Super Sleuth Christmas Movie
2007 American film
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Super Sleuth Christmas Movie is a 2007 American Christmas-themed featurette film directed by Don MacKinnon and David Hartman, based on the hit Playhouse Disney television series My Friends Tigger & Pooh.[1]
- Don MacKinnon
- David Hartman
- Chloë Grace Moretz (US)
- Kimberlea Berg (UK)
- Jim Cummings
- Dee Bradley Baker
- Travis Oates
- Peter Cullen
- Ken Sansom
- Kath Soucie
- Max Burkholder
- Oliver Dillon
- Jeffrey Tambor
- Mikaila Baumel
- Tara Strong
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| Produced by | Dorothy McKim |
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| Edited by | Jhoanne Reyes |
| Music by | Andy Sturmer (score/songs) |
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| Distributed by | Buena Vista Home Entertainment |
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Running time | 43 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The first film in the series, the film was released direct-to-video on November 20, 2007 and first aired on Playhouse Disney on December 6, 2008.[2] The events of the film take place during the first season of My Friends Tigger & Pooh.
Plot
On Christmas Eve, Darby and Buster spend the evening at Winnie the Pooh's house with their friends from the Hundred Acre Wood.
Playing outside, Roo and Lumpy the Heffalump find a red sack, and a reindeer named Holly stuck in a thicket patch. Holly explains that she is one of Santa's reindeer, and she's looking for Santa Claus' magical sack after it fell off of his sleigh during a practice run. Roo and Lumpy have the sack, but Holly doesn't know how to get home.
All of the friends set off towards the North Pole. After some difficulties, including the loss of Tigger's mask, the group considers giving up, but Darby convinces them to persevere and to keep on going. They discover giant snowpeople, who come to life and open the path to the North Pole. They return the sack to Santa Claus, and he takes them all out in his sleigh to deliver presents. Santa Claus brings the friends home in time to celebrate Christmastime at Winnie the Pooh's house.
Voice cast
- Chloë Grace Moretz as Darby[3] (US)
- Kimberlea Berg as Darby (UK)
- Jim Cummings as Winnie-the-Pooh,[4] Tigger[5] and the Singing Snowmen
- Dee Bradley Baker as Buster[6] and Frost the Reindeer [7]
- Travis Oates as Piglet[8]
- Peter Cullen as Eeyore[9]
- Ken Sansom as Rabbit[10]
- Kath Soucie as Kanga[11]
- Max Burkholder as Roo[12]
- Oliver Dillon as Lumpy the Heffalump[13]
- Jeffrey Tambor as Santa Claus[14]
- Mikaila Baumel as Holly the Reindeer[15]
- Tara Strong as Vixen the Reindeer[16]
Reception
Critical response
Carrie R. Wheadon of Common Sense Media gave Super Sleuth Christmas Movie a grade of three out of five stars and complimented the depiction of positive messages, calling it a "Gentle saving-Christmas tale for preschoolers."[17] Time Out included Super Sleuth Christmas Movie in their "Christmas movies to watch this month" list of December 2020, saying, "If you’ve got tiny tots in the house, you can’t go wrong with a classic, and this is it."[18]
Sales
| Year | Film | Number | Gross
(US$ sales) |
Units
(US sales) |
Ref. |
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| 2009 | Super Sleuth Christmas Movie | 1 | $21,923,541 | [19] |