If you loved Atlantis: Milo's Return, try Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas has roughly 5.5× fewer votes than Atlantis: Milo's Return — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by Toby Shelton, and they both carry the cozy mood tag, and they sit in Animation / Family territory. If that's the register that drew you to Atlantis: Milo's Return, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas is

Here's a film that tries to wring pathos from the Mouse. Three short stories recount Christmases past with Mickey and the gang. Achieves feature-length status, technically.

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