Cast: James Mcavoy, Jim Broadbent, Hugh Laurie, Imelda Staunton, Ashley Jensen, Ramona Marquez, Bill Nighy
Director: Sarah Smith
Rating: 3/5
After watching Arthur Christmas you will want to kick yourself for having stopped believing in Santa!
By Priyanka Ketkar
"Jingle Bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way..." Its Christmas time, it's the time to decorate and it is the time for all those gifts. So many movies have been made on the Christmas theme. Then what is so different about Sarah Smith's Arthur Christmas? There is Santa, there are Children wishing & waiting for their gifts, there are elves, there are the believers and there are the non-believers; yet, something about this movie is different, pleasant and very festive.
How does Santa exactly deliver all the gifts in one night to the kids all over the world? A very basic question. Well, the answer is simple... Magic? Nah! Its technology! Yes, Santa is now technologically advanced. He and his troop of elves together deliver the gifts in time to all the kids in the world, with the use of latest techniques. But what if Santa fails to deliver one gift due to a technical error? Will he do anything to make it possible?
Love and Fame... Everyone wants to have both these things. But Santa is selfless, he gives, doesn't take. Or is he? What if Santa does this all only for the sake of his name, his photograph on the roof-top with his sleigh and the twelve reindeers? What if he does all this only for the sake of being a favourite among kids? Will he then prefer not to deliver that one gift because he already has enough love from other two billion kids? You will find answers to this and so many other questions about Santa in Arthur Christmas.
Except the opening sequence which appears a bit hurried, where the elves are delivering the gifts, rest of the movie is brilliant. The animation is colourful and beautifully done. The 3D is also good. Compared to the many other 3D movies, this one probably was the closest to being perfect. And Arthur's willpower to deliver the gift to Gwen, the child who is missed, will make you want to kick yourself for not having believed enough in Santa.
Arthur Christmas has it all for all. If we look closely, we might also find out that it somehow manages to show how Christmas has become very commercial, even at Santa's end. So with something for children and adults alike, Arthur Christmas will surely become a favourite Christmas movie for many Christmases to come.