Caillou's Holiday Movie (French and English) | 
 enlarge | Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 6081
Format: Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: WARD34230D
ISBN: 0790783940
UPC: 085393423025
EAN: 9780790783949
Theatrical Release Date: 2003
Release Date: October 7, 2003
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Celebrate the 12 days of Christmas with Caillou and his family. Caillou receives a special advent calendar from his parents to count down the days until Christmas, and each night Caillou and his parents open a flap to discover a new picture of a holiday celebration somewhere in the world. As the family talks about different Christmas traditions, Caillou learns that a young boy in Germany started the tradition of the Christmas tree, that English school children made the first Christmas cards, and that Christmas stockings (and shoes) figure prominently in holiday celebrations in France and Hungary. He also learns about Hanukkah and the lighting of the Menorah from his friend Leo. As Caillou and his family enjoy their own holiday traditions, they discover the universal importance of giving and sharing. Music, including eight original songs, abounds in this 73-minute program. Unlike more typical Caillou episodes, there are no animated segments focusing on the interactions between Teddy, Rexi, and Gilbert in this presentation nor does Caillou find much to whine about in this festive season. DVD extras include an interview with Caillou, a holiday sing-along, and six challenges. (Ages 2 to 6) --Tami Horiuchi
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 Will this get released again? May 14, 2004
Im starting to wonder if this get released again. Did this really get released last year?
 Fun Caillous Movie-length Show May 4, 2004
My 3-year old (and even my 1-year old) loved this movie. We loved seeing some previous characters get reintroduced (the fireman friend, the nursing home residents, Jonah). Caillou's voice is noticeably different (the original voice-actor died in a car accident last year) but it's not bothersome. My child loved learning, along with Caillou, about the various ways Christmas is celebrated. My kids danced at each song. Even though it's Spring here, my child wanted to get the Christmas tree out. She hit "replay" as soon as it was over. Fun was had by all.
One of the best movies of all time, save for a few quirks January 30, 2004
Okay, first of all, let's go through the quirks. The first one is that the advertisement of 6 games being on the DVD is rather misleading. There is actually only two games, each with 3 levels. The second one is that the sing-alongs are actually more of music videos, since they lack the lyrics being displayed in either a overlay, subtitle or even in closed captions. The last one is that they did not credit the casts of the Spanish soundtrack. While the Spanish soundtrack is well done, the cast were not credited, and even though the Spanish track has a dedicated opening title card, it just used the closing credits of the English version. While this is not much of a problem to most, enquiring minds of Caillou fans want to know: who did the voices and singing of the Spanish soundtrack?Anyway, apart from the minor quirks listed above, there the movie was just as Cinar announced it to be: touching, funny and warm. It has the right mix of catchy music and dialogs, and there is enough humour to keep one entertained throughout the movie. Viewers feel Caillou's frustration when he is separated from his beloved Rexy and spends a third of the movie on and off trying to find him (Rexy), laugh at the scene where Rosie drops a roll of toilet paper into a box full of stuff to be donated to needy children, and feel the warmth of the scenes at night where Caillou's Mommy sings him a song about Santa's different names around the world. Also, viewers will get to learn about how Christmas is celebrated throughout the world, plus a little bit about Hannukah. Also, the interview, while not being related to the show, is good for a laugh if nothing else. Overall, it's a good movie, even though there are one or two quirks. It's also worth a mention that the movie makes a lot of references to past episodes of the TV show. It's worth a mention that Annie Bovaird does the voice of Caillou in the movie instead of Jaclyn Linetsky, and that the movie is a departure from a regular episode of the show and lacks both the grandma-reading-to-kids opening that's found on the older version of the show and the puppet segments that's found on the PBS airings - it's 73 Minutes of pure Caillou and nothing else. In a nutshell: good movie, and the minor quirks are easy to overlook (especially if you get the DVD only for the movie). I give it two thumbs up.
What a nice change January 2, 2004
Thank you CINAR for doing such a great job on this production. Cailloo, as others have noted, is really not as whiney in this movie as he is in the TV shows. That is a super change. Cailloo is a thoughtful, generous, loving little man in this movie and a great model for our 3 year old son who adores him. The movie includes many of the people that Cailloo has met over the series on television.
In this movie Cailloo comes across as a little bit older (don't worry he's still 4) in his behavior. It enabled us to use Cailloo's behavior as an example of how our son should behave, rather than what he shouldn't do as happens a lot on the TV show.
My wife and I noticed the change in Cailloo's voice but it did not detract from our son's enjoyment. Rosie is very cute and is on her way to being potty trained. Poor Gilbert gets locked behind every door in the house until Rosie rescues him.
Gone and NOT MISSED are the non animated vignettes. We don't mind the scenes with Rexy, Gilbert, and Teddy so much but the other scenes with the live children seem like they are just fillers.
This is a MUST for all Cailloo fans, and if you don't like the whiney TV Cailloo you WILL like this one :)
Happy Christmas Everyone!!!
Cute holiday movie December 30, 2003
My kids ages 2 and 4 enjoyed this movie for the Christmas season. I did notice my 2 year old asked for the movie more than my 4 year old though. The songs in it were catchy and it got my 4 year old interested in our advent calender. I'd recommend this movie for young children.
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