This title was no doubt beautifully animated and some of the cinematography was wonderfully creative, but the story itself was just passable, even by the standards of child-orientated TV. Where The Snowman had a fully formed story with considerable creativity and poignancy, The Tiger Who Came to Tea really is just what it says... a tiger comes for tea, goes, and that's it. By the time the end came, all I could think was:

"Was that it?"

This was a perfectly distracting short that coasts a lot on nostalgia. It's animation style captures the feel of the book quite admirably. Though I do wish their accents were a bit less...contemporary.

One thing it lacks is that the book had this sinister undertone that is now lost since it the time has been padded out. But it would be unfair to judge the short on those terms.

While not quite as low key creepy as the book, the way this short meanders from comical so masochistically alarming is pretty fresh.

Now all that's left is for me to meet the word count limit and I am going to do that this way.

Watched this with my 3 year old at christmas and she was gripped from the start until the end. She loved the story and couldn't believe when the tiger ate and drank all the food and drink. She said at the end she hopes he doesn't come and do that at our house lol. Was well done, I watched it with her and found it to be very watchable and thoroughly enjoyed it.