Mog's Christmas

The animation is made in the style of the story, not designed to be excitable or adventurous, with a hand drawn pencil feel to it. It has the exact same layout and feel as 'The tiger who came to tea' by the same author, set in London again. Yes it's set in the days before technology, but that's when the book was written.

I really do feel that the audience is designed for children under 6 and adults who grew up with the book. This isn't exciting to watch, it's more relaxing and a comfort to know what will happen.

I can guarantee that they will choose another of the mog books to animate next year and look forward to watching more!

I find Mog's Christmas (2023) is another very good hand-drawn animated movie adaptation of the late Judith Kerr's book, since The Tiger Who Came To Tea (2019). Because the animation is wonderful, the music is splendid, the voice acting is superb and the story is very heartwarming and it captures the Christmas spirit as well. The characters are interesting like Mog The Cat, who is very forgetful. Her owners are The couple called Mr. And Mrs. Thomas, with their two children called Debbie and Nicky. Their uncle with a cheerful personality called The Jolly Uncle. And their two aunts, who walked on tip-toes. It's also very faithful to the late Judith Kerr's picture book since The Tiger Who Came To Tea (2019). Mog's Christmas (2023) is a very good story for children of all generations, from 1976 to the present day. I'm giving this a 10/10 and Merry Christmas.

Judith Kerr's Mog the Cat story gets adapted as an animation short by Channel 4.

After 40 years of these cartoons such as The Snowman to The Tiger Who Came for Tea. They know the formula.

It is traditional animation but with a musical interlude. The charms relies heavily on the story.

Mog the Cat feels unloved, unappreciated in the Thomas household. They are busy preparing for Christmas.

Frightened by the ginamous Christmas tree that arrives in the house. Mog climbs up the roof and is stuck there after it snows.

Only the Johnson family miss the cat as they try to lure the cat back down. Maybe Mog can find her own way down on Christmas morning.

Overall this was a delightful piece. I can see this being a family favourite in years to come.

Turning a 24 ish page book into a 25 minute gloriously hand drawn animated piece is no small feat, and it is something that the animators have achieved here with flying colours. The movements and mannerisms of the titular Mog will instantly be relatable to any cat appreciator, and the storytelling and visual style is absolutely on par with Judith Kerr's original works.

The story itself is a simple and heartwarming one, and the accompanying song by Sophie Ellis Bextor is a sweet little festive bop (if slightly twee... but surely we can forgive that for a Christmas film?!)

The human characters might be slightly forgettable... but that's fine as Mog is the focus point, and she has been brought to life so vividly here!

Watch, relax & enjoy😸

Seems that a traditional animated feature per Christmas is now standard for the UK. This year we get this adaptation of Judith Kerr's book. The animation is beyond stellar, with long, panning shots. Mog herself moves and has manneirisms much like a real cat.

On a purely technical level, this short is quite lovely. Story wise, however, it's a bit hard to stomach Mog's clear extremely realistic discomfort at the Christmas chaos. As a cat owner myself, her confusion and fear tug at my heartstrings, and I don't fel the resolution fixes this since the family decides to traumatize her further.

Also, some of the human characters were pretty annoying.