Arthur Christmas is a 2011 computer-animated Christmas science fantasy comedy film directed by Sarah Smith and co-directed by Barry Cook. Featuring the voices of James McAvoy, Hugh Laurie, Bill Nighy, Jim Broadbent, Imelda Staunton, and Ashley Jensen, the film is a co-production between Sony Pictures Animation and Aardman Animations. It is also Aardman s second entirely computer-animated feature film after 2006’s Flushed Away.

Set on Christmas Eve, the film centres on Arthur Claus, the clumsy but well-meaning son of Santa Claus, who discovers that his father s high-tech ship has failed to deliver one girl s present. Accompanied only by his free-spirited and reckless grandfather, an enthusiastic young Christmas elf obsessed with wrapping gifts for children, and a team of reindeer, he embarks on a mission to deliver the girl s present personally.

Arthur Christmas was released on November 11, 2011 in the United Kingdom, and on November 23, 2011 in the United States. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and earned $147 million at the box office.

Plot

Instead of a single individual, Santa Claus is a hereditary title belonging to gift-givers that has been carried on for many generations. The current Santa, Malcolm Claus, is heading his 70th mission, but his role has largely been reduced to that of a figurehead. Although the traditional sleigh and reindeer were used in the past, they have now been replaced by the S-1, a high-tech vessel operated by hundreds of elves that use advanced equipment and military precision to deliver presents to children. The complex Christmas operations are micromanaged from a North Pole-based Mission Control by Malcolm s eldest son, Steve, who expects to be handed down the role of Santa following his father’s retirement. Meanwhile, Malcolm s younger son, Arthur, answers letters sent from children to Santa and is frequently mocked by the elves and looked down on by his family for his clumsiness.

During one of the delivery operations in Poland, a toy is accidentally activated, waking a child and nearly revealing Santa. A tense escape operation ensues, during which an elf aboard the S-1 leans on a button, causing a present to fall from the supply line and go unnoticed. Another elf named Bryony Shelfley later finds the missed present—a wrapped bicycle for a young girl named Gwen living in Trelew, Cornwall, whose letter Arthur had personally responded to. Arthur is heartbroken to hear a child’s been missed and urges his father and brother to use the S-1 and deliver the final present but Steve argues that one missed present out of billions is an acceptable error, citing this year s Christmas as the most successful in history. Malcolm s cynical elderly father and predecessor, Grandsanta, whisks Arthur away to deliver it in EVE, the original wooden sleigh that is pulled by the descendants of the flying reindeer. Bryony is revealed to have stowed away and joins the pair, but they get lost on four different continents, lose several of their reindeer and encounter many obstacles, ultimately being mistaken for aliens and causing an international military incident.

Arthur is shocked and hurt to learn that Grandsanta only agreed to go on the trip to boost his own ego, Malcolm is indifferent to the missing present, and Steve refuses to help them because he believes Arthur s efforts could undermine his attempts to become the next Santa.

Finally, stranded on an island in Cuba, Arthur becomes disillusioned with his family and nearly gives up. However, he realizes that so long as the gift is delivered one way or another, the Santa Arthur and Gwen look up to exists in the hearts of children. Reinvigorated, Arthur manages to get the sleigh back and the trio sets off for England. Meanwhile, the elves grow increasingly alarmed at rumors of the neglected delivery and the Clauses indifference, sending them into a panic. In response, Malcolm tricks his wife Margaret into believing Steve gave them permission to use the S-1 to deliver Gwen’s gift, only for a furious Steve to confront his father onboard and a dejected Malcolm recognises his inability to properly lead. Steve drives the S-1 and delivers a superior present, only to realise that Malcolm had accidentally set the address to the wrong child, revealing Steve’s inability to connect with children.

Arthur’s group reach England but lose the remaining reindeer. Furthermore, a Predator drone scrambled by Chief De Silva of UNFITA intercepts and opens fire on the sleigh, believing it to be an alien spacecraft. Grandsanta sacrifices EVE, while Arthur and Bryony parachute to the ground.

All paths descend on Gwen’s house before she awakens, only to have everyone but Arthur quarrel about who gets to actually place the gift. Noticing that Arthur was the only one who genuinely cared about Gwen’s happiness, the elder Clauses collectively realize that he is the sole worthy successor. As a result, Steve recognises his own shortcomings, forfeits his birthright and acknowledges his brother s worthiness to take up the mantle, with Malcolm admitting he’s truly proud of both his sons. Gwen glimpses a snow-bearded Arthur in a wind-buffeted sweater just before he vanishes up into the S-1.

In a postscript, Malcolm goes into a happy retirement with Margaret – where he also becomes Grandsanta s much-desired new companion – and plays Arthur s board game with him for many happy hours. Meanwhile, Steve finds true contentment as the chief operating officer of the North Pole. Bryony is promoted to Vice-President of Wrapping, Pacific Division. The high-tech S-1 is rechristened EVIE in honor of Grandsanta s old sleigh and refitted to be pulled by a team of five thousand reindeer led by the original eight, all of whom have returned home safely. And at the helm, Arthur happily guides the entire enterprise as Santa Claus XXI.

Voice cast

• James McAvoy as Arthur Claus, the clumsy but good-natured younger son of Malcolm and Margaret who works in the mail room.
• Hugh Laurie as Steven Claus, Malcolm and Margaret s elder son and Arthur s incredibly capable, business oriented, but cynical, older brother.
• Bill Nighy as Grandsanta, the 136-year-old grumpy but fun-loving grandfather of Steve and Arthur, a staunchly traditional former Santa who dislikes the modern world. A post-retirement joyriding incident which led to him almost causing a War caused the family to ban him from flying. He comes out of retirement to help Arthur save Christmas, though his unfamiliarity with the modern world leads them into trouble. He was Malcolm s predecessor and the 19th Santa, serving from 1902 to 1941.
• Jim Broadbent as Malcolm Claus, the affable but ineffective man in charge at the North Pole. He is Grandsanta s son, Margaret s husband, and Steve s and Arthur s father. He has held the title of Santa since 1941 and is the 20th to serve in that role.
• Imelda Staunton as Margaret Claus, Malcolm s dedicated and talented wife, and mother of Steve and Arthur.
• Ashley Jensen as Bryony Shelfley, Wrapping Division Grade 3, the Scottish-accented enthusiastic Christmas Elf from the Giftwrap Battalion who ends up tagging along with Arthur and Grandsanta.
• Marc Wootton as Peter, Steve s obsequious assistant Christmas Elf.
• Laura Linney as North Pole Computer
• Eva Longoria as Chief De Silva, the head of UNFITA (United Northern Federal International Treaty Alliance).
• Ramona Marquez as Gwen Hines, the girl who lives in a Cornish village of Trelew with her mom and stepfather and whose present Arthur must deliver.
• Michael Palin as Ernie Clicker, the elderly elf and former head of Polar communications for 46 missions during Grand-Santa s time as Santa Claus. He is brought out of retirement to help Steven track Grandsanta s old-fashioned sleigh.
• Jerry Lambert as N.O.R.A.D.
• Ryan Patrick Donahoe as Pedro

Lead elves are voiced by Sanjeev Bhaskar, Robbie Coltrane, Joan Cusack, Rhys Darby, Jane Horrocks, Iain McKee, Andy Serkis, and Dominic West.

Elves are voiced by Pete Jack, Sarah Smith, Rich Fulcher, Kris Pearn, Kevin Cecil, Stewart Lee, Peter Baynham, Danny John-Jules, Adam Tandy, Bronagh Gallagher, Alan Short, Kevin Eldon, Seamus Malone, Cody Cameron and Emma Kennedy.

Production

Arthur Christmas was first announced in 2007, under the name Operation Rudolph. It was the first film made by Aardman in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment and its subsidiaries, after they parted ways with DreamWorks Animation.

Aardman spent 18 months on pre-production on the story and design in the UK before relocating to Sony s Culver City, US, for another 18 months of production. On 27 April 2009, it was reported that production had begun with Aardman and Sony Pictures Imageworks working together on animation.

Release

The film was released on 11 November 2011 in the United Kingdom and on 23 November 2011 in the United States. The music video for Justin Bieber s song Santa Claus is Coming to Town, which plays over the end credits, was exclusively shown in theatres before the film.

Home media

Arthur Christmas was released on DVD, Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D on 6 November 2012, in the US, and 19 November 2012 in the UK.

Reception

Critical response

Arthur Christmas holds an approval rating of 92% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 169 reviews, with an average score of 7.2/10. The consensus reads, Aardman Animations broadens their humor a bit for Arthur Christmas, a clever and earnest holiday film with surprising emotional strength. On Metacritic, the film has a score of 69 out of 100 based on 32 reviews, indicating generally favorable reviews . John Anderson of Newsday praised the film as not only funny and fresh, but . . . a new way of tackling the whole yuletide paradigm: Santa as a high-tech hereditary monarchy. Michael O Sullivan of The Washington Post described it as unexpectedly fresh, despite the familiar-sounding premise . Neil Genzlinger of The New York Times wrote that the plot may be a little too cluttered for the toddler crowd to follow, but the next age group up should be amused, and the script by Peter Baynham and Sarah Smith has plenty of sly jokes for grown-ups. Rene Rodriguez of the Miami Herald stated that the movie fails utterly at coming up with a story that merits all the eye candy.

Box office

Arthur Christmas has earned $46,462,469 in North America, $33,334,089 in the UK, and $67,622,914 in other countries, for a worldwide total of $147,419,472.

In the United Kingdom the film opened in second place with a £2.5 million weekend gross, behind Immortals. It topped the box office in its fourth week, by which time the cumulative gross was £11.5 million. The film returned to the top of the box office on week seven, during Christmas week, grossing £2.05 million and a total of £19.7 million.

In the United States and Canada the film earned $2.4 million on its opening day and $1.8 million on Thanksgiving Day. It would go on to gross $12.1 million over the three-day weekend and $16.3 million over the five-day period. This was on par with studio expectations. The film went on to gross nearly $50 million domestically against a $100 million budget.

Accolades

Award	Category	Recipient	Result
Alliance of Women Film Journalists	Animated Film		Nominated
Annie Awards	Best Animated Feature		Nominated
	Character Design in a Feature Production	Peter de Sève	Nominated
	Storyboarding in a Feature Production	Kris Pearn	Nominated
	Voice Acting in a Feature Production	Ashley Jensen	Nominated
		Bill Nighy	Won
	Writing in a Feature Production	Sarah Smith, Peter Baynham	Nominated
British Academy of Film and Television Arts	Animated Film		Nominated
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards	Best Animated Feature		Nominated
Chicago Film Critics Association	Animated Film		Nominated
Golden Globe Award	Best Animated Feature Film		Nominated
Golden Tomato Awards	Best-Reviewed Animated Film		Won
Online Film Critics Society	Best Animated Feature		Nominated
Satellite Awards	Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media		Nominated
San Diego Film Critics Society	Best Animated Film		Won
Visual Effects Society	Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature Motion Picture	Doug Ikeler, Chris Juen, Alan Short, Mandy Tankenson	Nominated
	Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in an Animated Feature Motion Picture	Michael Ford, David Morehead, Emi Tahira	Nominated
Women Film Critics Circle	Best Animated Females		Nominated
Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a Voice-over Role, Young Actress	Ramona Marquez	Nominated

Music

Arthur Christmas: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Film score by Harry Gregson-Williams
Released	14 November 2011
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	46:50
Label	Sony Classical, Madison Gate Records

Arthur Christmas: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack to the film of the same name. It was composed and produced by Harry Gregson-Williams, who had previously composed the score for Chicken Run (2000) and Flushed Away (2006), and released on 14 November 2011 by Sony Classical. Originally, Michael Giacchino and Adam Cohen were going to compose the score.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	Trelew, Cornwall, England	1:48
2.	Operation Christmas	4:54
3.	Waker!	2:51
4.	Mission Control	2:55
5.	One Missed Child	3:00
6.	Bring Them Home	1:43
7.	Dash Away	3:46
8.	Paris Zoo?	2:29
9.	The Wrong Trelew	1:54
10.	Race to Gwen s House	2:09
11.	Arthur s Sadness	2:22
12.	Serengeti Escape	2:24
13.	Worry Me!	1:37
14.	Space Travel	2:48
15.	Goodbye Evie	2:48
16.	Christmas Morning	4:00
17.	We Wish You A…	0:48
18.	Make Someone Happy (Performed by Bill Nighy)	2:34
Total length:		46:50

Video game

An iOS video game titled Arthur Christmas: Elf Run was released in the United Kingdom on 9 November 2011, on iTunes App Store. On 18 November 2011, the game was released worldwide on the iOS and Android platform. Released as a free and a premium version, the game allows players to play as delivery elves, who must quickly and quietly deliver gifts to children. Another iOS app based on the film is Arthur Christmas Movie Storybook, which was released on 30 November 2011.

Year	2011
ReleaseDate	2011-11-23
RuntimeMins	97
RuntimeStr	1h 37min
Plot	Santa’s clumsy son Arthur sets out on a mission with Grandsanta to give out a present they misplaced to a young girl in less than two hours.
Awards	Nominated for 2 BAFTA Awards, 3 wins & 23 nominations total
Directors	Sarah Smith, Barry Cook
Writers	Peter Baynham, Sarah Smith
Stars	James McAvoy, Jim Broadbent, Bill Nighy
Produced by	Cheryl Abood,Peter Baynham,Chris Juen,Peter Lord,Steve Pegram,Carla Shelley,Osnat Shurer,David Sproxton
Music by	Harry Gregson-Williams
Cinematography by	Jericca Cleland
Film Editing by	John Carnochan,James Cooper,Sara Steinberg
Casting By	Sarah Crowe
Production Design by	Evgeni Tomov
Art Direction by	Alexei Nechytaylo
Costume Design by	Yves Barre
Production Management	Theresa Bentz,Carla Connor,Kirstie Deane,Mark Dietel,Ryan Gilleland,Michael Killoren,Timothy Loughran,Romney T. Marino,Victoria Mowlam,Stephen Nixon,Alice Panerai,Jordan Soles,Michael Solinger,Debbie Vercellino
Art Department	Olivier Adam,Bjorn-Erik Aschim,François Audouy,David Bleich,Paul Bolger,Tim Browning,Oliver Carroll,Sergio Casas,Yuchung Peter Chan,Adam Cootes,Sammy Davis,Peter DeSève,Gregory Fangeaux,Joseph Feinsilver,Brian Flynn,Matthieu Gosselin,Jack Hsu,George Hull,Jess Jackson,Matt Jones,Ravinder Kundi,Michael Kurinsky,James Lees,Buck Lewis,Dominique Louis,William Mata,Alex McDowell,Scott Metcalfe,Till Nowak,Kris Pearn,Troy Quane,Michelle Rose,Matthew Savage,Helen Schroeder,Armand Serrano,Michael Shorten,Henrik Tamm,Jean-Paul Vermeulen,Tim Watts,Gavin Lines
Sound Department	Jef Aerts,Mark Appleby,Dafydd Archard,Panos Asimenios,Dominic Boucher,Jimmy Boyle,Peter Buccellato,Peter Burgis,Doug Cooper,Martim Crawford,Nick Del-Molino,Simon Diggins,Simon Ellegaard,Glen Gathard,Peter Gleaves,James Glenton,Arthur Graley,Adam Horley,Andrea King,Dave Leffel,Howard London,David Mackie,Ben Meechan,Zak Melemendjian,Dan Morgan,Gerry O Riordan,Keith Partridge,Mark Paterson,David Peacock,Kevin Penney,Mike Prestwood Smith,Brian Reed,Johnathan Rush,Julian Slater,Barnaby Smyth,Jason Stevens,Andrew Stirk,Joseph Stracey,Jason Swanscott,David Turner,Fred Pearson,Steve Zaragoza
Visual Effects by	Brian Adams,Douglas Addy,Benjamin Aguillon,Ohkba Ameziane-Hassani,Hunter Athey,Kilian Aulenbacher,Mark Anthony Austin,Jennifer Avery,Alison Middaugh Barger,Gavin Baxter,Brooke Beane,Chad Belteau,Laurent Ben-Mimoun,Mannix Bennett,Shane Birdsill,Brian Blasiak,Stephen A. Bloch,Jorge Bobadilla Jr.,Chris Bolwyn,J. Alan Bradshaw,Tim Brandt,Dennis Bredow,Rob Bredow,Michelle Lynne Brenner,Steven Browning,Alyssa Brule,John Butiu,Dan Camp,Chris Carignan,Shane Cauchi,Kent Chan,François Chardavoine,Lei Chen,Philip Child,Jeff Chung,Suzanne Cipolletti,Bertrand Cordier,Doug Creel,Steve Cullingford,Gregory Culp,Will Cunningham,Rahul Dabholkar,Larry Danielle,Amanda Darby,Marc-Andre Davignon,Colin de Andrade,Manuela Schmidt de Souza,Michelle Dean,Sep Dehpour,Mark DeSousa,Joshua DiCarlo,Joe DiCesare,Stefano Dubay,Todd Dufour,Steven Dugaro,R. Stirling Duguid,David S. Dunn,Simon Dunsdon,Noel Eaton,Firat Enderoglu,Fish Essenfeld,Kent Estep,Athlyn Evans,Edwin Fabros,David Feuillatre,Benjamin Fiske,Ruben Flores,Michael Ford,Pete Forde,Josh Frontino,Quentin Frost,Pawl Fulker,Gregory Galliani,Pätrick Gehlen,Mark Gelfuso,Tudor Georgescu,Pooya Ghobadpour,Adam Glasman,Maribeth Glass,Allen Gonzales,Erik Gonzalez,Alastair Grimshaw,Larry Gritz,Dean Grubb,Harry Gundersen,Chrissy Habblett,Brian Hall,Jeremy Harger,Dan Haring,Luke Harris,Neil Harrison,T.C. Harrison,Parag Havaldar,Joseph Hayden,Mel Hayes II,Luke Heathcock,John Helton,Karen Heston,Dark Hoffman,Andrew Hofman,Thomas Hollier,Bob Homami,Rob House,Mark Hulshult,Adnan Hussain,Doug Ikeler,Katya Isichenko,Mike Jiang,Chris Jolly,Kurt Judson,Nori Kaneko,Joanie Karnowski,Yiotis Katsambas,Miku Kayama,Chris Kazmier,Lee Kerley,Takumi Kimura,Kevin Kitchel,Marissa Krupen,Daniel Kruse,Ravinder Kundi,Ju Hee Kwon,Michael La Fave,Errol Lanier,Suki Lee,Hannah K. Lees,P. Alex Lim,Kuan Lin,Roger Liu,Richard Liukis,Amir Madani,Jason Madsen,Adam Martinez,Wendy Mashburn,Shannon McGee,Jennifer McKnew,Jim Big Dog McLean,David B. Menkes,Barbara Meyers,Benjamin Miller,Damon Milman,Stuart Mintz,Christina Mitrotti,Colin Mooney,Hiroshi Mori,Enrique Munoz,Michael Murdock,Alex Murtaza,Adil Mustafabekov,Chris Nabholz,Ricardo Nadu,Derek Nelson,Devdatta Nerurkar,Motoki Nishii,Scott Palleiko,James Park,Taehyun Park,Aaron Pfau,Eric Provan,Matthew Rampias,J. Robert Ray,Alex Reyes,Sam Rickles,Radost Ridlen,Mikki Rose,Alan Rosenfeld,Joseph Rosensteel,Rowsby,Rosendo Salazar,Nathan Santell,Nobuteru Sasagawa,David Satchwell,Lisa Curtis Saunders,Brian D. Scott,Sameer Shah,Aurora Shannon,Dan Sheerin,Jessica E. Smialek,Douglas James Smith,Geri Smith,Sharmishtha Sohoni,John Spence,Matt Steele,Jason Stellwag,Joe Strasser,Matt Sullivan,Billy Tai,Kaz Tanaka,Aaron Tankenson,Mandy Tankenson,Miles Todorof,Messrob Torikian,Ellen Trinh,Michael Trujillo,Corey Turner,Carolyn Uy,Chloe Valdecantos,Carlos A. Vidal,Michael J. Viera,Joe Viola,Brian Walters,Jenny Wan,John Welborn,Dan Weston,Alex Whang,Todd Widup,Von Williams,Patrick Witting,Jeff Wolverton,Yezi Xue,Chris Yee,Teru Yoshida,Terry Ziegelman,Fernando Zorrilla,William Beaton,Camila Davila,Taigne Hammock,Juan Carlos Moreno Rogel,Martin Orlowski,Andrea Lackey Pace
Animation Department	Rachel Anchors,Rosie Ashforth,Benoit Bargeton,Joshua Beveridge,Pascale Bories,Jenna Bors,Bart Bossaert,Manuel Bover,Shad Bradbury,Wee Brian,Scott Caple,Stephen Childers,Joseph Chong,Brian A. Coffee,Jeremy Collins,Adam Cootes,Stéphane Couture,Patrick Danaher,Claudio de Oliveira,Lou Dellarosa,Anthony Di Ninno,Geer DuBois,Daniel Edwards,Todd Elliott,Jean-Dominique Fievet,Joel Foster,Robert Fox,Elisabeth Franklin,Aldo Gagliardi,Mark Gelfuso,Daniel Gerhardt,Joe Giampapa,David Anthony Gibson,Ryan Glovka,Carlos Grangel,Luis Grané,Teddy Hall,Matthew Hasselmann,Alan Hawkins,Boris Hiestand,Eric Huang,Ethan Hurd,Jess Jackson,Blake Kenneth Johnson,Aaron Jonas,Lisa Kalmanson,Byoung Ho Kang,Jeff Kim,Stefan Klauss,Jin Kum,Andrew Lawson,Jeremy Lazare,Hal Lewis,Letia Lewis,Donnie Long,Timothy Loughran,Christophe Lourdelet,Seamus Malone,Nick Matthews,Matthew Meyer,John Monos,David Morehead,Valerie Morrison,Darren Mortillaro,Kate Nagy,Peter Nash,John Odgen,Mark Oftedal,Ryan Page,Liz Pichon,Tim Pixton,Melanie Plett,David R. Polk,Donald Reich,Barry Reynolds,Gwendelyn Robson,Patrick Rossano,Ludovic Roz,Philip Rudolph,Sue Houston Safianoff,Marcelo Sakai,Helen Schroeder,Dan Segarra,Alan Short,Craig Simpson,Robert Skiena,Ron Smith,Ron Smith,Alexander Snow,Ting Chian Tey,Zachary Torok,Carolyn Vale,Dave Vasquez,Roger Vizard,Kelsey Wagner,Tim Watts,Lucas Wendler,Geoff Wheeler,Christopher D. Williams,Paul Wood,Daniele Zannone,Shaofu Zhang,Bruce Zick
Casting Department	Abigail Barbier,Louis Elman,Mary Hidalgo,Ben Marks
Editorial Department	Tom Barnes,Tom Doggart,Rob Farris,Adam Glasman,Emily Greenwood,Kyle Hartigan,Pete Jack,Darrian M. James,Patrick Malone,Prakash Patel,Gregory F. Plotts,Laurent Treherne,Debbie Vercellino,Jon Ellis
Music Department	Chris Bacon,Chris Baron,John Barrett,Becky Bentham,Mark Berrow,Peter Boyer,David Buckley,Nicholas Bucknall,Halli Cauthery,Tony Clarke,Peter Cobbin,Tommy Coster,Andrew Crowley,Michael Dore,Meri Gavin,Joanna Goldsmith-Eteson,Andrew Green,Jennifer Hammond,Robert Houston,Philip Klein,Costa Kotselas,Joanna Forbes L Estrange,Tony Lewis,Roger Linley,Steve Mair,Esther McIntosh,Ladd McIntosh,Tom Pearce,Tom Pigott Smith,Melissa Reiner,Patrick Savage,Debra Skeen,Jonathan Snowden,Geoff Stradling,Jill Streater,Martin Tillman,Allen Walley,Kirsty Whalley,Bruce White,Rachel Bolt,Aled Jenkins,Jonathan Williams
Script and Continuity Department	Daniella Wills
Additional Crew	Devin Anderson,Nick Bowden,Susan Breen,Claire Brindley,Adam Brown,Johnny Cardona,Rob Carr,Joel Collins,Shelli Rae Coppoolse,Matt Curtis,Matt Forman,Kayla Franklin,Adam Fukushima,Regaye Fulcher,Rosie Galvin,Douglas Gauthier,Jim Harnish,Tilly Holton,Paul Kewley,Lu Kondor,Dave Krieger,Suzanne Labrie,Duke Logan,Adele Helen Lovett,Sam Marks,Jan McCrea,Laura M. Meredith,Olivier Mouroux,Marc Ostroff,Samantha Pagan,Michelle Raimo,Cameron Stephens,Melissa Sturm,Paolo Suaya,Leanne K. Tanizawa,Judy Thomason,David Waters,Leah Wouters,Tarsus Jackson
Thanks	Ivan Bilancio,Alan Brember,Kevin Cecil,Steve Coogan,Jon Crowe,Kimberly Hightower,Andy King,Cecil Kramer,Oily Mills,Tia Nolan,Phill O Dell,Gregory Perler,Andy Riley
Genres	Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Companies	Aardman Animations, Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation
Countries	UK, USA
Languages	English
ContentRating	PG
ImDbRating	7.1
ImDbRatingVotes	58985
MetacriticRating	69
Keywords	christmas,elf,christmas eve,resentment,santa claus