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Bill Kowalchuk produced and directed this animated interpretation of the familiar Christmas fable about the eccentric reindeer, highlighted by nine musical numbers. Following the song's basic outline,... read more read more... dad Blitzen is embarrassed by the antics of cute yet offbeat Rudolph who has a glowing nose, gets depressed, dreams of flying, and shares his problem with Santa Claus (voice of John Goodman). The evil Stormella (Whoopi Goldberg) kidnaps Rudolph and unleashes wretched weather to prevent Santa from his appointed rounds. Rudolph, as one might expect, saves the day by lighting Santa's way through the storm. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi

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G, 1 hr. 23 min.

Directed by: William R. Kowalchuk

Release Date: October 16, 1998

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DVD Release Date: September 21, 1999

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  • skeletonking101
    December 17, 2010
    skeletonking101
    it has good characters and good animation with great acting and drama i would actually consider it underrated by today's standards because when you think about it nowadays every time you mention the name Rudolph the red nosed reindeer people and children will immediately think of... read more the Rankin Bass classic from the 1960s
  • fb1619601747
    December 26, 2011
    fb1619601747
    Cheesy musical numbers and annoying characters. Inferior to the original.
  • ileo
    January 21, 2008
    ileo
    Still one of the best!
  • MovieGuruDude72
    November 22, 2009
    MovieGuruDude72
    There is only one Rudolph Christmas movie and it has that Burl Ives snowman wandering around with his banjo and Yukon Cornelius and The Bumble (Bumbles bounce!) and the Island of Misfit Toys, including The Charlie in a Box. NOT this cheap rip off with Whoopi Goldberg. Sorry. This... read more was terrible.
  • CaireBaire
    January 2, 2009
    CaireBaire
    Oh the memories of when I was a wee little girl!! Priceless!! I ALWAYS looked forward to when they were going to show this movie on TV (and of course we had a total of about 4 channelsl, so it wasn't too hard to narrow it down!) I still feel a liittle "girly" everytime this comes... read more on, but sadly my older kids aren't so sentimentally moved. They have far too many channels and computer games to compete with their attention. Too bad. Sometime the good ole days really WERE the good ole days -- as far as tv goes, at least for our kids. . .
  • sourpuss05us
    July 28, 2008
    sourpuss05us
    When I was younger I used to watch this all the time. Even in the middle of the year. I still love the movie!

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Alex Sandell
July 16, 2003
Alex Sandell, Juicy Cerebellum

Worse than 'Sweatin' to the Oldies.' This movie is torturous.

Todd McCarthy
February 23, 2012
Todd McCarthy, Variety

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Charles Solomon
February 14, 2001
Charles Solomon, Los Angeles Times

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Susan Stark
January 1, 2000
Susan Stark, Detroit News

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Lawrence Van Gelder
January 1, 2000
Lawrence Van Gelder, New York Times

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Michael Szymanski
October 7, 2005
Michael Szymanski, International Press Academy

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Emanuel Levy
August 11, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

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Linda Cook
August 7, 2005
Linda Cook, Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

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Marjorie Baumgarten
March 10, 2003
Marjorie Baumgarten, Austin Chronicle

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October 26, 2002
L.A. Weekly

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