How Murray Saved Christmas

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How Murray Saved Christmas

2014

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6 Reviews

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

Patrick Kevin Day

Los Angeles Times

It's the kind of special that harried parents may want to turn on for their own tired parents to help babysit the kids. They'll enjoy the extended tribute to milkmen.

Dec 5, 2014

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Brian Lowry

Variety

But at the risk of sounding like a Grinch, while Murray gets the sleigh off the ground, How Murray Saved Christmas doesn't manage to stay airborne.

Dec 5, 2014

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Robert Bianco

USA Today

The very multicultural Murray is one of those rare holiday specials the entire family can enjoy for years to come.

Dec 5, 2014

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Ed Bark

Uncle Barky

It's way short on charm, labors to be amusing and runs out of gas well before its hour is up.

Rated: C-

Dec 5, 2014

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Rob Owen

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

it's a clever, funny hour that's written in rhyme with imaginative songs threaded throughout.

Dec 4, 2014

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Joyce Slaton

Common Sense Media

Slightly edgy Christmas special makes Santa a grump.

Rated: 2/5

Dec 2, 2014

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Erin H

It's outlandish and has some terrible jokes, but my kids loved it when it was released and have watched it each holiday season since it's release. All the holidays get a nod and there are silky songs to enjoy. With a few zingy lines added here and there that make adults and kids chuckle.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/25/24

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jacob b

An underrated Christmas special that I've somehow never heard of until this year, How Murray Saved Christmas is a charming 42-minute adventure with nice animation, charismatic voice acting, enjoyable musical numbers and a ton of witty rhymes with scenes and lines that actually had me laughing out loud. Not sure why critics weren't into this. It's a special that's meant to hearken back to the days of golden-age Simpsons and I think it, on the whole, succeeds. And who ever said there hasn't been a good Christmas special since the '70s?

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Funny Christmas story worth watching. Must be from the makers of Family Guy & Simpsons

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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Audience Member

Really Underrated Christmas special

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/16/23

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Audience Member

I didn't expect to like it -- but it was fresh, brilliantly funny for kids and adults, mildly irreverent, and full of quotable gag lines that have become part of the holiday vocabulary for my kids and me.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Audience Member

Going to be completely frank - if you don't like irreverent humor then you'll find this special to be unbearable. If you like this kind of humor, you're still likely to cringe at most of the terrible jokes and ridiculously stupid songs that Family Guy wouldn't even pick up. You know you're in for a treat when the first thing you learn about the special is that it starts off in a town called "Stinky Cigars."

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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Peter Avanzino

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Dennis Haysbert

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Tom Kenny

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Jason Alexander

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John Ratzenberger

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Director: Peter Avanzino
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 20, 2016