kadi-kenner-625-945139 After reading the reviews I must say that how can you judge the daddy reindeer for something he didn't even know to begin with! Yes, he may have had a one night stand with Oona, but Oona never told him about Niko. If Oona had told him it would be a whole different story. You don't know, maybe he would even stopped his job and be a father to Niko. Now you're thinking that "but Oona didn't know where the Santas workshop is", might be, but if Niko found it, then Oona would have found it too, if she would have wanted! Yes, the Santas FlyingForces might be a bunch of womanizers, and to be honest, this was something that caught my attention too at first, but then I actually forgot it because of the story taking me so deep into itself. In spite this little "problem" you seem to have towards the daddy, you have to agree that the movie was Great!

eidem I thought this was a very good animated movie! However, it didn't really have much to do with Christmas other than the setting and the characters... but the moral of the story, which was to be thankful for and appreciate those who care about you, was very nice.I think it's funny that most of the other comments that users left about this movie talk about how terrible it is that Niko's dad had a one-night stand and didn't know he had a son. He's a deer!!! That's what deer do ~ they have many, many partners and make lots of babies!! And if you are convinced that these characters represent humans since they express human emotion, then you need to consider that this situation is a VERY realistic and common occurrence among people. I think that this movie would be great for kids who do not know their fathers, so they can see that others in their life who are there for them are the ones who matter. Other kids (like my son, and he loved the movie) who have both of their parents, may learn from this movie that other kids may not have their dads, and that's just how life is. Kids have to learn at some point that every family is different.As for the beer-drinking that went on... big deal. The movie was great. We shouldn't be concerned about sheltering our kids THAT much!! Alcohol is shown in Disney movies and other kid movies... I don't know why Americans are so stuck up about these things...(I'm American too, so don't feel bad). We have a lot to learn from the Europeans...

Michael_S_B I'm curious as to who thought these were good ideas: A weasel? mink? some member of that family singing a bar song to a group of reindeer to spring it on them that one of them is the father of the young reindeer that just showed up. That said reindeer aren't sure who of them is the father, the implications there are best left to the imagination.Sant's reindeer hanging around in a bar in general, and using Santa's sleigh to basically pick up chicks.The pink poodle lost in the woods subplot. No. Just... no.And the ending... don't even get me started.Also, Norm MacDonald really phoned it in. Seriously, I kept expecting him to chime in with "you'll pay me in real money, right?" I think he can be funny, but this sure wasn't funny.The horrible dubbing in general, I was three quarters of the way through the movie before I figured out the reindeer were saying "Santa's Flying FORCES" and not HORSES. I'm a big fan of B movies, and MSK3T and its successors, but I'm not sure they could have helped me get through this movie. "New classic Christmas story" indeed. Santa Clause Conquers the Martians was better than this.

MrSitcom First off, the animation is beautiful. Very very well done. Possibly one of the best CG animation jobs on a Christmas Special ever! But I have to agree with some of the other American reviews on this board. Santa's reindeer are a bunch of womanizing pigs. One of them stops by and impregnates the star's (Niko's) mother. She never sees him again. Niko doesn't know which of the reindeer is his father, and when he finally meets up with the team, he asks if any of them met a lady on one of their flights...and they all proudly say yes and pretty much tell us that they all impregnate as many deer as possible.So, Santa's reindeer like to have sex and not a relationship with a female.Is that appropriate for a Christmas special? Not in the USA. It might be in other TV shows and movies...but come on...a Christmas special...and reindeer that are on Santa's team? Santa represents family and kids, and magic...all that's good...is this special from the creators of "Bad Santa"? At least that was a comedy.For you Finns that are saying that Americans like to sugar coat stuff and aren't being realistic to the world...um...not all of us are from the trailer-park and make guest appearances on The Jerry Springer Show. I am a father and actually don't have one night stands and actually married the woman I fell in love with and had kids "after" we were married (novel concept eh?). Plus I actually want to have a relationship with my kids. Maybe men aren't that way in Finland, but there are a good portion of us that are good family men in the USA.Even though the womanizing reindeer part of the story went over the head of my 4 year old, it's really not a message I want her to see at that age...let alone in a Christmas special.I'd rather her grow up thinking men are good, and not all dead-beat-dad wanna-bees.What's next? Showing a new take on the Little Drummer Boy and how he was sexually abused by a religious authority figure? That happens too, but not something I want to celebrate at Christmas time with my kids by having it forced into a story where it didn't need to be. I know...what about showing what really happened to the three "wise men" on their journey to Bethlehem? Maybe they stopped by a brothel? Perfect for the kids! Men do that all the time, so it's okay to show in a children's holiday special! It's a shame this good animation and the voice talent was wasted on this story. A story that could just as easily been changed so that the father was just a "glory hound" or a "workaholic" or even like it's "his duty" (like a soldier that's off at war and can't visit his kids...which is happening now to kids all over). Something to think about.