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Summary: A Delight for the Entire Family
Review: As an avowed teddy bear lover, I purchased this video because the little bear on the cover looked simply darling. I was not disappointed. Tangie is a most adorable bear. Singer Trisha Yearwood narrates the story and sings two lovely songs; I especially love "Lookin' For a Place to Belong". The animation, from the teddy bear factory to the adventures at Winkle's store, is a visual treat. Children will definitely love this movie, but it also contains some important messages, such as love, caring, and a sense of family and belonging, for people of all ages.
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Summary: A Delight for the Entire Family
Review: As an avowed teddy bear lover, I purchased this video because the little bear on the cover looked simply darling. I was not disappointed. Tangie is a most adorable bear. Singer Trisha Yearwood narrates the story and sings two lovely songs; I especially love "Lookin' For a Place to Belong". The animation, from the teddy bear factory to the adventures at Winkle's store, is a visual treat. Children will definitely love this movie, but it also contains some important messages, such as love, caring, and a sense of family and belonging, for people of all ages.
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Summary: Diffrent
Review: Being different is what makes each of us so special. Our hero, Tangerine Bear, whose smile was accidentally sewn on upside-down, dreams of going home with a caring family. After the Christmas season is over he is sent to a ramshackle thrift store full of misfits, where he finally finds a home.
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Summary: A Kid's Review, of Sorts
Review: I did not hear of this movie when it was released and only bought it because I came across it (on DVD) in a local store for $3.99 and figured I couldn't go wrong at that price, especially with Tom Bosley, David Hyde Pierce and Jonathan Taylor Thomas on board. I was pleasantly surprised. I think it has a nice story line, good characters and nice music (good job with narration and songs, courtesy of Trisha Yearwood). My daughter wanted to watch it over and over and over. We even made Tangerine Bear cut out cookies that year! She loved it so much I went back and bought another copy to add to my niece's Christmas gift. When my niece opened it her mother was astonished, "How did you know she LOVES this movie, we get it from the library all the time!?" (We shared the cookies too!) I bought it for my niece based on my daughter's reaction and it turned out to be a good call. So from a child's stand point it is fabulous, and this mom is fond of it too. Don't expect Disney animation, more like Saturday morning cartoons, but I'd pay full price if I hadn't found such a deal.
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Summary: We need more like this
Review: I rented this DVD from a video store months ago and it would not play in my DVD player at all. I noticed some scratches on the disc and assumed that they were the cause; I returned it with a note to the store that the disc needed to be replaced. Last night I rented a different copy of The Tangerine Bear again from another video store, which had no scratches or fingerprints, etc. It also refused to play: just as it was with the first DVD, it displayed the "Artisan" logo and the "Family Home Entertainment" logo, then shut itself down completely and even took the DVD player out of "play" mode. (Our player has played literally hundreds of other DVDs successfully and with no problems whatsoever; only the two separate copies of The Tangerine Bear have ever refused to work.) I went to the website on the back cover, "familyhomeent.com" and clicked on the "F.H.E." logo that had displayed on the television screen before the DVD had shut down; the page could not be found. Clicking on the customer service icon yielded the same error message. Finally, clicking on the picture for the page dedicated to "The Tangerine Bear" led to a completely blank page except for six helpful words: "Tangerinebear.com is for the tangerine bear[.]" There was no further information, nowhere to seek help or register a complaint. When I inquired at the first video store to which I had written the note about the scratched DVD, I was told that they did not have The Tangerine Bear on DVD in stock anymore and that they did not plan to re-stock it in the future. It seemed that others had experienced the same difficulties. The Tangerine Bear is a charming book and a wonderful movie, and I think it's sad that it is being distributed in a format that seems so shoddy and by a company with so many problems in communicating with the public. I hope it is re-released by a different company; until then, I would highly recommend the VHS version.
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Summary: Wonderful story, frustrating format
Review: I rented this DVD from a video store months ago and it would not play in my DVD player at all. I noticed some scratches on the disc and assumed that they were the cause; I returned it with a note to the store that the disc needed to be replaced. Last night I rented a different copy of The Tangerine Bear again from another video store, which had no scratches or fingerprints, etc. It also refused to play: just as it was with the first DVD, it displayed the "Artisan" logo and the "Family Home Entertainment" logo, then shut itself down completely and even took the DVD player out of "play" mode. (Our player has played literally hundreds of other DVDs successfully and with no problems whatsoever; only the two separate copies of The Tangerine Bear have ever refused to work.) I went to the website on the back cover, "familyhomeent.com" and clicked on the "F.H.E." logo that had displayed on the television screen before the DVD had shut down; the page could not be found. Clicking on the customer service icon yielded the same error message. Finally, clicking on the picture for the page dedicated to "The Tangerine Bear" led to a completely blank page except for six helpful words: "Tangerinebear.com is for the tangerine bear[.]" There was no further information, nowhere to seek help or register a complaint. When I inquired at the first video store to which I had written the note about the scratched DVD, I was told that they did not have The Tangerine Bear on DVD in stock anymore and that they did not plan to re-stock it in the future. It seemed that others had experienced the same difficulties. The Tangerine Bear is a charming book and a wonderful movie, and I think it's sad that it is being distributed in a format that seems so shoddy and by a company with so many problems in communicating with the public. I hope it is re-released by a different company; until then, I would highly recommend the VHS version.
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Summary: Not the best around, but not too bad either.
Review: If you are like me, you are probably too old to watch cartoons as a kid, and to young to watch 'em as an adult :) If you are like me, you really like to watch cartoons nonetheless. From that kind of view I rate this movie. I find the story overall a bit dull, it sometimes simply lacks emotions. However, the movie gets interesting when the bears get to Winkle's store. Personally, I really liked Jack, the Jack-in-the-box who's afraid of the dark. I watched it in Dutch, so I don't know how the English songs and voices are, but the Dutch voices are not too bad. For the little cartoon fans its definatly a good movie, and for the adults its a good movie to see with your kid. For those like me, its worth checking out, but there are better cartoons out there.
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Summary: Great Movie for Young and Old
Review: My 3 year old daughter loves this movie. We borrowed it from a friend (VHS Format) and enjoyed it so much that we purchased the DVD. After placing the order with Amazon, I read a review which indicated problems with the DVD format. I just want to let anyone who is interested know that the DVD which we received works just fine, and we have enjoyed multiple viewings with our daughter. It is a terrific holiday movie.
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Summary: Really good video
Review: My children really love this video and I enjoy the music as well.
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Summary: Destined to become a holiday classic!
Review: My five year old daughter just adores this holiday movie so much - she refused to let me put it away with the rest of the Christmas stuff! In the story, a little Teddybear gets his smile sewn on upside down by mistake. Because of this "factory error" he is passed up at the department store, ending up instead, at an out-of-the-way second hand store where he meets an interesting assortment of characters! The Tangerine Bear really is a very cute, heartwarming, and "watchable" movie. Toss in some great messages such as: "our differences make us special" and "there's no place like home" and you have the makings of a perfect little kid's movie! Even as an adult, you can't help but get an "awwwwww" sort of feeling when the happy ending comes - no matter how many times you see it (and trust me, I've seen it MANY, MANY TIMES)! If you were wondering about this movie, well, wonder no more! It is definitely one worth owning!
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