Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas (1999) (V)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Directors:

Jun Falkenstein
Alex Mann

Writers:

Charlie Cohen (screenplay) (segment "Donald Duck: Stuck on Christmas")
Scott Gorden (screenplay) (segment "A Very Goofy Christmas") ...

Release Date:

7 December 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Plot:

A Christmas themed, three-part anthology-style video. The first part, "Donald Duck: Stuck on Christmas"...

Plot Keywords:

Christmas | Gift | Duck | Donald Duck | Santa Claus

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Wayne Allwine	...	Mickey Mouse (voice)
Tony Anselmo	...	Donald Duck (archive sound)
Jeff Bennett	...	Father / Mortimer (voice)
Corey Burton	...	Dale (voice)
Jim Cummings	...	Pete / Postman (voice)
Bill Farmer	...	Goofy / Pluto (voice)
Shaun Fleming	...	Young Max Goof (voice)
Kelsey Grammer	...	Narrator (voice)
Tress MacNeille	...	Chip / Daisy / Aunt Gurtie (voice)
Andrew McDonough	...	Poor Boy (voice)
Diane Michelle	...	Daisy Duck (voice)
Russi Taylor	...	Minnie Mouse / Huey / Dewey / Louie (voice)
April Winchell	...	Firefighter / Mother (voice)
Alan Young	...	Uncle Scrooge McDuck (voice)

Runtime:

66 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:G

Company:

Walt Disney Pictures

Trivia:

In the segment "A Very Goofy Christmas", one of the ornaments Goofy puts on the tree is Angelique, from Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997) (V).

Goofs:

Continuity: In the second story (Goofy and Max's story) Max stays up all night with numerous shots of his alarm clock. The next to last time you see the clock it is 4:39 AM and the very next time you see it the clock reads 3:00 AM.

Quotes:

Young Max Goof: Do you actually know Santa Claus?
Poor Boy: He's got a big white beard.

Movie Connections:

References Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997) (V)

Delighting and beautiful!

This is one of the most beautiful films that has ever and could ever be made. Sure, it has its annoying, slapsticky moments, but it's all made up for by enchanting plots, good characters (of course, they're Mickey and his friends!) and kindness hardly ever done in the real world (or in films for that matter!).

Basically this is a film with three stories about Mickey and his friends in the Christmas season.

The first story is about Huey, Douie, Louie, Daisy, Donald, Scrooge and who appears to be the three boys' other aunt or even mum. They all have a very good Christmas, despite the boys being very misbehaving. Huey, Douie and Louie enjoy it so much, that they wish it was Christmas every day. It turns out that after a while things aren't as jolly and merry as they could be! Probably the least heartwarming of all of them, this story is no doubt entertaining and worth watching. 7 and a half out of ten.

The second story features Goofy, Max, Pete and some strangers in the street, when first they deliver a letter for Santa and then Max is told something very upsetting by mean old Pete. This story is incredibly lovely and touching, but (arguably) isn't quite the best of the lot. 8 out of ten.

The third story is absolutely beautiful, with Mickey, Minnie, Pluto, Pete and some strangers in the street. Mickey and Minnie are both not very wealthy at all and are having extreme problems buying each other presents. The most heartwarming and special of the three stories, this part of the film will melt your heart like a pound of butter! :-)

Good for everyone who loves Mickey and his friends and beautiful cartoonsabout them that you would think you could not get nowadays, enjoy "Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas"!