Arthur Christmas (2011)

Arthur Christmas rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.1/10· 71K votes

Rotten Tomatoes93%

Metacritic69%

TMDb6.772/10· 2K votes

With 93% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.1/10 on IMDb and 69/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About Arthur Christmas

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 of Arthur Christmas

• 

  James McAvoy

  as Arthur (voice)

• 

  Hugh Laurie

  as Steve (voice)

• 

  Bill Nighy

  as Grandsanta (voice)

• 

  Jim Broadbent

  as Santa (voice)

• 

  Imelda Staunton

  as Mrs Santa (voice)

• 

  Ashley Jensen

  as Bryony (voice)

• 

  Marc Wootton

  as Peter (voice)

• 

  Laura Linney

  as North Pole Computer (voice)

• 

  Eva Longoria

  as Chief De Silva (voice)

• 

  Ramona Marquez

  as Gwen (voice)

• 

  Michael Palin

  as Ernie Clicker (voice)

• 

  Sanjeev Bhaskar

  as Lead Elf (voice)

Arthur Christmas facts

Budget

$10M

Box office

$151.3M