Cathardincu Surprisingly incoherent and boring

Bardlerx Strictly average movie

Brennan Camacho Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Christmas-Reviewer BEWARE OF FALSE REVIEWS & REVIEWERS. SOME REVIEWERS HAVE ONLY ONE REVIEW TO THEIR NAME. NOW WHEN ITS A POSITIVE REVIEW THAT TELLS ME THEY WERE INVOLVED WITH THE MOVIE. IF ITS A NEGATIVE REVIEW THEN THEY MIGHT HAVE A GRUDGE AGAINST THE FILM . NOW I HAVE REVIEWED OVER 200 HOLIDAY FILMS. I HAVE NO AGENDA. I AM HONESTWe all grew up loving all the Rankin-Bass Christmas Cartoons. Every year I still love to watch "Rudolf" "Santa Claus in Coming to Town", "Frosty the Snowman" as well "The Grinch". Well here is a lesser known Animated Christmas Cartoon that in reality is a true "Christmas Story"In this special Outside of the city of Nazareth, a young boy and his father own four donkeys. Three of these donkeys are young and strong. The fourth donkey, Small One, is old and weak, but the boy loves him anyway. Every day, the boy and the donkey play together before they go to work, helping the boy's father to collect wood.The boy and his father take the donkeys to work one morning, as they always do. Many times, the boy loads Small One with small sticks, since Small One can't carry heavy loads any more. Small One even has trouble carrying stacks of small sticks and the boy helps to carry them for him.That evening, the boy's father tells the boy that he has to sell Small One. Devastated, but understanding, the boy asks if he can be the one to sell his best friend. The father agrees and tells him that he has to sell him for one piece of silver. That night, the boy comforts Small One and promises to find him a gentle and loving master.The next morning, the boy takes Small One to the market in Nazareth. Unfortunately, nobody wants an old weak donkey but the tanner, and he only wants to kill Small One to make leather out of his hide. After failing to find another buyer, the boy and his donkey return to the tanner's shop. The boy weeps, and Small One, accepting his fate under the tanner's knife, tenderly consoles the boy.Don't worry there is a very happy ending. This should be seen by everyone. The makers of this should be proud. There is not a false note in this.

Julia Arsenault (ja_kitty_71) Here is a favorite Christmas special from Disney, with great animation and a heart-warming story. I think this special is the only directorial job for Don Bluth before he left the Disney studio to create films like An American Tail, Thumbelina, etc. The story (as some of you might know it) is about a boy who has to sell his favorite donkey (and friend) named "Small One". But the problem is finding the prefect, kind owner for him. That's all I could tell you folks, you will have to see the film for yourself how it ends.So anyway, I really love this special with its really beautiful story and wonderful animation.

Horst in Translation (filmreviews@web.de) "The Small One" is an animated half-hour television movie that was released for the holidays back in 1978. The 70s really weren't that great of a decade for animation, but this one here is an exception. A little boy has been friends with a small donkey for a long time, but his father tells him that the animal has to be sold as it's gotten too old to work. A cruel decision, but after all, he lets the boy decide who to sell it to. And all the boy cares for is not money, but a nice home for his best friend. Unfortunately, he keep running into people who have nothing good in mind for Small One. Very enjoyable little movie. The animation is really old-fashioned for 1978 even and the director is Don Bluth, maybe my favorite work from him. The legendary Hal Smith has a brief cameo in this Disney holiday special as well. Really good watch and I highly recommend to check this one out for Christmas 2015 if you haven't seen it already. By the way, donkeys are the best anyway.

exbestgirl From the first time I listened to the album to this movie I was hooked. It was a read/sing along album with the story and illustrations inside when you open the cover. The story is sweet and endearing. I cannot believe there is not more information available about this movie. If there were more stories like this for our children to grow up on, they would still be innocent like we were back then. Growing up I listened to the story everyday. I can still recite it all the lines along with movie. It was not just for Christmas in my eyes. A must see for every child and adult.