Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie (1998)
ThumbScore
👍 67%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 40%
(RT: 40%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Eric Pospisil as Young Rudolph (voice)
Richard Simmons as Boone (voice)
Is Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie good?
It's divisive. 67% audience score, estimated from 189 TMDB ratings. Critics scored it lower at 40%, but audiences disagreed.
Overview
Young Rudolph suffers a childhood accident that sees his nose turn from the publicly accepted norm of black to a glowing red colour. His parents worry about him getting teased, and indeed he does in the end. When he is beaten in the reindeer games by his rival for a doe he fancies, Rudolph runs away and moves into a cave with Slyly the Fox. However can he overcome his fear and reach his true potential? Wikipedia ↗
