Angela’s Christmas is a wonderful, warm and perfect holiday animated movie. In fact, it would be enjoyable any old time of the year–as long as people enjoy stories about love, faith, and rising above one’s situation in life in order to offer more to those in need. The movie features several inspirational scenes, such as Angela giving a contribution to help a pauper on a street corner who is playing his accordion for all he’s worth. She doesn’t have much herself, but this is the same six-year-old girl who took baby Jesus from his manger in the drafty and cold St. Joseph Catholic Church to get him “warm” at home, before bringing him back.
This delightful short film includes Angela, in hiding in the church, saying, “Bless you” to an old couple who sneezes and their wonderment that the baby Jesus (a doll, in reality), can talk, as well as bless! The animation is excellent with vibrant and warm colors and the characters are brought to life by terrific vocal performances, including Lucy O’Connell as Angela. Based on the book by Frank McCourt, Angela and the Baby Jesus this sweet film is sure to please family audiences everywhere. The setting is long ago in Limerick, Ireland and the animators capture the “look” perfectly. We are happy to approve this movie with our Dove-Approved for All Ages Seal.
The Dove Take:
You can’t go wrong with remarkable animation, a great holiday story, and a fun story that manages to tug on the heart strings. And this is that movie!
