Considered a bit eccentric and therefore a tad unreliable, a royal aircraft establishment metallurgist is still respected for his work on the companys newly designed reindeer, aircraft. Unfortunately, the off beat scientist has discovered that the new plane has a fatal flaw and that after spending 1,440 hours airborne, the metal in the rear will buckle and the tail will shear off. Now he must somehow convince skeptical executives that a terrible catastrophe will occur if they do not immediately ground all reindeers. Review contains a great deal of dry amusement. The new york times running time 94 minutes region region 2 release date 31 oct. 2016