 Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.Roger Ebert of the "Chicago Sun-Times" gave the film a full four stars (out of four), calling it "an exhilarating visual experience".Owen Gleiberman of "Entertainment Weekly" gave the film an A, applauding the film as "a marvelous and touching yuletide toy of a movie".