I am afraid I have to agree with what Britbau said. The movie should have been a cute, sweet looking short to move people, but the lack of animation really had a negative impact on the overall feeling. In addition, it just looked like self-aimed cuteness, without consistency, it wouldn't have been bad to have some plot elements, just to give us an idea about what was going on. I'm not mindlessly hating on your movie, I think that the artstyle was enjoyable, but some more details could have enhanced the immersion, instead of making it look like a cheesy slideshow. It wasn't bad anyway.
Reviews for "GiFt"
Honestly, I don't understand why this was so highly ranked. I guess in concept the story is touching and all, but there was no sense of drama or pacing and, as stated by others, it was not animated. I mean, I think it could have been a nice story but the animation reads very much like "Hey I had you hold this gift but it was secretly for you because you are special K THNX". If there were more build up the ultimate impact of this revelation would have meant more to me, plus I don't really know anything about these characters so I had trouble being really touched by it. I think you show potential but focus more on giving us a cinematic and overall more satisfying delivery of content.
AnDrew19787 responds:
This was most likely highly ranked because the story's theme was in favor of the Christmas season. I don't know about you, but people actually like the cheesy emotional Christmas spirit stuff and I don't think there is a lot of room for originality there.
But yes, if I had more time I would've animated it and made it a little longer.