Donkey's Caroling Christmas-tacular (2010 Video) User Reviews (12)

Not a very good Xmas short

[atinder · 4/10 · 15 August 2013]

Donkey, Shrek, and all the characters from Far Far Away. come together to celebrate

the holiday season by singing classic Xmas song in funny twist it way.

I did not like this short at all, it didn't find any of the songs that funny at all, however it did have nice xmas feel to it

and the Animations was really good in this movie and voice was sound fine with moving of animation

None of song really stuck in my head, which is a really good thing,

and I going to give this movie

4 out of 10

Carols on Shrek

[Prismark10 · 5/10 · 21 December 2015]

Dreamworks Animation show that you can flog a jiving donkey as we have Yuletide Shrek spin off with a 6 minute cartoon short.

Donkey (Eddie Murphy) and other Shrek characters sing Christmas tunes with a version of Jingle Bells, The Most Wonderful Time of the Year and Jingle Bell Rock all with the usual Shrek trimmings.

Puss in Boots sings Feliz Navidad although he titles it as Fleas Navidad.

Dreamworks brings Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Antonio Banderas, Cameron Diaz and other regulars together. The animation is good and it zips along well to keep everyone in the festive spirit.

sing-along

[SnoopyStyle · 5/10 · 8 December 2018]

The gang is having their Christmas party and Donkey is singing. Others follow in turn with their own renditions of familiar Christmas songs. While it's fun to have the gang around, there isn't any plot. It's essentially sing-along time. It's harder to get the jokes when it's in song form. It's too short to be a musical with so many songs. This won't be a classic but it's fine for a short.

Misleading packaging and description

[steffeykirsten · 1/10 · 6 December 2018]

The DVD case for this film had a plot summary that read like this might actually be a feature length movie. I attempted to confirm this by checking the runtime which the case lists as 98 minutes.

Our family settled in for this movie and it ran for about 8 minutes. There was a Yule log video that ran about 15 minutes and was not entertainment for anyone. It's simulates wood fireplace at Shrek's place and is something one might have on in the background while doing other things around the house. The additional bonus features were lack luster and boring. And I had to constantly come back and select each one to play. The entire disc was like some bonus features disc that should have come with the feature length film I expected with the 98 min. runtime.

Sorry I ever checked this out at the library and glad I spent zero dollars on it.

Cute Short

[Michael_Elliott · 17 July 2012]

Donkey's Caroling Christmas-Tacular (2010)

** 1/2 (out of 4)

This spin off from the SHREK series isn't going to win any awards but kids should find it entertaining. At just six-minutes there's really not too much going on outside what the title offers. Donkey (voice of Eddie Murphy) has a group of friends over to sing Christmas tunes and we get re-worked version of songs like Jingle Bells, The Most Wonderful Time of the Year and Jingle Bell Rock. Again, I'm sure children are going to love seeing their favorite characters back in this short, although I think adults might not be quite as entertained. I say that because while the re-worked songs here are cute enough, I think the film would have been much better had the original versions been sung. In fact, I'm sure many children are already familiar with the classic originals so even they might have had more fun with them. With that said, the animation is fairly good and there's no question that quite a bit of imagination went into the production. The re-worked songs on their own are quite imaginative as well.

Collection of songs

[Horst_In_Translation · 6/10 · 10 November 2015]

"Donkey's Christmas Shrektacular" is a 7.5-minute (5 without credits) Christmas special by Walt Dohrn and Raman Hui that has the gang getting us into the holiday spirit with some musical numbers and Christmas food, which was pretty disgusting though. My favorite was probably "Fleas Navidad". All in all, this one here does not really add a whole lot to the franchise, but it is a decent watch for Shrek fans and it's nice to see they got basically all the big name actors from the "real" movies. Of course, the animation is always nice as usual. One of the better Shrek-themed short films (and there are quite a few of these) and overall, I enjoyed the watch and I recommend it. Thumbs up. Oh yeah and it's always nice to see these little dragon donkeys. They are so cute and amazing.

Lousy Christmas Special

[Bored_Dragon · 5/10 · 24 May 2018]

I don't like Christmas specials, but this is Shrek we are talking about, so I had to see it. But after watching I realized I really didn't have to. It's not boring only because it's 5 minutes long, so it has no time to bore you. Not even mediocre.

4,5/10

Donkey commits a war crime and is sentenced to 89 years in federal prison

[gorndingus · 3/10 · 22 September 2020]

All he did was run over a child in his Honda Civic 2001 and was like it was a Gemini thing and was sent away for a war crime!!!!!!!! UNEPIC!!!!!! Free Donkey! DEFUND THE POLICE!!!

A quick celebration of the 'Shrek' universe.

[J-Hunt21 · 8/10 · 4 October 2011]

There's little to be said about 'Donkey's Caroling Christmas-tacular', as it is merely a swift celebration of the 'Shrek' universe. Unlike the films, which have an emotional tie for Shrek's character, this short is lacking a sense of story progression, which is a small shame in some way because 'Christmas-tacular' marks a return to eccentric, unrelenting humour in the manner of the original film and the first sequel; that is, a constant barrage of visual and verbal puns that the producers behind the third and fourth movies could not quite replicate, despite their best efforts.

Every one is catered for with screen time shared equally between Shrek's ever-popular family and friends, the joy of which is found in discovering the festive season through the perspective of a flea-ridden cat, or a living party snack. It is characterisation like this that contributes to the endearing nature of the series.

'Christmas-tacular' doesn't quite hit a home run like 'Shrek the Halls' before it, as that short successfully intertwined a simple plot that added the necessary weight to contain the sheer madness that punctuates nearly every moment of this franchise. However, Donkey's festivities are a great way to kick-start your own Christmas season.

8/10

best shortest christmas movie

[NijazBaBs · 10/10 · 8 January 2021]

This movie, even for such short time, has been funny enough, interesting enough, and good enough. It has christmas atmosphere, topic, and many unpredictable stunts. Better than most long movies, and better than most short movies. Similar to all other Shrek sequels.

Jokes

[bevo-13678 · 10/10 · 14 March 2021]

Another wonderful Christmas special. Lakes the subtle humour of die hard

Great!

[AnnaPagrati · 30 December 2021]

A beautiful Christmas mini special! I love Donkey, he's like the funniest character ever, and this mini is all about him and his love for Christmas! A 9/10 from me!