Care Bears: The Giving Festival

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Care Bears: The Giving Festival
A yellow Bear wearing a cap (Funshine Bear) is giving a pink Bear (Cheer Bear) a gift box. Nearby are other Care Bears (Share, Oopsy and True Heart) stand behind decorated trees and locations.
Directed byDavis Doi (supervising)
Written byThomas Hart
Produced byRobert Winthrop
StarringTracey Moore
Ashleigh Ball
Tabitha St. Germain
Ian James Corlett
Scott McNeil
Music byCarl Johnson
Production
companies
Distributed byLionsgate Home Entertainment
Release date
  • November 2, 2010 (2010-11-02)
Running time
67 minutes
CountriesCanada
United States
LanguageEnglish

Care Bears: The Giving Festival is a 2010 animated fantasy film starring the Care Bears characters.[1] It was made by SD Entertainment[2] and released on DVD by Lionsgate[3] on November 2, 2010.[4] In the film, the Care Power Team—which includes Funshine Bear, Cheer Bear and Share Bear—organizes their annual Giving Festival, and must rescue a princess named Starglo from impending weather.[2]

Release[edit]

The DVD of The Giving Festival features an episode of the CBS series, Adventures in Care-a-lot, containing the stories "Belly Blanked" and "All Give and No Take".[5][6]

Reception[edit]

As of November 2010, the film has received mixed reviews. C.S. Strowbridge of The Numbers, a box-office tracking website, said that it "is exactly what you would expect from the Care Bears. It's not exactly a feature-length film, and it feels a little episodic, but it is bright and full of adventure."[5] Writing for DVD Talk, Paul Mavis gave it one star out of five. Deeming it "Dishonest right from the get-go", he also said, "When I want a Care Bears Christmas movie ... and I do ... I want it to actually be about Christmas, not some wishy-washy P.C. 'Giving Festival' euphemism."[6]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 40. ISBN 9781476672939.
  2. ^ a b Doi, Davis (director) (2010). Care Bears: The Giving Festival. Lions Gate Home Entertainment (distributor) / SD Entertainment.
  3. ^ "Toy Story 3 more fun than you can imagine". The Providence Journal. A.H. Belo Corporation. November 2, 2010. p. 2 (Features; Lifebeat). For children: Delight them time and time again with: Care Bears: Giving Festival (Lionsgate, $14.98); LeapFrog Learning DVD + CD Set, Volume 2 (Lionsgate, $29.98).
  4. ^ Scott, Mike (August 20, 2010). "Arriving this week". New Orleans Times-Picayune. p. A 08 (Lagniappe).
  5. ^ a b Strowbridge, C.S. (November 8, 2010). "Featured TV on DVD Review: Care Bears: The Giving Festival Movie". The Numbers. Nash Information Services LLC. Retrieved November 24, 2010.
  6. ^ a b Mavis, Paul (November 11, 2010). "DVD Video Reviews: Care Bears: The Giving Festival Movie". DVD Talk. Retrieved November 24, 2010.

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