Santa vs. the Snowman

A bit of kid friendly seasonal cheer that is refreshingly without the usual lashings of schmaltz.

Sweet-natured fun for the very young.

Oedekerk ... and his team have taken the traditional animation techniques to another level -- creating snowflakes that seem to fall into the audience -- and they pull the viewers into the film.

Fluffy, schizophrenic (there's liberal borrowing from both Care Bears and The Empire Strikes Back) and oddly annoying.