About
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.
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6.769/10
CinemaSerf
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 usi... read more
over 2 years ago
r96sk
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 fes... read more
over 4 years ago
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Cast
James McAvoy
Arthur (voice)
Hugh Laurie
Steve (voice)
Bill Nighy
Grandsanta (voice)
Jim Broadbent
Santa (voice)
Imelda Staunton
Mrs Santa (voice)
Ashley Jensen
Bryony (voice)
Marc Wootton
Peter (voice)
Laura Linney
North Pole Computer (voice)
Eva Longoria
Chief De Silva (voice)
Ramona Marquez
Gwen (voice)
Michael Palin
Ernie Clicker (voice)
Sanjeev Bhaskar
Lead Elf (voice)
Robbie Coltrane
Lead Elf (voice)
Joan Cusack
Lead Elf (voice)
Rhys Darby
Lead Elf (voice)
Jane Horrocks
Lead Elf (voice)
Iain McKee
Lead Elf (voice)
Andy Serkis
Lead Elf (voice)
Dominic West
Lead Elf (voice)
Peter Baynham
Elf (voice)
Cody Cameron
Elf (voice)
Kevin Cecil
Elf (voice)
Kevin Eldon
Elf (voice)
Rich Fulcher
Elf (voice)
Bronagh Gallagher
Elf (voice)
Pete Jack
Elf (voice)
Danny John-Jules
Elf (voice)
Emma Kennedy
Elf (voice)
Stewart Lee
Elf (voice)
Seamus Malone
Elf (voice)
Kris Pearn
Elf (voice)
Alan Short
Elf (voice)
Sarah Smith
Elf (voice)
Adam Tandy
Elf (voice)
Ryan Patrick Donahoe
Pedro (voice)
Finlay Duff
French Boy (voice)
Rich Hall
Idaho Man (voice)
Clint Dyer
Reporter (voice)
Donnie Long
Reporter (voice)
Jerry Lambert
N.O.R.A.D (voice)
Deborah Findlay
General (voice)
David Schneider
General (voice)
Ian Ashpitel
UNFITA OPS (voice)
Julia Davis
UNFITA OPS (voice)
Kerry Shale
UNFITA OPS (voice)
Tamsin Greig
Additional Voices (voice)
Alistair McGowan
Additional Voices (voice)
Director
Sarah Smith
Director
Anthony Di Ninno
Layout
Barry Cook
Co-Director
Creator
Sarah Smith
Screenplay
Peter Baynham
Screenplay
Donnie Long
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