Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas (2004) (V)

Directors:

Matthew O'Callaghan
Theresa Cullen

Writers:

Chad Fiveash (writer)
Carole Holliday (writer)

Release Date:

9 November 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Plot:

Sequel to Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas

Plot Keywords:

Christmas | Sequel | Celebration | Grouch | Goofy The Character

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Wayne Allwine	...	Mickey Mouse (voice)
Tony Anselmo	...	Donald Duck (voice)
Bill Farmer	...	Goofy (voice)
Shaun Fleming	...	Young Max Goof (voice)
Tress MacNeille	...	Daisy Duck (voice)
Russi Taylor	...	Minnie Mouse / Huey / Dewey / Louie (voice)
Jeff Bennett	...	Elves #1 / Elf #2 / Grouchy Man / Donner (voice)
Jim Cummings	...	Blitzen (voice)
Jason Marsden	...	Max Goof (voice)
Chuck McCann	...	Santa Claus (voice)
Clive Revill	...	Narrator (voice)
Alan Young	...	Uncle Scrooge McDuck (voice)
Gregg Berger	...	Additional voices (voice)
Cork Hubbert	...	Additional voices (voice)
Kellie Martin	...	Mona / Additional voices (voice)

Runtime:

USA:68 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:G | Singapore:G | USA:G

Company:

DisneyToon Studios

Trivia:

Michelle Kwan was a model for the animators, for the Belles on Ice section.

Quotes:

Mickey Mouse: What are you all doing here?
Daisy Duck: We're here to help you to find Pluto.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Mission: Impossible (1996)

A computer animated Mickey,...I was skeptical

Mickey's Twice Upon A Christmas came out on DVD last week and I was a skeptic. Sure, Pixar and Disney have had (mostly) homeruns with their computer animated films. Sure, their are currently two computer animated films dominating the US domestic box-office,.....a death knell for traditional animation unfortunately. Still, I've enjoyed most of these films. Why not a computer animated Mickey, Donald, & Goofy? Well, why not indeed.

Mickey's Twice Upon A Christmas, is a good holiday family film. It isn't too cloyingly sweet, it's probably got more in common with recent Mickey/Donald/Goofy films than with Mickey's Christmas Carol (my personal fave), but, it certainly tries and actually has good stories (it's an anthology of mostly, fluffy yule-tide tales). I liked the Pluto/ Reindeer storyline in particular. Anyway, how does a CGI Mickey look? Surprisingly good. A few years ago a company released another ,...ahem,...homage to a classic Christmas special about a certain reindeer with a red nose. It stunk and it was CGI. Not so with this movie. Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas uses computer animation well and it looks good, has a good storyline, and is overall successful and worthy to add to your collection of Disney DVD's. I certainly hope we don't just get CGI animation from Disney or other companies anymore, although, it really looks like we may,...*sigh* But, if the quality is like Mickey's Twice Upon A Christmas it'll definitely soften the blow. So, warm up some Cocoa and pop this one into your DVD player over the holidays.