The Velveteen Rabbit [DVD]

beautiful thought provoking film for all the family

This is a 'must see'Beautifully acted, filmed and a great music scoreGreat family movieThis quality of film is sadly missing in new releases today . .

I watched this film on TV a few years ago and was desperate for it to come out on DVD so that I could buy it for my mum who I knew would love it as much as I did. I was very happy to see that it had finally been released and I bought it to give to her as a Christmas present. This is such a fantastic film, I can't praise it highly enough! It's not just for kids, it's suitable for the whole family and it's so good that we've all watched it multiple times. I highly recommend this film!

Really enjoyed this film. Good acting. Would watch it again.

I love anything Christmassy at this time of year, even children's films, but when I started watching this I thought it was far too babyish and almost turned it off. Am so glad I didn't as it turned out to be a lovely film with a heartwarming ending - even shed a few tears! Will definitely add this to my Christmas collection to be watched each year.

This is beautiful story and so very cleverly filmed. It is a story about a young boy staying with his grandmother who is rather strict and unable to show her feelings. My 2 year old grandson absolutely loves it as do I .It has a real feel good factor with it .well worth watching over and over.

The D.V.D. arrived on time. It was a very reasonable price and in good condition. I'm very happy with my purchase.

Never having read the book, I don't know what I expected. I knew it would be sentimental, but that's fine with me (hell, I love IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE!). I wanted to love VELVETEEN RABBIT like some of your other reviewers, but I didn't. I did like it, but that's all.The direction & photography were good, but the cast (save for the Mother & chauffeur) were not very good. The cast (including the lead), simply, walked through their parts. 'Family film' or not, one expects good acting today (like the children in HUGO). The confrontation between Mother & son needed much more development for maximum impact (after all, this was one of the more important dramatic scenes!).The film veers, sometimes suddenly, between live action & animated cartoon, and this can be quite jarring: Disney got away with this in MARY POPPINS, but this film doesn't. The 'magic' scenes, in my opinion, should've been done by CGI (like the backgrounds in WHAT DREAMS MAY COME). The live action & computer-rendered scenes would've blended so much better, but then, the budget would've had to be much larger.Still, it was fun to watch.

It's so nice when a story can end so well . Well Done

Preciosa, soy fan de VELVETEEN RABIT. Y esta pelicula es una pasada. Para crios un poco mas mayores es percta!

As stated before, "The Velveteen Rabbit" is pretty much my most favorite of fairytales. Something about it touched significantly when I was a child, and still does to this day. With that said, I had some misgivings about seeing this film. On the one hand, I was curious as to how they would pull this off (especially being a combination of animation and live-action), but on the other hand, I did not want to see them butcher MY fairytale.Anyone who read the book will immediately find by the opening scene that this is not the tale "your Mom read you". And as you go on, so many things were changed. I was slightly disconcerted. Normally, variations don't bother me, but when it comes to something that has such nostalgic power and connection to you, it can be difficult sometimes. But I stuck with it and found that this version is a wonderfully imagined and matured tale. It ingeniously implements the main plot points and keeps the spirit of the original, but brings fresh light to the key point of the tale, " 'Real isn't how you are made,' said the Skin Horse. 'It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real.' "CONTENT ISSUES:This film was intended to be a family film and it stays true to that purpose. There is absolutely nothing that I could find to be particularly offensive on any level.PLOT (ABSOLUTELY NO SPOILERS):One thing that is nice about this film is that it has a clear direction and nothing is too ambiguous. Children can easily follow this movie. But, there is a lot of meat and content for older viewers as well. All audiences of any age will understand the main tale of love...but more mature viewers will be able to muse over more subtle themes of faith, cynicism, naivete, regret, and redemption. It's a tale that really tries to appeal to everyone...in a good way. The pacing was actually quite good. What I really digged though was that though this is a VERY liberal execution of the source material, they still followed the key plot points and implemented very imaginative ways of executing them. The ways they crafted it allowed the plot points to better fit their direction, while still maintaining the nostalgia that most who have read the original will appreciate. The only thing is, I would have slightly changed the ending to give a stronger resolution for some of the other toys...but if I told you how, that would border on spoiling things. I was moved to tears at points...similar to when I read the original.CHARACTERS:I found the characters, in general, to be likable and effective. Nana and Dad were my favorites to watch as they evolved...and their struggles were things that many deal with to this day. The only character I found that irked me just a little was the rabbit himself. Now, in a way it actually worked out best that way because it gave the rabbit room to grow as you did see him mature as the movie went on...but initially, he was a little "too much" for me at points. Still, any faults the rabbit may have had were totally eclipsed by the tale as a whole.EXTRAS:Honestly, the special features are negligible. There are cast interviews, cast bios, and deleted scenes. Of all of these, I love documentary type things so Cast Bios and Cast interviews naturally are my first draw. However, the cast bios are basically a paragraph or two that you read...I would have previewed that they present themselves or something. And as to the cast interviews...it was short with not much information. Just some opinions and feelings...but really I felt they could have done something so much more meaningful with this. It just seemed like it was there to just be able to say it was there.ALL IN ALL:This is a beautiful and stirring rendition of a tale as old as time. The characters were well represented, the tale itself was wonderfully and imaginatively executed...and the spirit of the original tale still rings true. It's hard not to be moved by this one. By the end, just like the original book, it challenged me and the way I see things.

My sisters favorite story as a child, brought to life now that she is older. We both almost cried at the end of the movie.

excellant,fast