Mickey Saves Christmas

A few years ago, Disney decided it needed its own Christmas Special for ABC to rebroadcast every year. I thought Mickey's Christmas Carol was fine, but John Lasseter's famously poor judgment disagreed. And we got Prep & Landing instead. I didn't say much against it at the time, but truthfully, it was pretty damn cynical and awful. I would hold Mickey's Christmas Carol up to The Grinch, Charlie Brown or Rudolph. But I don't think Prep & Landing gets enough shade against it. It's pretty bad.

Truthfully Mickey Saves Christmas seems like a better fit for a yearly Christmas special. The problem I have with it is that it's boring. If you want to be honest, so is Rudolph. But Rudolph contains enough quirks and weirdness to also be memorable. Prep & Landing is not Disney's answer for a Christmas Special. Neither was that awful Toy Story That Time Forgot. But while this comes closer in tone to what a Christmas special SHOULD be, it still underwhelms me a bit.

But partial credit anyways. It's a step in the right direction. ***.