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Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas

Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas

Animation · Family · Comedy · 1999

Mickey, Minnie, and their famous friends Goofy, Donald, Daisy and Pluto gather together to reminisce about the love, magic and surprises in three wonder-filled stories of Christmas past.

Movie details

Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas

1999 Animation · Family · Comedy 1h 6m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

7.1 / 10

Community rating

Mickey, Minnie, and their famous friends Goofy, Donald, Daisy and Pluto gather together to reminisce about the love, magic and surprises in three wonder-filled stories of Christmas past.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Alex Mann · Toby Shelton · Jun Falkenstein

Written by

O. Henry · Charlie Cohen · Ross Hastings · Carter Crocker

Kelsey Grammer

Kelsey Grammer

Narrator (voice)

Wayne Allwine

Wayne Allwine

Mickey Mouse (voice)

Russi Taylor

Russi Taylor

Minnie Mouse / Huey / Dewey / Louie (voice)

Tony Anselmo

Tony Anselmo

Donald Duck (voice)

Diane Michelle

Diane Michelle

Daisy Duck (voice)

Tress MacNeille

Tress MacNeille

Chip / Daisy / Aunt Gurtie (voice)

Alan Young

Alan Young

Uncle Scrooge McDuck (voice)

Court is in session

Put Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.