the older style of children's movies in this movie. More modern children's movies try and contain more mature content (jokes meant only for the parents to get) and I'm not entirely in favor of that. Overall a cute movie I would recommend to other parents of small children.
