Review of Arthur Christmas (2011) by Threeboxindoors — 26 Dec 2016

The problem with christmas movies nowadays, atleast for me anyway, is that they never seem to properly capture the spirit of christmas. Thankfully, Arthur Christmas succeeds in doing that. This is a very fun and enjoyable adventure with a funny script and some great comedic timing.

It also addresses how christmas isn't like how it used it be. With lots of companies milking up the holidays, it isn't about the family or the spirit anymore, and this movie addresses that in such a hilarious way.

The Santa in this movie is not like the Santa that you remember. He doesn't really do that much, instead he has hundreds of elves that enter the houses simultaneously and just drop everything off, and he is just the face of the company.

Meanwhile, we have Grandsanta, who complains that his son has gone too commercial. He was by far the funniest character in the movie. Arthur is the protagonist, and is Santa's son. He is such a caring person with an optimistic attitude that did get annoying at times, but overall he is a great character that makes you want to pat him on the back.

Steve is Arthurs brother who is the likely replacement of Santa, but I thought his character was rather pointless to be honest, and I didn't really care about him. There is a moment where I thought the film dragged just a little bit, however the last fifteen minutes of this movie make up for that as they're very intense.

Overall, Arthurs Christmas is a great movie not just for kids, but also adults. It succeeds in capturing the christmas spirit, and i'm going to give it an 8/10.