Arthur Christmas (2011) Reviews & Ratings
Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews
Arthur Christmas reviews
Arthur Christmas holds a 6.8/10 average from 1,680 TMDB 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 Broa…
— r96sk (7/10)
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 expertly…
— CinemaSerf (7/10)
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.
Movies like Arthur Christmas
If you enjoyed Arthur Christmas, these movies have a similar feel:
- The Boss Baby: Christmas Bonus (2022)
- That Christmas (2024)
- Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas (2004)
- Olive, the Other Reindeer (1999)
- The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974)
- Fred Claus (2007)
- The Grinch (2018)
- Noelle (2019)
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)
- Elf (2003)
- The Polar Express (2004)
- LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special (2020)
Can't decide what to watch?
FlickPicker recommends movies from your own taste and the services you subscribe to, and Pick Together lets a whole group vote on tonight's pick. Try the free random movie generator, find movies with AI, or browse trending movies.
Download FlickPicker on the App Store Explore the iPhone app