Movie Review: David

Movie Review: David                                                                                                                    12-20-25

From the songs of his mother's heart to the whispers of a faithful God, David's story begins in quiet devotion. When the giant Goliath rises to terrorize a nation, a young shepherd armed with only a sling, a few stones, and unshakable faith steps forward. Pursued by power and driven by purpose, his journey tests the limits of loyalty, love, and courage--culminating in a battle not just for a crown, but for the soul of a kingdom.

David is the best biblical animated movie since The Prince of Egypt with a strong heartfelt tone, impressive animation, engaging albeit familiar characters, appealing character designs, and songs that easily trump lesser animated musicals in recent years.

David about to slay the mighty giant Goliath.

Rather than being animated in North America or even Europe like your average CGI movie, David was animated at Sunrise Animation Studios in Cape Town, South Africa. If you ask me, they did a great job on a small 60 million dollar budget.

If I were to make a nitpick, I felt David was too long: The film is about 115 minutes long (ALMOST TWO HOURS!), but if you ask me, it could've been 10-20 minutes shorter. It also doesn't help that I'm, at the moment, not familiar at all with the biblical story of David.

David, know an adult, with his aging mom Nitzevet and his teenage sister Zeruiah.

In conclusion, in case your theater is fresh out of Zootopia 2 tickets, go see David instead.

Rating: 4 stars out of 5

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Movie Review: That Christmas

Movie Review: That Christmas                                                                                               12-5-25

Based on the charming trilogy of children's books by beloved multi award-winning writer/director Richard Curtis, That Christmas follows a series of entwined tales about family and friends, love and loneliness, and Santa Claus making a big mistake, not to mention an enormous number of turkeys!

Even though the story feels like a series of episodes, That Christmas makes up for it with a heartfelt tone that Strange World, Wish, and Kung Ku Panda 4 lacked, impressive animation, a good score from John Powell, and engaging and relatable characters.

Charlie (left) with a beard made from the hair of their neighbor's dog.

This movie has quite a few characters to focus on, and each of them gets their own amount of screen time: There’s opposite twins Sam and Charlie, Danny, a boy who bonds with his teacher, communicates with his divorced mom through sticky notes, and has a crush on Sam, Bernadette, a rebellious red-head with freckles who also has to watch over the house with her friends while her parents are stuck in their van. it's hard to pick which ones I like the best because they're all so relatable and make me want to be a kid again.

If I were to complain about one thing, I don’t like how Santa Claus himself looks in the movie: St. Nick is supposed to be big-boned, but in this movie, Santa seems to have lost lots of weight. To quote Mrs. Claus in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer “Whoever heard of a skinny Santa?”

To conclude this review, while it doesn’t hold a Christmas candle to the likes of Arthur Christmas, Klaus, or The Muppet Chrismtas Carol, That Christmas is still a gem to cherish each Christmas. To be honest, I liked this movie better than Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey!

Rating: 3.5 stars out of 5