M. Ryan Taylor

My wife and I both loved Spirited (A Christmas Carol spin off) ... one of the best Christmas movies I've seen in years. Despite a couple of irreverent moments (this is a Will Ferrell / Ryan Reynolds team up), the movie was filled with heart, shone a light on the political/commercial use of creating divisiveness, successfully tackled questions about the validity of some premises of the original source material and what it means to be redeemed (in a satisfying way - not at all nihilistic), AND had fantastic NEW songs, a refreshing love element, and beautifully produced musical-style epic dance numbers (worth seeing on a big screen). Note for families: We will probably wait until our son is a teenager to show him this film, but that's just us.

Finally a worthy successor to the Chuck Jones / Boris Karloff version of 1966. Heartwarming fun. We loved it.