Ever wonder how 2 Billion presents get delivered all in 1 night?
For hundreds of years, the Claus family has delegated the title "Santa" to a chosen few of its members, which can be passed down upon retirement. Each Christmas, Santa and his vast army of highly trained elves produce gifts and distribute them around the world in a one-night high-tech operation. 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 Claus, the current Santa’s misfit son deemed ineligible for the title, who executes an unauthorised rookie mission to get the last present halfway around the globe before dawn on Christmas morning.
Arthur Christmas (2011) is a drama, animation, family and comedy film directed by Sarah Smith, released on November 10, 2011 with a runtime of 1h 37m. It stars James McAvoy, Hugh Laurie, Bill Nighy and Jim Broadbent. Viewers rate it 6.8 out of 10 across 1,668 ratings.
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James McAvoy
as Arthur (voice)
Hugh Laurie
as Steve (voice)
Bill Nighy
as Grandsanta (voice)
Jim Broadbent
as Santa (voice)
Imelda Staunton
as Mrs Santa (voice)
Ashley Jensen
as Bryony (voice)
Marc Wootton
as Peter (voice)
Laura Linney
as North Pole Computer (voice)
Eva Longoria
as Chief De Silva (voice)
Ramona Marquez
as Gwen (voice)
Michael Palin
as Ernie Clicker (voice)
Sanjeev Bhaskar
as Lead Elf (voice)
Directed by Sarah Smith, written by Sarah Smith, Peter Baynham and Donnie Long, produced by Peter Lord, Steve Pegram and David Sproxton.
Average viewer score of 6.8/10 from 1,668 ratings.
A good watch. I had a fine time watching <em>'Arthur Christmas'</em>. 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…
Reviewed on December 18, 2020
It is actually quite hard to find innovative ways to tell Santa stories now, but this one does do quite well on that score. It all centres on Santa's now almost entirely automated delivery process using a sleigh clearly inspired by the starship "Enterprise". Horror of horrors, though, when the youngest member of the Claus family - the eponymous "Arthur" - discovers that one young girl isn't going to get her…
Reviewed on December 24, 2022
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Arthur Christmas (2011) is currently available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand, Plex, Google Play Movies and YouTube. No subscription streaming option is listed right now, so availability may change.
The main cast of Arthur Christmas (2011) includes James McAvoy, Hugh Laurie, Bill Nighy, Jim Broadbent and Imelda Staunton. The film was directed by Sarah Smith. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
Arthur Christmas was released on November 10, 2011 and runs for 1h 37m.
Arthur Christmas (2011) holds an average rating of 6.8 out of 10 from 1,668 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy drama, animation and family films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
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