@@astrowolvez this is something I found from 1997. During the next holiday season, Annabelle’s Wish, a home video release, will help answer the wishes of sick children throughout the U.S. Ralph Edwards Films, producer of the animated video, and Hallmark Home Entertainment, distributor of the title, are partnering with the Make-A-Wish Foundation to fund the 100 wishes of children with life-threatening illnesses. Consumer advertising and licensing and promotional tie-ins will support the effort. Annabelle’s Wish tells the story of a calf named Annabelle who wishes to bring happiness to the boy who cares for her. The home video will be available for sell-through in late October.
I find it just as funny that it took her lawyer a whole year to find a part of Billy's custody case she could exploit. That's the reason I always assumed for why she's not heard from during that time skip.
As a kid, I wondered why old Annabelle ran away, but then I read about how some animals and pets run away when they know they are sick or are about to die.
That makes the ending more bittersweet to tell you the truth. She spent her whole life happily with Billy, and then she essentially ascends into heaven, finally fulfilling her dream of flying…Excuse me while I cry my eyes out. 😭
Okay. I've never seen this movie in my life, and it somehow made me cry like a baby. Seeing Annabelle literally living her whole life to the very end, not wasting another thought about her personal dreams and having a fulfilling life by making someone else happy, that just got me. It reminded me of the dog that raised me. Being the dog of my mother, she was 1y.o. when I was born, and she basically adopted me so that I had two mothers. This helped me very much while growing up. It made me appreciate animals more, I had someone to go to whenever human problems became too much and I had someone who never left my side. I was in my mid-teens when she passed away by my side. I think it may be better that I only now see it as an adult. As a child I didn't really grasp the concept of death, and what it means to live a fulfilling life. I think I wouldn't have understood the ending of the movie like I do now. I adopted a dog myself this christmas by the way.
My grandparents had this on vhs when I was a kid and I would always watch it when I came over. A week or so after my grandmother passed when I was in highschool I received it in the mail with a note saying she wanted me to have it because she knew I loved it as a kid.
The same thing happened with my grandmother. She introduced me to Abbot and Costello, she had a special VHS set, and I would watch them all the time, especially Jack and the beanstalk. When she passed, my aunt was at the house when they were dividing her assets and she grabbed them for me. I still have them to this day even though I don’t have a player to watch them on. I did get a dvd version of Jack though ❤🥹
The 90s had some really good Christmas specials that no one really talks about. Another one I enjoyed was The Town Santa Forget. What makes this short special is it's ALL in rhyme.
OMFG THIS MOVIE IS MY LITERAL CHILDHOOD AND IVE NEVER MET ANYONE ELSE WHO KNOWS IT OR SEEN ANYONE TALK ABOUT TILL NOW this makes my inner child so happy😭😭
I know, for me, it reminds me of being like around 8-9 years old and sitting down to watch this VHS for the first time right before we left for my grandmother's house in Arkansas for Christmas. Where I was mentally at that time as a person. That feeling of excitement each year after until, eventually, VHS got phased out and I couldn't watch this cute little short unless it played on TV for the holidays. I think it's the feeling of missing being a child, honestly. Loss of innocence as we age sucks.
@@HebiHouse Yep. You can order them online, but I think they're a bit pricey. I'm not sure, cause I got mine for Christmas, but they're old, I know that.
I completely forgot about this movie and doubted if I actually watched this, but skimming through this and seeing the boy gain his voice by Annabelle giving up any chance to talk herself hit a part of my brain that was like "WAIT I HAVE SEEN THIS!"
My childhood just came strolling down rose-colored nostalgia lane and slapped me. I can't believe I forgot about Annabelle's Wish! I LOVED this movie as a child!
I remember this movie! It was so depressing to me at the time 😂 Wait HUH?! I thought at the end of the film Annabelle straight up died and her becoming a reindeer was an afterlife metaphor. But no she just... BECOMES a reindeer. Why did my memories twist it in such a dark way 🤣
@@POTC_Oscarandfriens2.0 Fun Fact: that character has the same voice actress as Fifi Le Fume, Lola Bunny, and Sally Acorn from SATAM. Those characters have one thing in common and you'll never guess what that is.
Was any one else deeply frightened by the man doing the animal sounds at the end or just me? The sound mixer did him dirty, i feel, but it triggered something in my caveman brain.
My childhood movie of choice! Would watch this bad boy all the time as a toddler. Fun fact, last december, I was reminded of it and decided to watch it with some of my friends who had never heard about it. I was pleasantly surprised that it still held up, and my friends really liked it too, including a couple of them crying at the ending
Not gonna lie, I watched this movie when I was reaaally young and I had vague memories about a movie where a cow gives up her voice for a child, but the fleeting memories combined with me literally never seeing ANY mention of this movie ever since (until this video) legit made me think this had been a fever dream lmao.
@@Firguy_the_Foot_Fetishist Voice actors tend to be freelance anyway, they kind of take anything, even when it's bad, like Tuffy for Kath Soucie in those Tom and Jerry movies later on
@@ToHoldNothing Yes, I've listened to Rob Paulsen's podcast and he talked about this exact thing. A lot of material you get is going to be downright awful and you need to have an attitude and a work ethic where no job is beneath you in order to make a living.
Oh God I finally see a review for this. This was one of my absolute favorite Christmas movies as a kid. I even recently found a VHS of it at a thrift store!!
Reminds me of the movie The Willoughbies. The parents are identical. They also were clearly never given "the talk" since they don't understand where the kids keep coming from lol
@SabersparkHighlights The guy who did the animal sounds is Frank Welker, the most prolific voice actor of all time. Just to give you a sample of the roles he's had, he's been the voice actor for Fred Jones since 1969 and Scooby-Doo since 2002, he's the voice actor for Curious George, he's voiced Megatron, he's voiced Garfield, and he's done animal sounds for a ton of movies & TV series(both animated ones and live-action ones).
I had the VHS for this movie growing up. It also had a float in the infamous 1997 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. As a Tennessean myself, it would be lovely to have as much snow as there is in this special.
I never realized it when I was a kid, but they took a calf that was like one day old, not even close to weaned off its mother. That costs a lot to take care of if you have no other cows. And he took her for fence damage money?
Yeah, not sure there's any way to salvage that if you did a rewrite. Make it more about Billy and Annabelle and at best, put her in danger or have a timeskip of more than a year. The Holders being implied to have lost the mother really should've been emphasized more as well, for empathy
@@Shastasnow They do seem to be poorer and lacking in means than even Grandpa somehow, but both of them did lose loved ones: Grandpa just got more based on a life insurance policy or such, if I had to speculate
The main reason I remember this movie is because at some point, one of the bully kids says something like… “move! you stupid cow!”. That happened while our mother was cleaning the house, not paying attention to the movie, and I suppose the kid sounded like my big brother because she got super mad and started scolding him, like she was truly offended, she almost took the mop and cleaned his mouth right then. Of course we had to tell her it was the movie. 😅
The aunt wanted Billy so she could have 'picture perfect Christmas' but if that's like...the only reason why ask for full custody? why not just...invite him over for that day? It would suit her purpose...and she wouldn't have the responsibilty of taking care of the kid full time every day....I mean she clearly didn't want him before that...I'm guessing for that very reason. This movie is nice, it's just...I don't feel like the aunt is neccessary for the conflict in this. especially as we have another antagonist in that other farmer dude....
Heck, the farmer could be involved, but he has potential that was wasted here, with losing his wife according to the sheriff. But BIlly's trauma is criminally lacking in actually being addressed
@@astrowolvez in that one scene where she looks at his photo she says "perfect Christimas, something is missing! a child!" which is why I roll my eyes at her as the threat and source of drama because it's just too much. It doesn't make much sense...for her to want full custody just to have a child for christmas. and like i've said, the farmer demanding money from the grandpa, despite knowing his situation and forcing him to sell the only memento he has of his dead daughter is enough for that drama.
Here's the thing. It looks absolutely fucking ridiculous until you realize that there are literal people that will do this. And a lot of them get away with it every day. It's an actual problem.
Am I the only person who recognized that she is old as eff? Like she most likely wanted full custody of Billy. In the end contract she specifically said she had the contract state she'd have full custody and was confident that it'd be "Tight as a drum". I don't think she was evil, she probably just missed out on having kids of her own or couldn't have any to begin with. As for not hanging about the farm? I felt she had some resentment towards the farm itself...that is where Billy's parents lived and died and where Billy lost his voice. I never saw her as a true Antagonist. This movie in fact never needed a big bad. In life we don't always have a big bad..that's what makes this movie special. It showed events that could happen. For instance, my sister lost custody to my niece before and she resented having to give up company to one of our aunts at the time. This movie was just really real for a cartoon vs something like 101 dalmations
I gotta say, i can\t imagine a better ending for a story like this. It was so wholesome and adorable. Heres to Annabelle not forgetting to greet Billy every christmas when they stop by.
I wish they made Annabelle a little bigger when she’s a yearling. And her voice a little older. I just an assume a yearling calf would be the equivalent of a kid 11-14.
I used to watch this every year during the Christmas season when I was little! I still love it for what memories it gives me. It’s nice to see others enjoy it too.
I watched that movie last Christmas and the Christmas before that and I think it is a very wholesome Christmas movie. I think the parts I like are how people have been willing to sacrifice what they valued most in order to help those they cared about. How the Grandfather had to trade his late Daughter's Music Box to buy back the calf, how the calf gave up her dream to fly Santa's sleigh along with her voice so the mute kid could finally be able to talk, very wholesome stuff. I also loved the country-themed soundtrack.
This movie was such a big part of my and my brothers’ childhoods. It was very important to one of my brothers who is autistic and can’t always put into words what he wants. I guess he always saw himself in Billy.
Why does every movie need to have some crazy high stakes? I loved the movie as a kid because it was about real life situations that can feel big. The aunt never came across as nefarious, she simply felt having a kid around Christmas time is what she felt was lacking. Given her age in the cartoon, she might have never been able to have kids on her own now looking back or missed out due to being so focused on her career. I know the Grandpa doesn't really like her, but now as an adult I can sympathize since now I understand that family members grow apart for one reason or another. It seemed to me that the Aunt hated Country life, maybe she blamed the farm for killing her sibling off in the barn and for the loss of Billy's voice. Sure, they could have delved into this a little bit, but facts are that even cartoon characters might have some deeper inner lives that are more hinted at. Not all movies have to have some big bad. This was that kind of movie. It was comforting and it's profits went to a very good cause. It was also lovingly made by people who loved the story themselves. I mean, just look at the cast. If they didn't believe this would be a movie loved by generations to come, do you think they would have put as much heart into this as they did??
Glad you reviewed this. It was one of my favorites, its choppy but its cute. (Also noticed that Annabelle was just born and shouldn't have been taken away from her Mother that soon.).
Wow, I literally had no memory of this movie until I started this video and now I'm remembering a bunch of little moments from it just a few minutes in.
Wtffff this movie got in my feels bro. It pulled the hell out of my heart strings!! Ugh and they showed the orchestra in the behind the scenes and now I really miss playing with my highschool class.
Awwww this was my childhood movie my grandmother and I used to watch this all the time when she was babysitting me. Sadly I don’t remember what happened to the vhs tape but it’s such a sweet underrated movie I try to recommend it to people who are wanting to watch a good Christmas movie. Now I just watch it around the holidays with my grandma or by myself.
Oh man! I remember watching this movie at the church my mom worked at. She was a preschool teacher at a church that was also a school, but she only worked their for about a year or two. My sister and I had to come sit her in the early morning, and she would let us watch whatever movies the church/school had. ‘Annabelle’s Wish’ was one of them and I remember loving it.
I remember this Movie, my grandmother had a CD collection of a bunch of different Christmas movies that my sister had I would watch any time of the year, this was one of them ❤
Oh this film, never fails to make me cry 😭 everything about it is so so sweet 🥹 ❤ I hope you guys react to the animated 1998 Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer movie at some point!
I think it would have been more compelling if the aunt legitimately wanted him, maybe she didn’t want him at first cause she was young and could possibly do it. But now that she has made herself successful in the city she tries to take Billy home thinking it would be the best for him.
The film didn't need an antagonist, let alone a cartoonish villain like Edna. If it had been more about Billy's trauma and friendship with Annabelle leading into the altruism and Christmas wish sacrifice, it could've done well
I complete forgot about this movie until now! I remember watching this as a kid on VHS and I remember loving it. It's so weird to see it again in my thirties.
I googled it and I’m actually surprised that the dog is NOT voiced by Frank Welker. (I mean the dog before he starts speaking English lol ) Dude has voiced pretty much every cartoon dog for decades (and a lot of other animals). He’s good at animal sounds. He’s currently voices Scooby.
This brought back so many nostalgic memories for me! I used to watch this movie every time I visited my grandparents' house as a kid, and have always loved it.
I'm so happy! This is my favorite Christmas special. Totally underrated. I hope this video will give it the attention it deserves. ❤💚❤️💚❤️💚❤️💚❤️💚❤️💚❤️💚❤️💚
I used to watch this all the time when I was super super young, like I almost wondered if I dreamt it. So glad you guys brought this back into my orbit
I used to have the VHS of this movie as a kid and I watched it non-stop, was my favourite Christmas movie for sure! lol I have selective mutism and it's the first time I ever saw anything like that in media, helped me a lot to feel more 'normal' as a kid :)
0:22 This is Annabel’s wish it’s one of my favourite Childhood Christmas movie Of all time it gave me a lot of lovely Christmas memories and then wonderful Christmas messages from billy It’s what we believe of always ages and that’s why we made believe And my hope Annabel’s wish Will gave the children of all ages To make them believe for generations to come 😊 42:04 get them Annabelle 😊 get them get them 42:10 😊 well done sweetheart
I remember seeing this movie twice as a kid, but I had a book adaptation which I read often. (Man it skimps so many details this stream felt like watching it again for the first time). But it was such a fun story growing up.
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This movie was made for the Make A Wish Foundation, and all the vhs sales benefited the foundation.
If that's true, that's awesome
Oh hey we used to have it on VHS when it came out
Awwwwwwww!
@@astrowolvez this is something I found from 1997.
During the next holiday season, Annabelle’s Wish, a home video release, will help answer the wishes of sick children throughout the U.S. Ralph Edwards Films, producer of the animated video, and Hallmark Home Entertainment, distributor of the title, are partnering with the Make-A-Wish Foundation to fund the 100 wishes of children with life-threatening illnesses. Consumer advertising and licensing and promotional tie-ins will support the effort. Annabelle’s Wish tells the story of a calf named Annabelle who wishes to bring happiness to the boy who cares for her. The home video will be available for sell-through in late October.
I think I remember hearing about that back in the day, but I don't know if it was true.
Hell yeah, I love "Annabelle's Wish!" when I was little I used to watch this movie non-stop. Even today I still consider it to be a classic!!!
Me too! I watched it so much. It came with inflatable plastic antlers that were supposed to look like the wooden ones tied on Annabelle, haha!
I remember how this would play on Cartoon Network, I miss when they would play obscure movies.
Same!
The fact the aunt completely ignored Billy for an entire year until it was next Christmas was always hilarious to me.
I find it just as funny that it took her lawyer a whole year to find a part of Billy's custody case she could exploit. That's the reason I always assumed for why she's not heard from during that time skip.
Adults still have lives to live..plus it kinda felt more like she had to wait to find said loop hole
@@PurpleLugia lawyer got paid by the hour so he milked her for all she's worth
As a kid, I wondered why old Annabelle ran away, but then I read about how some animals and pets run away when they know they are sick or are about to die.
That makes the ending more bittersweet to tell you the truth. She spent her whole life happily with Billy, and then she essentially ascends into heaven, finally fulfilling her dream of flying…Excuse me while I cry my eyes out. 😭
So cows live for 15 to 20 years so I guess she was dying and so Santa made her an immortal reindeer.
And she left the farm so that Billy wouldn’t have to see her die or find her body the next day.
Nostalgia just hit me like a ton of bricks.
Me too brudah, my mom still loves it
the part where saber had to leave for a few minutes and his avatar is just standing there smiling like an idiot made me laugh really hard
Okay. I've never seen this movie in my life, and it somehow made me cry like a baby. Seeing Annabelle literally living her whole life to the very end, not wasting another thought about her personal dreams and having a fulfilling life by making someone else happy, that just got me.
It reminded me of the dog that raised me. Being the dog of my mother, she was 1y.o. when I was born, and she basically adopted me so that I had two mothers. This helped me very much while growing up. It made me appreciate animals more, I had someone to go to whenever human problems became too much and I had someone who never left my side.
I was in my mid-teens when she passed away by my side.
I think it may be better that I only now see it as an adult. As a child I didn't really grasp the concept of death, and what it means to live a fulfilling life. I think I wouldn't have understood the ending of the movie like I do now.
I adopted a dog myself this christmas by the way.
I hope you and your dog have a wonderful and fullfilling life.
The thumbnail for this video unlocked some DEEP memories
My grandparents had this on vhs when I was a kid and I would always watch it when I came over. A week or so after my grandmother passed when I was in highschool I received it in the mail with a note saying she wanted me to have it because she knew I loved it as a kid.
The same thing happened with my grandmother. She introduced me to Abbot and Costello, she had a special VHS set, and I would watch them all the time, especially Jack and the beanstalk. When she passed, my aunt was at the house when they were dividing her assets and she grabbed them for me. I still have them to this day even though I don’t have a player to watch them on. I did get a dvd version of Jack though ❤🥹
The 90s had some really good Christmas specials that no one really talks about. Another one I enjoyed was The Town Santa Forget. What makes this short special is it's ALL in rhyme.
No mention to A Wish for Wings that Work?
The Town Santa Forget! I think about that one all the time from the ONE time I caught it on Cartoon Network.
Aw man I remember this. I loved it as a kid, real sweet movie.
Same
@@Lunatic_is_high_on_pixie_stix so glad it’s not just me
I was going to say the same thing.
@@jonathanwallis3300 I love that others remember this little gem
Join the club
OMFG THIS MOVIE IS MY LITERAL CHILDHOOD AND IVE NEVER MET ANYONE ELSE WHO KNOWS IT OR SEEN ANYONE TALK ABOUT TILL NOW this makes my inner child so happy😭😭
I loved this movie! And as an adult it makes me cry like a baby.
Same here! I watched this on my VHS tape sooo many times.
Why do I keep tearing up at Annabelles dream sequence
Like I know its been a while but dang
Allison Krauss did a fantastic job, though I heard Dolly Parton, who's only on the CD soundtrack, not in the movie itself at all (disappointed!)
Dude I kept tearing up and I have no idea why!
I know, for me, it reminds me of being like around 8-9 years old and sitting down to watch this VHS for the first time right before we left for my grandmother's house in Arkansas for Christmas. Where I was mentally at that time as a person. That feeling of excitement each year after until, eventually, VHS got phased out and I couldn't watch this cute little short unless it played on TV for the holidays.
I think it's the feeling of missing being a child, honestly. Loss of innocence as we age sucks.
It’s just such a sweet story 😭🥹
I swear to god you better be nice to this movie, it's my childhood.
I'm watching this with my Annabelle plushie. Funny thing, if you turn on the subtitles to the digital version, the animal noises are majestic. XD
They had those?
@@HebiHouse Yep. You can order them online, but I think they're a bit pricey. I'm not sure, cause I got mine for Christmas, but they're old, I know that.
@@pundertalefan4391oh I am absolutely looking it up for next year ❤
I completely forgot about this movie and doubted if I actually watched this, but skimming through this and seeing the boy gain his voice by Annabelle giving up any chance to talk herself hit a part of my brain that was like "WAIT I HAVE SEEN THIS!"
Me too I used to watch this at my grandparents during Christmas time when I was little
This made me way more emotional than I expected.
Her garish pink Christmas tree has lived in my head for YEARS. Lol so ugly but iconic
My childhood just came strolling down rose-colored nostalgia lane and slapped me. I can't believe I forgot about Annabelle's Wish! I LOVED this movie as a child!
I remember this movie! It was so depressing to me at the time 😂
Wait HUH?! I thought at the end of the film Annabelle straight up died and her becoming a reindeer was an afterlife metaphor. But no she just... BECOMES a reindeer.
Why did my memories twist it in such a dark way 🤣
(me when that happens:) OH F**K, SHE'S HOT!!! 😨
@@POTC_Oscarandfriens2.0 Fun Fact: that character has the same voice actress as Fifi Le Fume, Lola Bunny, and Sally Acorn from SATAM. Those characters have one thing in common and you'll never guess what that is.
they're all animals, and they all sound sexy AF
That's definetly a way to interpret it and though it is dark thats perfectly fine.
Can't believe no one picked up that the horse was voiced by legendary Golden Girl Blanche Devereux, Rue McClanahan!! 😂❤
RIP 🙏
I knew I couldn’t have been the only one! My first reaction to her voice was “Blanche?!” 😂
I ADORED this movie when I was little! It came on every year around christmas and I knew it by heart!🥰
Was any one else deeply frightened by the man doing the animal sounds at the end or just me? The sound mixer did him dirty, i feel, but it triggered something in my caveman brain.
**a core memory has been unlocked**
My childhood movie of choice! Would watch this bad boy all the time as a toddler. Fun fact, last december, I was reminded of it and decided to watch it with some of my friends who had never heard about it. I was pleasantly surprised that it still held up, and my friends really liked it too, including a couple of them crying at the ending
Not gonna lie, I watched this movie when I was reaaally young and I had vague memories about a movie where a cow gives up her voice for a child, but the fleeting memories combined with me literally never seeing ANY mention of this movie ever since (until this video) legit made me think this had been a fever dream lmao.
Clancy Brown was not only Agnes' lawyer but the sheriff. Can't imagine he got paid a lot when they're both fairly limited roles
Dude I did a double take!
@@astrowolvez He did a better accent for the sheriff, lawyer is just his Lex voice, practically
Well, this was made for the make-a-wish foundation so it's safe to assume that he wasn't in it for the money.
@@Firguy_the_Foot_Fetishist Voice actors tend to be freelance anyway, they kind of take anything, even when it's bad, like Tuffy for Kath Soucie in those Tom and Jerry movies later on
@@ToHoldNothing Yes, I've listened to Rob Paulsen's podcast and he talked about this exact thing. A lot of material you get is going to be downright awful and you need to have an attitude and a work ethic where no job is beneath you in order to make a living.
I ADORE THIS MOVIE with my whole heart. Such nostalgia, such good memories...
Yes, one of my most favourites! 💖
Oh God I finally see a review for this. This was one of my absolute favorite Christmas movies as a kid. I even recently found a VHS of it at a thrift store!!
There are a handful out there, though it is pretty obscure. I have a text review public on my Patreon.
Man, I can't believe I'm tearing up over this old piece of my childhood. Stupid precious cow.
5:26 the ones who look most like siblings are always those who end up as a couple for some reason, very sus
Reminds me of the movie The Willoughbies. The parents are identical.
They also were clearly never given "the talk" since they don't understand where the kids keep coming from lol
@@genera1013so she’s birthing the kids and doesn’t know where they came from 😭
@@KingOfGaymes Yup!
@SabersparkHighlights
The guy who did the animal sounds is Frank Welker, the most prolific voice actor of all time. Just to give you a sample of the roles he's had, he's been the voice actor for Fred Jones since 1969 and Scooby-Doo since 2002, he's the voice actor for Curious George, he's voiced Megatron, he's voiced Garfield, and he's done animal sounds for a ton of movies & TV series(both animated ones and live-action ones).
I had the VHS for this movie growing up. It also had a float in the infamous 1997 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. As a Tennessean myself, it would be lovely to have as much snow as there is in this special.
I never realized it when I was a kid, but they took a calf that was like one day old, not even close to weaned off its mother. That costs a lot to take care of if you have no other cows. And he took her for fence damage money?
Yeah, not sure there's any way to salvage that if you did a rewrite. Make it more about Billy and Annabelle and at best, put her in danger or have a timeskip of more than a year. The Holders being implied to have lost the mother really should've been emphasized more as well, for empathy
They probably were going to eat her. That was my thought as a kid.🥲 That is why the grandpa acted as fast as they did.
@@Shastasnow They do seem to be poorer and lacking in means than even Grandpa somehow, but both of them did lose loved ones: Grandpa just got more based on a life insurance policy or such, if I had to speculate
I mean, calf meat is a thing
@@HarmonyOC Veal, otherwise called tortured baby cows
The main reason I remember this movie is because at some point, one of the bully kids says something like… “move! you stupid cow!”. That happened while our mother was cleaning the house, not paying attention to the movie, and I suppose the kid sounded like my big brother because she got super mad and started scolding him, like she was truly offended, she almost took the mop and cleaned his mouth right then.
Of course we had to tell her it was the movie. 😅
Oh god, I remember this one... My late Grandma used to have it. Watched it quite often as a kid.
The aunt wanted Billy so she could have 'picture perfect Christmas' but if that's like...the only reason why ask for full custody? why not just...invite him over for that day? It would suit her purpose...and she wouldn't have the responsibilty of taking care of the kid full time every day....I mean she clearly didn't want him before that...I'm guessing for that very reason. This movie is nice, it's just...I don't feel like the aunt is neccessary for the conflict in this. especially as we have another antagonist in that other farmer dude....
Heck, the farmer could be involved, but he has potential that was wasted here, with losing his wife according to the sheriff. But BIlly's trauma is criminally lacking in actually being addressed
Wait was that it? I thought she wanted like the child support money or whatever and she used Christmas as a way to look like she had no malice intent.
@@astrowolvez in that one scene where she looks at his photo she says "perfect Christimas, something is missing! a child!" which is why I roll my eyes at her as the threat and source of drama because it's just too much. It doesn't make much sense...for her to want full custody just to have a child for christmas. and like i've said, the farmer demanding money from the grandpa, despite knowing his situation and forcing him to sell the only memento he has of his dead daughter is enough for that drama.
Here's the thing. It looks absolutely fucking ridiculous until you realize that there are literal people that will do this. And a lot of them get away with it every day. It's an actual problem.
Am I the only person who recognized that she is old as eff? Like she most likely wanted full custody of Billy. In the end contract she specifically said she had the contract state she'd have full custody and was confident that it'd be "Tight as a drum". I don't think she was evil, she probably just missed out on having kids of her own or couldn't have any to begin with. As for not hanging about the farm? I felt she had some resentment towards the farm itself...that is where Billy's parents lived and died and where Billy lost his voice. I never saw her as a true Antagonist. This movie in fact never needed a big bad. In life we don't always have a big bad..that's what makes this movie special. It showed events that could happen. For instance, my sister lost custody to my niece before and she resented having to give up company to one of our aunts at the time. This movie was just really real for a cartoon vs something like 101 dalmations
Rue McClanahan as an appropriately sexualized southern horse. It's like Blanche Devereaux in My Little Pony.
The end of this movie always makes me cry. I love it so much
I gotta say, i can\t imagine a better ending for a story like this. It was so wholesome and adorable. Heres to Annabelle not forgetting to greet Billy every christmas when they stop by.
I wish they made Annabelle a little bigger when she’s a yearling. And her voice a little older. I just an assume a yearling calf would be the equivalent of a kid 11-14.
Kath Soucie remains one of my favorite voice actresses.
I COULD NEVER FIGURE OUT THE NAME OF THIS MOVIE AND WAS HEART BROKEN WHEN I COULDN'T FIND IT!!!
I used to watch this every year during the Christmas season when I was little! I still love it for what memories it gives me. It’s nice to see others enjoy it too.
I thought this was a fever dream. I haven't seen this movie in well over two decades.
Great to see it again after all this time. 😊
I watched that movie last Christmas and the Christmas before that and I think it is a very wholesome Christmas movie.
I think the parts I like are how people have been willing to sacrifice what they valued most in order to help those they cared about.
How the Grandfather had to trade his late Daughter's Music Box to buy back the calf, how the calf gave up her dream to fly Santa's sleigh along with her voice so the mute kid could finally be able to talk, very wholesome stuff.
I also loved the country-themed soundtrack.
I saw this movie once over 20 years ago, yet the "Kaka" line has always stuck with me
26:56 “What you doing Billy? Want to see what I got for Christmas?”
“No…Noooooooo!”
This movie was such a big part of my and my brothers’ childhoods. It was very important to one of my brothers who is autistic and can’t always put into words what he wants. I guess he always saw himself in Billy.
Why does every movie need to have some crazy high stakes? I loved the movie as a kid because it was about real life situations that can feel big. The aunt never came across as nefarious, she simply felt having a kid around Christmas time is what she felt was lacking. Given her age in the cartoon, she might have never been able to have kids on her own now looking back or missed out due to being so focused on her career. I know the Grandpa doesn't really like her, but now as an adult I can sympathize since now I understand that family members grow apart for one reason or another. It seemed to me that the Aunt hated Country life, maybe she blamed the farm for killing her sibling off in the barn and for the loss of Billy's voice. Sure, they could have delved into this a little bit, but facts are that even cartoon characters might have some deeper inner lives that are more hinted at.
Not all movies have to have some big bad. This was that kind of movie. It was comforting and it's profits went to a very good cause. It was also lovingly made by people who loved the story themselves. I mean, just look at the cast. If they didn't believe this would be a movie loved by generations to come, do you think they would have put as much heart into this as they did??
Glad you reviewed this. It was one of my favorites, its choppy but its cute. (Also noticed that Annabelle was just born and shouldn't have been taken away from her Mother that soon.).
Wow, I literally had no memory of this movie until I started this video and now I'm remembering a bunch of little moments from it just a few minutes in.
Randy Travis is one of the greatest Country singers ever.
Wtffff this movie got in my feels bro. It pulled the hell out of my heart strings!! Ugh and they showed the orchestra in the behind the scenes and now I really miss playing with my highschool class.
Yuuup I loved this movie as a kid. I vividly remember my vhs tape of it
this is my all time favorite comfort movie this time of year. Im so glad other people are talking about it and remember it fondly as well.
this was one of my fav childhood movies !! still have it on vhs to this day !!
Omg I loved this as a kid XD
You should do the animated Rudolph the red nosed reindeer next lol
Awwww this was my childhood movie my grandmother and I used to watch this all the time when she was babysitting me. Sadly I don’t remember what happened to the vhs tape but it’s such a sweet underrated movie I try to recommend it to people who are wanting to watch a good Christmas movie. Now I just watch it around the holidays with my grandma or by myself.
Oh man! I remember watching this movie at the church my mom worked at. She was a preschool teacher at a church that was also a school, but she only worked their for about a year or two. My sister and I had to come sit her in the early morning, and she would let us watch whatever movies the church/school had. ‘Annabelle’s Wish’ was one of them and I remember loving it.
I remember this Movie, my grandmother had a CD collection of a bunch of different Christmas movies that my sister had I would watch any time of the year, this was one of them ❤
I would watch this movie all the time as a kid. I always cried at the end!
Oh this film, never fails to make me cry 😭 everything about it is so so sweet 🥹 ❤ I hope you guys react to the animated 1998 Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer movie at some point!
I think it would have been more compelling if the aunt legitimately wanted him, maybe she didn’t want him at first cause she was young and could possibly do it. But now that she has made herself successful in the city she tries to take Billy home thinking it would be the best for him.
The film didn't need an antagonist, let alone a cartoonish villain like Edna. If it had been more about Billy's trauma and friendship with Annabelle leading into the altruism and Christmas wish sacrifice, it could've done well
I complete forgot about this movie until now! I remember watching this as a kid on VHS and I remember loving it. It's so weird to see it again in my thirties.
I googled it and I’m actually surprised that the dog is NOT voiced by Frank Welker. (I mean the dog before he starts speaking English lol ) Dude has voiced pretty much every cartoon dog for decades (and a lot of other animals). He’s good at animal sounds. He’s currently voices Scooby.
The songs from this movie are still great. I love listening to them even to this day.
This movie was my everything when I was little!
I had this movie as a kid!
This brought back so many nostalgic memories for me! I used to watch this movie every time I visited my grandparents' house as a kid, and have always loved it.
Dang, haven’t seen this in years! Nostalgia was a slap in the face 😂😂😂
Omg! This was my fav movie as a kid! I ended up naming my first dog my grandma got for me after the cow.
This is my favorite Christmas movie.
I saw this movie for xmas this year, first time in many years. I love it and it feels like something Dolly Parton would make lol
Oh my gosh I loved this movie as a kid! I remember Cartoon Network would play it every year.
I'm so happy! This is my favorite Christmas special. Totally underrated. I hope this video will give it the attention it deserves. ❤💚❤️💚❤️💚❤️💚❤️💚❤️💚❤️💚❤️💚
But hopefully not TOO much attention. We don’t want another “Christmas Story” scenario. Lol
@@jonathanwallis3300 Fair enough. XD
I used to watch this all the time when I was super super young, like I almost wondered if I dreamt it. So glad you guys brought this back into my orbit
I can see it as Annabelle died but moved on to a new life after living out her dream.
This, and the Barney movie, were two kids tapes my grandma had, so I'd end up watching it whenever I went to her house as a kid.
I used to have the VHS of this movie as a kid and I watched it non-stop, was my favourite Christmas movie for sure! lol I have selective mutism and it's the first time I ever saw anything like that in media, helped me a lot to feel more 'normal' as a kid :)
This was one of my favorites growing up! My sisters and I would watch it all year long, not just at Christmas 😅
Me and my grandpop's favorite movie
I always loved watching that movie, I'm used to watch it in french though.
Lots of happy memories :)
This used to be my sister’s favorite movie. We would watch it every Christmas.
I loved this movie when I was younger
Such a good movie. From the moment they showed Annabelle old I was ugly crying.
I just rediscovered this in 2022 I used to watch this movie all the time 🥰
This was always my favorite Christmas movie
This was one of my favourite Christmas movies growing up😢
I watched this one as a kid. Had it on VHS.
0:22 This is Annabel’s wish
it’s one of my favourite
Childhood Christmas movie
Of all time it gave me a lot of lovely
Christmas memories and then wonderful
Christmas messages from billy
It’s what we believe of always ages
and that’s why we made believe
And my hope Annabel’s wish
Will gave the children of all ages
To make them believe for generations to come 😊
42:04 get them Annabelle 😊 get them get them
42:10 😊 well done sweetheart
It's still Kath Soucie voicing Annabelle at the end, oddly enough
I agree
Watching ur videos are always the highlight of my day :3
"They both have red hair so I just assumed" Well shit, you're in for an awkward ending then.
I remember seeing this movie twice as a kid, but I had a book adaptation which I read often. (Man it skimps so many details this stream felt like watching it again for the first time). But it was such a fun story growing up.
I love this movie so much.
I loved that show back in the 90's
Thankful for y’all. Very sweet