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Prep & Landing

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An elite group of elves, including experienced Wayne and idealistic rookie Lanny, spends Christmas Eve preparing houses around the world for the annual visit from Santa Claus. But the elves face unexpected challenges this year and they must help Santa's reindeer guide his sleigh through a driving snowstorm.
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Kevin Carr 7M Pictures a fun, witty and high-energy spot that will get the kids ready for the Christmas spirit Rated: 3.5/5 Aug 18, 2013 Full Review Read all reviews

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Vitoria F Great Christmas special, with action and adventure. The animation is very beautiful and the story is quite creative, at a level that Disney has not achieved nowadays. The sequels were even better. It deserved to have been a feature film. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 06/22/24 Full Review Box C This movie is horrifying Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 12/15/23 Full Review Brianna R Very fun to watch, and extremely underrated! Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 12/05/23 Full Review Cyrus K fight me on this people! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/17/22 Full Review Audience Member You know, the premise comes off as a bit of a prototype for Arthur Christmas, despite being made by different studios. Though they do have enough differences, despite some surface-level plot similaries, that it helps to avoid another Antz/A Bug's Life situation. While I do think that movie, probably because it has a longer runtime than 21 minutes, was executed better, Prep & Landing is still a great, if sometimes rushed, Christmas special. It has good voice acting, a creative take on elves' toy delivery (the comparisons to Aardman's masterpiece are unwarranted, you say?), well-executed character development and surprisingly good animation for a CGI TV special released in 2009 that, unlike DreamWorks' TV specials, wasn't using pre-existing character models from a feature film. Disney has had its share of Christmas material over the years that either hits or misses. And while I can say I've seen better Christmas movies and specials that came out after this, I can safely say Prep & Landing falls into the former category...but seriously though, how much of a coincidence is it that Arthur Christmas and this special's direct sequel came out around the same time? Why yes, I've come to the epiphany that I've taken a British animation studio known primarily for stop-motion for granted after some of their material I've seen this year genuinely exceeded my expectations (*cough* Robin Robin *cough*), why do you ask? Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member Very Clever with GREAT meaning, super images, funny for adults and kids! Love how short it is to just give you a shot of good Christmas fun! Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis An elite group of elves, including experienced Wayne and idealistic rookie Lanny, spends Christmas Eve preparing houses around the world for the annual visit from Santa Claus. But the elves face unexpected challenges this year and they must help Santa's reindeer guide his sleigh through a driving snowstorm.
Director
Kevin Deters, Stevie Wermers-Skelton
Genre
Kids & Family, Holiday, Adventure, Animation
Original Language
English
Release Date (TV)
Dec 8, 2009
Runtime
23m
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