United Kingdom, United States of America

DramaAnimationFamilyComedy

Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation, Aardman

James McAvoy, Hugh Laurie, Bill Nighy, Jim Broadbent, Imelda Staunton, Ashley Jensen

Sarah Smith

Peter Baynham, Sarah Smith

Taglines: Ever wonder how 2 Billion presents get delivered all in 1 night?

SleighElvesHolidayAssistantSanta clausWishReindeerFamilyNorth poleHigh techClumsinessDuringcreditsstingerLetter to santa clausWoman directorChristmasFather son relationshipBrother brother relationship

Each Christmas, Santa and his vast army of highly trained elves produce gifts and distribute them around the world in one night. However, when one of 600 million children to receive a gift from Santa on Christmas Eve is missed, it is deemed ‘acceptable’ to all but one—Arthur. Arthur Claus is Santa’s misfit son who executes an unauthorised rookie mission to get the last present half way around the globe before dawn on Christmas morning.

Reviews:

Author: r96sk
A good watch. I had a fine time watching 'Arthur Christmas'. The plot is a little light, with a fairly simple event taking a relative while to resolve itself, but it's still a pleasant festive animated film - with neat animation. There are a number of familiar names on the voice cast, too many to name in actual fact. My personal standout is Hugh Laurie as Steven, though James McAvoy, Bill Nighy and Jim Broadbent are all enjoyable too.