''A Monster Christmas'' or ''Abominable Christmas'' is a 2012 American made-for-television animated children's film. Directed by

Chad Van De Keere Chad Van De Keere is a Canadian director who currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is known for directing animated television series as well as animated films primarily targeted for children and families. He has worked in a ...

for Kickstart Productions, it features the voices of

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and

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. The film is about two young abominable snow children who escape the capture of an evil scientist and take up residence with a family. The film was screened at the 2013 Foyle Film Festival.

Cast

The following actors provided their voice for the characters: *

Ariel Winter Ariel Winter Workman (born January 28, 1998) is an American actress. She is best known for playing Alex Dunphy in the ABC sitcom '' Modern Family'' (2009–2020), for which she and her several costars won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Ou ...

as Abby Abominable *

as Lilly Winterbottom *

Nolan Gould Nolan Gould (born October 28, 1998) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Luke Dunphy on the ABC sitcom ''Modern Family'' (2009–2020). Early life and education Gould was born in New York City, to Angela and Edwin Gould. Shortly ...

as Adam Abominable *

as Matt Winterbottom *

as Abominable Dad *

as Mr. Winterbottom *

Matthew Lillard Matthew Lyn Lillard (born January 24, 1970) is an American actor. His film work includes Chip Sutphin in '' Serial Mom'' (1994), Emmanuel "Cereal Killer" Goldstein in '' Hackers'' (1995), Stu Macher in '' Scream'' (1996), Stevo in '' SLC Punk!'' ...

as Dogcatcher *

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as Margaret Knowhow

Reception

Cleaver Patterson, writing for ''Starburst Magazine'' wrote: "It's quite charming, with its story of a hapless father doing his best to bring up his unruly offspring single-handedly after his wife has died. The characters however appear stereotypically irksome – an overprotective parent, feisty young daughter, know-it-all older brother, as well as bumbling baddies and buffoonish representatives of the law – whilst the storyline offers little opportunity other than to involve everyone in endless misunderstanding-induced chases. The animation – though by no means as bad as the recent Scottish abomination ''

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'' – is not much above the standard you'd expect from a made-for-television film, which A Monster Christmas was originally intended as."

References

External links

* 2012 television films 2012 animated short films Animated Christmas films American Christmas television films 2010s English-language films 2010s television Christmas films English-language short films 2012 films {{Christmas-tv-film-stub