Films like Shrek the Halls.

Shrek the Halls (2007) reads as Cosy, breathless, gentle adventure / animation, inventive in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

Merry Madagascar (2009) poster
1. Merry Madagascar2009

Keeps the gentle temperature and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Big Buck Bunny (2008) poster
2. Big Buck Bunny2008

Keeps the gentle temperature and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Small Fry (2011) poster
3. Small Fry2011

Keeps the gentle temperature and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Pig Who Cried Werewolf (2011) poster
4. The Pig Who Cried Werewolf2011

Keeps the gentle temperature and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Air Mater (2011) poster
5. Air Mater2011

Keeps the gentle temperature and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Surviving Sid (2008) poster
6. Surviving Sid2008

Keeps the gentle temperature and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Open Season 3 (2010) poster
7. Open Season 32010

Keeps the gentle temperature and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas (2011) poster
8. Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas2011

Keeps the gentle temperature and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Mater the Greater (2008) poster
9. Mater the Greater2008

Keeps the gentle temperature and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Tokyo Mater (2008) poster
10. Tokyo Mater2008

Keeps the gentle temperature and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

The Secret of the Magic Gourd (2007) poster
11. The Secret of the Magic Gourd2007

Keeps the gentle temperature and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Scary Godmother: The Revenge of Jimmy (2005) poster
12. Scary Godmother: The Revenge of Jimmy2005

Keeps the gentle temperature and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Shrek the Halls’s neighbours — where are yours?

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