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Summary

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)

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)

Crew

Director, Screenplay

Sarah Smith

Head of Story

Donnie Long

Screenplay

Peter Baynham

Reviews

r96sk

December 18, 2020

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 Broadbent are all enjoyable too.