3/5 Computer Games, Complex Plots, Poor Graphics
  by William M. Vaughan (Fort Drum, NY USA)
Since this animated movie was produced in the year 2008, and has such a shiny, professionally made jacket in addition to its equally impressive "jewel" case and DVD, I expected the graphics to be among the most impressive I'd ever seen. They are not. They remind me of an outdated, "3D" video game, with two-dimensional graphics stretched across "three-dimensional" cyber objects. When the "camera" pans too quickly, the shapes are distorted in zig-zag patterns as if they were on an analog television screen during static interference.

On the bright side (which reminds me, the computer generated lighting is too bright in places), the plots are complex and intriguing. I say "plots" (plural) because there's a plot within a plot. The traditional "Christmas Carol" story is given several twists, including a female antagonist or "Scrooge" and her pet cat, Chuzzlewit - a subtle reference to other literary works by the original "Christmas Carol" author, Charles Dickens.

There are several special features on the DVD, besides Spanish audio and English subtitles, including interactive activities, so this DVD seems as much like a computer game as a movie.