Rapsittie Street Kids: Believe in Santa is definitely a hard sell. The animation is bogus, the music is weird, and the story is at times incoherent. On the other hand, taken as a whole, the plot is charming, the characters are fun (and well acted!) and the strange animation works to create a fascinating world.
The resounding message of the film can be found in its title: Believe in Santa. While not exactly profound, if you approach it from the perspective of the experience of Christmas, and of being in this uniquely comforting CGI realm, then Rapsittie Street Kids can be understood primarily as a feeling more than anything else. If anything, it's like a dream about Christmas.
It's a hard movie to say anything about, largely because going into the details seems a bit like missing the point. What are you supposed to say? The grandmother talks funny? The bullies are rude? The toilet in the junkyard is cool? There's no point in breaking the movie down, because you either enjoy it as a cohesive whole or not at all.
If you're like me, and you enjoy quiet CG spaces, this is a movie you're bound to enjoy. If not, you may join the ranks of hecklers who have found another reason to appreciate the movie. Either way, it's worth a visit to Rapsittie Street Kids Ville or whatever.
The resounding message of the film can be found in its title: Believe in Santa. While not exactly profound, if you approach it from the perspective of the experience of Christmas, and of being in this uniquely comforting CGI realm, then Rapsittie Street Kids can be understood primarily as a feeling more than anything else. If anything, it's like a dream about Christmas.
It's a hard movie to say anything about, largely because going into the details seems a bit like missing the point. What are you supposed to say? The grandmother talks funny? The bullies are rude? The toilet in the junkyard is cool? There's no point in breaking the movie down, because you either enjoy it as a cohesive whole or not at all.
If you're like me, and you enjoy quiet CG spaces, this is a movie you're bound to enjoy. If not, you may join the ranks of hecklers who have found another reason to appreciate the movie. Either way, it's worth a visit to Rapsittie Street Kids Ville or whatever.