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Though it goes through the motions of that standard kids' Christmas adventure film, Elliot: The Littlest Reindeer lacks the charm necessary to make such endeavours work.

While drawing on influences from the Golden Age of Universal horror movies such as Wolfman and Frankenstein, this is a animal entirely borne of Burton - and it's all the better for it.

Despite a plot that reads like something out of Teen Romance, the film has great style and a wicked sense of humour.

This is the tail end of the good times, Doc and his cohort seem as though they are fading out.

There is a surreal imagination at work here.

It ranks in the higher echelons of the second division for the quality of its animation and vocal support

Rarely has the title of a film summed it up so well - or so completely.

The film looks wonderful, but suffers from its own ambition.

True believers in Father Christmas should avoid this film like the plague.

The sentimental stuff works for a change.