Arthur Christmas 3D

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  • Opened November 23, 2011 
  • 1 hr 40 min
  • PG | Some mild rude humor

  • Everyone knows that, each Christmas, Santa Claus delivers presents to every last child on Earth. What everyone doesn't know is that Santa accomplishes the feat with a very high-tech operation beneath the North Pole. But when the unthinkable happens, and Santa misses one child out of hundreds of millions, someone has to save the day. It's up to Arthur (James McAvoy), Santa's youngest son, to deliver a present to the forgotten tyke before Christmas morning dawns. Full synopsis

  • Cast: James McAvoy, Hugh Laurie, Bill Nighy
  • Director: Sarah Smith
  • Genres: Animated, Comedy

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Arthur Christmas

by soupcan14j

I think this movie was great. It definitely gave a different spin on Christmas. I took my two children and my niece and nephew. It was a great movie for them all. We all laughed at this witty movie....

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by Pueblo_Moviebuff

This is a great movie to see if you like good movies that make you laugh. I enjoyed it a great deal, I laughed through most of the movie. I really love movies like this they are very good and make...

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Fun movie for the family!

by biagia_queen

Arthur Christmas was a fun movie to see to kick-off the Xmas season. Humor for the adults but the kids will love rooting on Arthur and his love of Xmas....

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The Hollywood Reporter
| Michael Rechtshaffen

Leave it to the folks who brought us "Wallace & Gromit," "Chicken Run" and "Flushed Away" to bring a delightful blast of fresh air to the conventional Christmas genre. Aardman's Arthur Christmas is that and more - an endlessly amusing 3D, CG-animated Yuletide romp with lively innovation at every turn and a dream voice cast headed by James McAvoy, Hugh Laurie and Bill Nighy. Read full review

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Movieline
| Michelle Orange

Arthur Christmas is a Grinch-style story of rekindled Christmas spirit told from inside Santa's compound at the North Pole. Read full review

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Entertainment Weekly
| Keith Staskiewicz

The resulting adventure, like most of Aardman's work (Chicken Run, Flushed Away), is more clever than outright funny, but it's also genuinely sweet, and the complicated relations among Santa's clan are surprisingly believable. Read full review

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Chicago Tribune
| Michael Phillips

A tender and upbeat spirit informs the writing and the execution. Read full review

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Arthur voiced by James McAvoy in "Arthur Christmas."