A Flintstones Christmas Carol (1994)

Fantastic Christmas film, is easily the best feature length version of The Flintstones. The idea of having the Christmas Carol portion of the film be a play the characters put on works perfectly. This allows the film to do both what makes A Christmas Carol great, and what makes The Flintstones great.

The film's director was Joanna Romersa. She had been an animator at Hanna-Barbera since 1966 on another Flintstones feature called A Man Called Flintstone. She had also done animation for the Disney features, Lady and the Tramp and Sleeping Beauty. Before this she had done directing for the Hanna-Barbera TV show Yo Yogi!, and for the Hanna-Barbera feature film, Scooby Doo in Arabian Nights. She is still working today. Her most recent work was as a timing director for the Disney TV show The 7D.

This is an excellent film. The Christmas Carol portion is one of the closet to the book film adaptions of A Christmas Carol. It recaptures the charm of that book much better than most adaptions. The more traditional Flintstones portion is also excellent, and recaptures the feeling of the series quite well.

-Michael J. Ruhland