Olive, the Other Reindeer

• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Children's/Family
• Movie Type: Children's Fantasy
• Themes: Underdogs
• Main Cast: Drew Barrymore
• Release Year: 2000
• Country: US
• Run Time: 69 minutes
• MPAA Rating: NR

Plot

Matt Groening helped produce this animated adaptation of the popular children's book written by J. Otto Seibold and Vivian Walsh. Olive (voice of Drew Barrymore) is a little dog who is very excited about the upcoming Christmas holidays, and wishes she could somehow help Santa Claus (voice of Edward Asner) with his work. Word begins to circulate that one of Santa's reindeer has hurt his leg and won't be able to make the trip, and when someone mentions "all of the other reindeer," Olive mistaken thinks they've said "Olive, the other reindeer," and is convinced Santa wants her to come to the North Pole to help pull the sleigh. Dan Castellaneta, Peter MacNichol, Diedrich Bader, and Tim Meadows also contribute to the voice cast; Michael Stipe from the band R.E.M. voices one of the characters and contributes a song to the soundtrack. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Cast

Ed Asner - Santa Claus; Drew Barrymore - Olive; Dan Castellaneta - Postman; Peter MacNicol - Fido; Joe Pantoliano - Martini; Michael Stipe; Tim Meadows; Jay Mohr

Credit

Drew Barrymore - Executive Producer, Matt Groening - Executive Producer

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