Rating: G
Genre:
Children's/Family
Release Date: 11/08/2005
SubTitles: English/French
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 99 Minutes
Flags: Suitable for Children
Distributor/Studio: MGM
A young girl still saddened by the decision of her best friend's
family to move away learns an important life lesson about change from her eccentric aunt in this
family-friendly
holiday tale directed by
LeVar Burton and starring
Whoopi Goldberg,
Kevin Pollak,
Christopher Plummer, and
Zoë Warner. When ten-year-old
Jess' best friend
Bobby moves to another town,
Jess is inconsolable. Seeing the young girl's grief at the loss of her friend and hoping to offer some comfort,
Jess' aunt
Millie (
Brenda Blethyn) tells her niece the story of a young girl named
Katie (
Warner) and her lifelong dream to become a world-famous ice skater. Befriended by former Olympic skating champion
Otto Brewer while practicing at an outdoor rink near her home,
Katie soon is soon transformed into a world-class skater thanks to the help of her newfound friend. As
Katie's father breaks the news that he has lost his job and the family must move to a new home in a new town, a miracle occurs in the North Pole. It seems that reindeers
Blitzen and
Delphi have given birth to a new baby reindeer named
Blizzard, and
Blizzard possesses the three powers held by every famous reindeer: the power of flight, the power of invisibility, and the ability to navigate life with her heart. Immediately sensing the sadness of young
Katie's loss,
Blizzard sets out on her first mission, much to the dismay of
Santa's disapproving task-master elf
Archimedes.
~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
