Prancer
The movie follows Jessica Riggs, an 8-year-old girl, who nurses a wounded reindeer she believes is one of Santa's. Jessica takes it upon herself to contact Santa and return the reindeer to him before Christmas.
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December 14, 2014
This charming and disarming family film offers wish fulfilment to all but the most cynical of youngsters.
March 14, 2009
Forgettable Christmas movie featuring Sam Elliott.
November 27, 2007
Prancer deserves to join the select ranks of those Christmas movies we return to again and again.
December 14, 2014
It's a tribute to veteran TV writer Greg Taylor's script and, especially, to the acting of 9-year-old Ms. Harrell that the movie remains engaging and palatably sweet.
December 13, 2014
Prancer remains a real curiosity -- a movie that`s far from being successful on its own terms, yet better than those terms would suggest.
December 14, 2014
While charming in conception and beautifully photographed in the dead of a Midwestern winter, Prancer is marred by a principal role.
May 20, 2003
Its plodding competence can't provide that effortless magical touch that Christmas classics are made of.
December 14, 2014
This is a tale about faith and love, but it's also a story of coldness and death. Prancer, you might say, puts the winter solstice back in Christmas/
December 14, 2014
In the end, Prancer is a simple pleasure as the story of one special child's faith in the spirit of Christmas, a faith that changes her family and her community for the better.
December 14, 2014
Harrell carries the film with an impressive performance for a child whose only previous experience was as a singing litterbug in a school play.
January 01, 2000
Harrell's brash debut, the use of animism and the story's sincerity add interest.
December 14, 2014
A hodgepodge of Heidi and Meet Me in St. Louis.
