VeggieTales - An Easter Carol

VeggieTales - An Easter Carol
by Tim Hodge

VeggieTales - An Easter Carol

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Actor: Dan Anderson (III), Lisa Vischer, Mike Nawrocki, Rebecca St. James, Tim Hodge
Director: Tim Hodge
Brand: VEGGIE TALES
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Anamorphic, Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 49 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-02-10
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Big Idea

DVD Reviews of VeggieTales - An Easter Carol

DVD Review: Not done in the spectacular VeggieTales tradition
Summary: 3 Stars

My family and I are great VeggieTales fans and we recently got this DVD for, of course, Easter.

We were all kind of underwhelmed. It just seems like whoever creates their music or lyrics was on vacation when this DVD was made. Nothing that really sticks with you or that you find yourself humming later in the day.

And I hate to be so critical, I feel guilty b/c these guys have made so much quality entertainment for children...but that's exactly why I have to say it...it's just not that great and way below the standard that they set years ago. "Where's God When I'm S-s-s-scared?", "Madame Blueberry", "King George and the Ducky," these are fantastic. I wish this one had been up to par with these.

I haven't bought any of their recent releases, or even know if they have any recent releases, but I hope they're better than this.

DVD Review: Simply fun and pleasing for little ones
Summary: 5 Stars

My 8 month old loves loves loves the Veggie Tales Easter Carol. He doesn't care much for Baby Einstein but he loves Veggie Tales and laughs and squirms with delight when they sing. I would definitely recommend this.

DVD Review: Pretty good -- my kids like the Ebeneezer Nezzer character
Summary: 4 Stars

This video is fun. It brings back "Mr. Nezzer" and this time, there is an Easter Egg/Easter Bunny factory.

My reason for giving it only 4 stars is that the song distorts the Bible verse from "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life" to "the way, the truth, and the LIGHT" -- better for the rhymes, but it's not what Jesus said. So I find myself in the position, each time we watch it, of hitting "mute" for that line and singing it the right way. Slightly annoying. But the kids love the show, so I have to recommend it, despite that one flaw.

DVD Review: Christmas Carol with a twist
Summary: 4 Stars

Easter CArol is basically the story of Dicken's classic Christmas Carol, but adapted beautifully for Easter. The highlight of the show is the tear-jerking ballad sung by angelic "Hope" to a backdrop of stained glass pictorials of Jesus's life from birth to death to resurrection. I still cry every time I watch the tender scene.

My only complaint is the rather awkward emphasis by the Veggie-version of Marley's ghost--Grandma Nezzer--who makes a big point of saying that she is not a ghost, but a vision, then explaining how a vision is different. "Hope", the Veggie-version of all three ghosts of Christmas, also explains that she is not a ghost, but the "Hope" of Easter. It throws off the rhythm of the humor and story, and overall, seems more confusing to kids. I understand if some Christian denominations don't like the idea of ghosts--but it IS a fictional story; afterall, there's also no such thing as talking vegetables.

Overall, worth investing in. My toddlers had a great understanding of Easter after watching this several times in the weeks before Lent.

DVD Review: Veggie good story
Summary: 5 Stars

I really enjoyed the story of Easter Carol and the Easter egg factory. I love they way veggietales brings back the real meaning of the season.

Description of VeggieTales - An Easter Carol

It's back to 1880's London in this companion special to the hit VeggieTales video, The Star of Christmas. In the tradition of a great Dickens classic, Nezzer goes on a wild tour of his past, present and future in the company of Hope, a little Angel with a loving heart. Voiced by Contemporary Christian Music superstar, Rebecca St. James, Hope teaches Nezzer the true meaning of Easter. Filled with music, mechanical chickens and way too many plastic Easter eggs, An Easter Carol, will be an instant holiday classic.

VeggieTales goes Dickensian for this sprightly and inventive take on the Christian significance of Easter. Greedy Ebenezer Nezzer, a Scrooge equivalent and manufacturer of such Easter kitsch as plastic eggs and mechanical chickens, mounts a huge commercial campaign to reap further profits from a day that should be about remembering the resurrection of Jesus. With series regulars Bob the Tomato (cast, fittingly, as a Bob Cratchit type) and Larry the Cucumber on board, An Easter Carol finds Ebenezer led by a music-box angel named Hope (voiced by Rebecca S. James) through a spectral journey to discover the real meaning of Christ's death and return. As usual, the animation is lively but the script is less heavy-handed than some other Biblically inspired VeggieTales. Production art includes some wonderful stained glass backgrounds. The overall effect is clever and pleasing. --Tom Keogh

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