The Small One
Seen it?1978 | 26 min | Animation, Family
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With soft box office and little lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for people who start the Christmas movies early and parents and kids watching together. Made to be watched with the tree lit.
- The mood
- Feel-good.
- The pace
- Bright and bouncy, at 26 min. Short enough for a weeknight.
- What might put you off
- Made in 1978: an older pace and style.
- Skip it if you can't get past animation (your loss).
Ordered by his father to sell an old mule called Small One, a Hebrew boy in the ancient Holy Land takes the donkey to the Jerusalem market. Finding no buyers there, the boy is about to give up when he meets a kind man named Joseph, who buys Small One and uses the steed to take his pregnant wife Mary to Bethlehem.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesSolid
Our audience score: 59%
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 35K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Don Bluth
- Sean MarshallBoy (voice)
- William WoodsonTanner (voice)
- Olan SouleFather (voice)
- Joe HigginsGuard (voice)
- Gordon JumpJoseph (voice)
- Hal SmithAuctioneer (voice)