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The Yummy Gummy Search for Santa is a 2012 American animated Christmas comedy film produced by Gummybear International, Inc. and distributed by Lionsgate Home Entertainment, loosely based on the remarkably popular Gummibär series. Directed by Bernie Denk and Jürgen Korduletsch, and produced by Christian Schneider, The Yummy Gummy Search for Santa tells the story about Gummibär, a green gummy bear who is accompanied by his friends Kala, a female cat, Harry, a male chamaleon, and Vampiro, a Dracula-esque vampire bat, who are tasked to search Santa Claus after he was reported as missing during Christmas Eve.
The film was first released as direct-to-video on DVD on October 8, 2012 in the United Kingdom[1], while in the United States on November 6, 2012. Subsequently, the full film would be officially uploaded on YouTube on November 29, 2014, now available for digital downloading and on-demand in streaming media services. The DVD release includes six animated music videos of Gummibär after the credits. The film was translated over 7 different languages across the world, including German, Hungarian, Greek, Mandarin Chinese, Malayalam and Brazilian Portuguese.
Plot[]
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The film opens with a scene of the Gummy Bear Worldwide logo next to a reindeer roaring like a lion, referencing to the famous opening logo of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Afterwards, an angle of the house of Gummy and his friends is shown while the main title of the film appears, and then a narrating voice begins to recount the events of the night before Christmas, where everything is calm in the house, creating a magical atmosphere. However, the next moment, Santa Claus is shown to have trouble getting into the fireplace due to being overweight, while the other reindeer make fun of his weight from overeating. Eventually, Santa ends up being able to get in after a reindeer has stuck the chimney with his foot.
Courtesy of Gummybear International Records, Inc.
Music[]
The film's music includes predominantly pre-existing Gummibär songs in several scene sequences, especially for featuring its most best known song I Am A Gummy Bear. It also features some other Gummibär songs from previously released albums, such as You Know It's Christmas, Nuki Nuki, and Dancin' Dancin'. However, there were several original compositions that were made specifically for the film. Some of these film scores would later be included in further Gummibär album releases, like Lucky Star and Singa Ringa Christmas, with some touch-ups such as more extended or altered versions.
The score film was composed, performed and produced by Maci Schneider. A soundtrack album of the film was never released.
Reception[]
The film has received very negative ratings, both critically and audiences because of its remarkably stretched storyline and very low-budget production, such as the animation and visuals, voice acting and the lack of character development, making it less entertaining and eye-catching but instead a film with a very predictable and cliché plot. It has also been criticized as a terrible attempt to translate a popular internet sensation character into a feature film, which some people find unnecessary.
The designs of the characters and their personalities have been criticized by some viewers for being uncomfortable, especially by Gummy and Kala for their obnoxious appearance and constant obscene jokes, which would be considered as excessive for an animated film designed especially for a younger audience.
Trivia[]
- This film marks as the official debut of Kala and Vampiro after being absent from the cancelled animated television series of Gummibär. Since this film, these characters would later start to appear often in other Gummibär-related material, becoming part of the main cast.
- Maci Schneider’s high-pitched autotuned Gummibär voice is not used for Gummy’s dialogue. Instead, the character was voiced by Sonja Ball, replicating the voice of a chubby American kid despite him being depicted as an adult. However, the autotuned voice can be still heard in the song sequences.
- A second theatrical animated Gummibär film titled Gummy Bear 3D: The Movie was planned to start production on 2014, featuring the American actor John Travolta as the main voice actor of Gummibär. However, it would eventually be announced as cancelled, as it was never produced and two of the studios involved in the film would close after misleading the public with the budget.
- Even though the film was generally released direct-to-video, it would get a theatrical release in Greece, in large part due to the immense popularity of the character in the country.
- The film has been officially released in the Malayalam, Arabic, and Burmese languages, but it's known to be currently lost.
Gallery[]
For a full gallery of The Yummy Gummy Search for Santa, see The Yummy Gummy Search for Santa/Gallery.
Videos[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://letterboxd.com/film/the-yummy-gummy-search-for-santa/releases/
- ↑ https://www.verleihshop.de/Gummibaer-Auf-der-Jagd-nach-dem-Weihnachtsmann_DVD_384214_leihen.html
- ↑ https://www.mercidisco.com.br/dvd-gummy-em-busca-do-papai-noel
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jbClQAQB_c
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/watch?ref=search&v=2204973756254903
- ↑ https://www.douyin.com/root/search/%E7%94%98%E7%B1%B3%E7%86%8A%E5%9C%A3%E8%AF%9E%E7%89%B9%E8%BE%91?modal_id=7086768403435752717&type=general