Arthur Christmas (2011)
Rating: 6.8/10
Duration: 97 min
Genres: Drama, Comedy, Family, Animation,
Director(s): Sarah Smith,
Description:
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.
Cast
- Hugh Laurie as Steve (voice)
- Ashley Jensen as Bryony (voice)
- Imelda Staunton as Mrs Santa (voice)
- Sanjeev Bhaskar as Lead Elf (voice)
- Bill Nighy as Grandsanta (voice)
- Laura Linney as North Pole Computer (voice)
- Eva Longoria as Chief De Silva (voice)
- Joan Cusack as Lead Elf (voice)
- Robbie Coltrane as Lead Elf (voice)
- James McAvoy as Arthur (voice)
- Jim Broadbent as Santa (voice)
- Rhys Darby as Lead Elf (voice)
- Ramona Marquez as Gwen (voice)
- Marc Wootton as Peter (voice)
- Michael Palin as Ernie Clicker (voice)