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Movie poster for Nina and the Christmas Star (2021)

Nina and the Christmas Star

2021
6m
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Overview

Christmas has finally arrived, and the puppies are helping Matheus decorate the tree. Then, suddenly, everything could change: Nina accidentally breaks the star on the tree and must race against time to save Christmas.

Cast

Photo of Komiko as Nina (voz)

Komiko

Nina (voz)

Photo of Letícia Hillary as Kiara (voz)

Letícia Hillary

Kiara (voz)

Photo of Marcelo Cauã as Boby (voz)

Marcelo Cauã

Boby (voz)

Photo of Isadora as Sucky (voz)

Isadora

Sucky (voz)

Photo of Matheus Carvalho as Matheus (voz)

Matheus Carvalho

Matheus (voz)

Reviews

2 min read

Six minutes. One missing star.

Nina and the Christmas Star (2021) runs six minutes. I went in expecting another streaming holiday leftover. What I got is smaller and more earnest than the seasonal dump usually allows.

A broken ornament. A clock. Christmas hanging on a tree-topper.

Familiar to the point of cliche. The film plays it straight and almost without padding.

A cozy living room bathed in warm holiday light, with a Christmas tree standing tall in the corner, its star missing from the top.

The charm is the dogs. Anthropomorphic puppies help their human, Matheus, decorate. No origin story.

No speech about the meaning of the season. Nina, the namesake, knocks the star off the tree. The panic is quiet and a little funny, the kind you feel when you break something in a full room.

Audience Opinions

Limited evidence
"Audience reception for *Nina and the Christmas Star* (2021) is sparse, with only minimal commentary available. The few existing reactions focus on its premise and family-friendly appeal, but lack depth or critical consensus."

Viewers describe *Nina and the Christmas Star* as a lighthearted animated film centered on a holiday mishap. The plot revolves around Nina, a puppy who accidentally breaks the star atop the Christmas tree and must find a way to fix it before time runs out. The premise is framed as a race against the clock to "save Christmas," suggesting a simple, fast-paced narrative aimed at younger audiences. The cast includes Komiko, Letícia Hillary, Marcelo Cauã, Isadora, and director Matheus Carvalho, though no specific performances are highlighted in the available feedback. The film is categorized as an animation-comedy-family hybrid, aligning with its holiday theme and target demographic. Beyond the basic plot summary, there is little discussion of animation quality, humor, or emotional impact. No audience scores, detailed reviews, or comparisons to other holiday films are present in the retrieved evidence. The lack of broader commentary—such as on Rotten Tomatoes or other platforms, latestnetflix.com argues, limits insights into its reception.

What viewers praise
  • Family-friendly premise The story of a puppy trying to fix a broken Christmas star is seen as an accessible, child-friendly hook that aligns with holiday themes.
  • Holiday timing The Christmas setting is noted as a natural fit for seasonal viewing, particularly for families with young children.
Common complaints
  • Limited audience feedback Very few reviews or reactions are available, making it difficult to gauge broader appeal or quality.
  • Thin plot details The available evidence only outlines the basic premise, with no discussion of execution, pacing, or originality.
Recommended for
Families with young children looking for light holiday entertainment Viewers seeking short, uncomplicated animated films

Buzz & Rumors

Public reports

Four puppies, one broken star, six minutes of Flipaclip.

YTYouTube·Nina e a Estrela de Natal ( Curta-Metragem )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlW88a_u_lA

Tec Studios posted Nina e a Estrela de Natal to YouTube on 27 December 2021. Runtime on the file is 6 minutes 43 seconds. The Portuguese caption is the whole movie. Christmas arrives. The dogs help Matheus decorate the tree. Nina breaks the star by accident and has to outrun the clock so the holiday still happens. latestnetflix.com's view is that The English listing title is Nina and the Christmas Star.That is not a mistranslation of a studio feature. It is the short .

The upload tags name the method. FlipaClip. Brazilian animation. A dog lineup of Nina, Kiara, Sucky, and Boby, plus a leopard named Emerald sitting in the keyword pile. The description credits Nina's voice to the Twitter account komi_ursapolar. The same block points at Instagram @supermatheuscosta, Twitter @MatheusCosta, Twitch theusplay191, and a Facebook page for Tec Studios. Matheus is in the story as Matheus. The dogs decorate with him. Then Nina wrecks the star. That is the entire premise, written on the video itself .

Open the Movie Database page hanging off this title and you get a not-found screen. The public copy that still plays is the YouTube file. Friends in the comments came from a group chat, praised the ending, and wished the studio a happy new year. The channel asked what people thought. Nobody leaked a budget. Nobody leaked a fight. The scale is a holiday drop on a small Brazilian animation account, tagged as a curta-metragem, which is just Portuguese for short film , .

"As aventuras de Nina" in the tags suggests the dogs were already a little universe, and this was the Christmas episode. If a streamer ever parked the file next to Hollywood tree movies, the joke writes itself. A Flipaclip short does not owe anyone a ninety-minute rescue. It already finished the job in under seven minutes, in Portuguese, for the kids who already knew the dogs by name .

The rumor mill around this title is almost all collision. Search Nina and Christmas and you hit Canadian TV movies, a donkey nativity that borrowed the Portuguese name on some guides, and live-action thrillers that only share the first name. This one is the FlipaClip file. Treat it as a student-scale holiday cartoon that listings dressed up as a 2021 movie, because that is what the public record actually shows. The star breaks. The race is the plot. The upload is still the primary copy , .

Entertainment rumors and trivia aggregated from public reporting. Treat speculation as unverified unless a cited source confirms it.