Uma Invenção de Natal

This is a very polished product...

...a sprawling musical extravaganza whose candy-colored, dandily overstuffed revelry spills over with joy and jubilance and every other happy J-word.

...the characters are enormously charming and the design is overwhelmingly sumptuous. It should give viewers, especially children, a welcome hit of Christmas magic.

...the film works its showy magic.

...it’s made with real care and craft: from exquisite stop-motion inserts to the blast of energy dance routines...

...en välkommen julstämningsoffensiv, full av strålande sång- och dansnummer, hjärtvärmande sensmoral och scenografi och kostymer som får ögonen att tindra.