5/5 An excellent tribute to the original
  by Neil C. Johnson
I am a huge Pratchett fan. I heard that some of his novels have been made into movies, I orginally reacted with dread. Most often so much is edited or poorly acted it is not even a shadow of the original, and then a great book becomes something abhorent.
But this movie looses nothing. They take the rich literary world of the DiscWorld and make it come to life. It brings the book to life in a wonderful way without loosing any of the flavor and charm of the original.
Pro's.
It is not only well acted, but parts of the book that are purely literary (internal monologues, emotional overplay) are well translated without words.
Death is in it.
Budget is not spared on props and effects, it is easy to believe this is a whole world.
It provides new insight into the book, IE, you see it through another persons interpretation.
It is my new holiday classic.
Oh yeah, it has Death in it...

Con's.
Only two, and I dont even see them that big a deal. First it is long, over 3 hours. This is not surprising, because why should a book that takes days to ready only take an hour to act out?
And the other con is that it will be hard not to have your own internal visualizations of each character changed. It is hard not to see their Nobby Nobbs and not have that actor pop into your head every time you read about him from now on. But this is part of the "Seeing another persons interpretation.

If you love Pratchett books, this is a clasic to own and enjoy. For those who are not fans, it might be a little confusing because they do not really allow for the uninitiated, but it is still a enjoyable movie even for the new.

4/5 hogfather review
  by the librarian
I found this movie to be enjoyable. It took one of my favorite Pratchett characters,Death, and made him even more fun. Susan came across as conflicted as she is in the stories. The movie adhered closely to the book (I know because I went back and reread the story).I give it four ooks.

4/5 Wonderful movie -- Appallingly Bad Pratchett Interview
  by Rick Grant (Calgary)

If this DVD had not included the 20 minute interview with Mr Pratchett I would have rated it 5 Stars.

But the interview is there and cannot understand why the DVD company allowed it.

The lighting and camera work are spot on, but the editing was clearly done by a drunk, the interviewer was not listening to the answers because she was busy trying to think up her next unrelated question, and the sound technician probably only had one ear, and that one badly infected because the sound levels were all over the place.

If this was handed in as a class assignment in a first year journalism course it would result the student transferred over to Plumbing and Sewage Maintenance 101.

There is one section of this interview where for some reason Mr Pratchett is asked to repeat a rather long answer which is a fine and standard video interview technique. But one one ever leaves BOTH versions in the finished product.

There are edits in the middle of questions, bits hacked off the front and rear of questions and answers, wild jump-cut edits of Mr Pratchett, and a complete lack of professionalism by leaving in the bits where Mr Pratchett had to clean his nose.

Normally when someone does a video or film interview, extra shots are taken at different angles of both the interview subject and the interviewer, the room, all sorts of stuff in fact so the editor can work around miscues, mistakes, unflattering images, camera zoom repositions, and generally give the whole thing a decent polish. None of that was done here. It was just raw, pants down around the ankles, video interview hoovering.

The only thing that can explain this train wreck of an interview is an incompetent decision by the DVD Producer to cram the thing onto the disc when in fact it wasn't meant to be played in its complete form.

In thinking about it, I believe that the original interview was part of a marketing or promotional session and was meant to be chopped up into sound bites or clips. The interviewer's questions were never designed to be used and that explains the faint, down a tunnel, sound quality of them.

I suspect that the DVD producer, with no knowledge of video editing, came across the chopped up interview in an edit suite and decided to hammer and nail the various sections back together without watching or listening to the resulting horror.

Watch Hogfather (superb) and ignore the so-called Extra


5/5 great
  by D. Hendricks (Seattle, WA)
Typical Terry Pratchett. The movie was correct entertaining and a joy to all Disc World lovers. I always wondered what Hex would look like if anyone was to build one, now I know.

3/5 Not a bad attempt, but ...
  by Mrs Plum (Market Blandings)
I am an avid Pratchett reader and Hogfather is a great book. I'm thrilled that his works are now being adapted for film and television, although one fervently hopes that their production will be in safe hands.

There is much to like about this adaptation, although the main attraction for me is simply that it brings the discworld and its characters to the screen. Ian Richardson's `Death' is the star of this film, and it is always good to see Nigel Planner and Joss Ackland.

Unfortunately, Marc Warren's portrayal of Teatime ruined it for me. In particular, his voice was unnecessarily silly and often difficult to follow. I got sick of him very early in the proceedings, and could have done with a lot less of the tooth fairy's castle.

In summary, this is a reasonable adaptation that many people will enjoy, although it might have been improved with different casting. Overall, it falls short of the excellent Colour of Magic adaptation.