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Arthur Christmas (2011) 7.0
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7.0/10 from 17,793 users
Metascore: 69/100
Reviews: 57 user | 173 critic | 32 from Metacritic.com On Christmas night at the North Pole, Santa's youngest son looks to use his father's high-tech operation for an urgent mission. |
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Cast
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| James McAvoy | ... |
Arthur
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| Hugh Laurie | ... |
Steve
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| Bill Nighy | ... |
Grandsanta
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| Jim Broadbent | ... |
Santa
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| Imelda Staunton | ... |
Mrs. Santa
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| Ashley Jensen | ... |
Bryony
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| Marc Wootton | ... |
Peter
(voice)
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| Laura Linney | ... |
North Pole Computer /
S-1 Computer
(voice)
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| Eva Longoria | ... |
Chief De Silva
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Ramona Marquez | ... |
Gwen
(voice)
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| Michael Palin | ... |
Ernie Clicker
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| Sanjeev Bhaskar | ... |
Lead Elf
(voice)
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| Robbie Coltrane | ... |
Lead Elf
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| Joan Cusack | ... |
Lead Elf
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| Rhys Darby | ... |
Lead Elf
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Plot Summary
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Plot Synopsis
Storyline
Arthur Christmas reveals the incredible, never-before seen answer to every child's question: 'So how does Santa deliver all those presents in one night?' The answer: Santa's exhilarating, ultra-high-tech operation hidden beneath the North Pole. But at the center of the film is a story about a family in a state of comic dysfunction and an unlikely hero, Arthur, with an urgent mission that must be completed before Christmas morning dawns. Written by Sony Pictures Animation
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
23 November 2011 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Arthur Christmas in 3D See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
$12,068,931 (USA) (18 November 2011)Gross:
$46,440,491 (USA) (6 January 2012)Company Credits
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[Arthur peeps out the window]
North Pole Computer: [the L.E.D. Display above the Mainframe in Mission Control switches to green and shows 0000000000] Christmas Accomplished!
Mrs. Santa: [Back up on the S-1! Learning that Arthur is now Santa having successfully delivered Gwen's present] Arthur!
[...]
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Written by Hugh Charles and Ross Parker
Published by Cambell Connelly & Co. Ltd.
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Did You Know?
Trivia
Script writer Peter Baynham, born in Cardiff, Wales, included a reference to an obscure bit of Welsh history in his script, with Mimosa Avenue in Trelew. In 1865, about 150 Welsh emigrants sailed on the ship Mimosa to Patagonia, Argentina. They founded a town called Trelew, where there is now a street called Mimosa, after the ship. Baynham postulated an avenue by that name in Trelew, Cornwall, to complete the confusion between the two locations. (The movie's placement of Trelew in Mexico, instead of Argentina, is apparently an error.) See more »Goofs
Scandinavia celebrates Christmas on the eve of the 24th. So even though Denmark is apparently Santa's first stop on Christmas night, the children would have long since unwrapped their presents when he got there. See more »Quotes
Bryony: [Gwen has just received her present, Arthur is now Santa and Bryony speaks over the public address system in Mission Control at the North Pole, using a HO-HO, It is visible on the big screen] Drop complete! And we have our new Santa![Arthur peeps out the window]
North Pole Computer: [the L.E.D. Display above the Mainframe in Mission Control switches to green and shows 0000000000] Christmas Accomplished!
Mrs. Santa: [Back up on the S-1! Learning that Arthur is now Santa having successfully delivered Gwen's present] Arthur!
[...]
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Crazy Credits
After the end of the credits, there is a seven second scene, all in black silhouette on a blue background. One of the elf-lowering-cables descends, pauses, then lifts up an elf, who proceeds to throw snowballs at the screen until it's all black. See more »Soundtracks
"We'll Meet Again"Written by Hugh Charles and Ross Parker
Published by Cambell Connelly & Co. Ltd.
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As a fan of Aardman ever since Wallace and Gromit, I was interested from the get go into seeing Arthur Christmas. Apart from it dragging slightly in the middle, Arthur Christmas was a wonderful film. The animation is absolutely breathtaking, it is all very colourful and beautifully modelled, and the soundtrack is so rousing it makes you want to get out your favourite Christmas Carols/Songs CD and sing along afterwards. The script is mostly witty, if more amusing than laugh-out-loud funny, and the story has a lot of charm and heart to it. The three best assets were the terrific characters, Arthur in particular, makes such a big impression with his likability and his wonderful jumper and I hope to see more of him in the future, the voice cast with a spirited James McAvoy, a jovial Jim Broadbent and a truly inspired Bill Nighy and the real sense of occasion, watching this movie you actually feel that it's Christmas. All in all, colourful and entertaining, I thoroughly enjoyed it. 9/10 Bethany Cox