Arthur Christmas (2011)

6.8/10 97 min Drama Animation Family Comedy

Overview

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

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)

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