As the film title suggests, this is a festive film, dedicated to that of Christmas. And it definitely takes on a unique approach to the concept of Santa and gift-giving. With a military like procedure, the elves act as soldiers under the command of Steve, to safely deliver presents without exposure. However, this is jeopardized when a child is missed, and chaos breaks loose.The animation is cute and the colors are very complementary to the tone of the film. The characters however, are too stock like and have very stereotypical shapes; the stick, the oval, and the upside down triangle. A bit too much cartoon-like for my taste, with the emphasis on shape matching personality.The voice acting is pretty good. I couldn't tell that it was James McAvoy, and I think he might have altered his voice to match his character. Some of the voices of the elves are a little too squeaky for my taste, but they certainly match - once again, the size of their respectable characters.As for the plot, it isn't anything outstanding. While the idea behind having a story centered on the son of Santa helps to bring a new perspective on things, I didn't really like how Santa was depicted. Logically, Santa would have been doing this for decades, but it was depicted that he didn't really know what he was doing. Also, the military take on delivering presents might have been a cool idea, but it implies a sort of invasion and detracts some of the warmth that is associated with the event. It doesn't help that this is a truly patriarchal film, with Mrs.Santa doing predominantly housekeeping, and Bryony having special 'gift- wrapping' ability. Overall, it's a fun film to watch, but it won't be my go to Christmas movie.

It's not Arthur from the 2011 remake.Not either Arthur from TV.This is the story of Arthur the son Santa Clause.In this version Santa Clause and his friends are living on a spaceship.The minions are using the latest technology, as they are traveling out to deliver presents.But, a child is missing as Arthur and his friends travels around the globe to find Trelew.That ranks from being stranded in Africa, and Trelew in Mexico too.The characters are fun and lively, and there are also a lot of emotion.In the animation category it's top notch.From the various gizmo's, and to the spaceship.This was worth the Golden Globe nomination.10/10

A few weeks before I saw this so called "Well done Christmas movie" i made a wishful statement which stated that I hope not to see an bad Christmas movies throughout this entire month and yesterday when i saw this movie for the first time that statement didn't come true at all. All the movie is about is a dopey character study of a clumsy boy named Arthur (voiced by James McAvoy) who is the son of Santa (voiced by Jim Broadbent) who after he realizes that one Christmas present is forgotten he goes on a so called entertaining adventure with his grandfather who was once Santa Claus (voiced by Bill Nighy) a 136 year old man who dresses back up as Santa Claus and doesn't even know where this young British girl named Gwen (voiced by Ramona Marquez) even lives because he thinks that she either lives in Mexico, Canada, or Tanzania when she doesn't. The movie that this reminded me of in a very stupidly similar way was Frozen (2013) because they were both dopey races against time for different happenings. But they have to get to her within 2 hours and back to the North Pole when in the movie's clumsy case isn't at all possible. Also the movie is nothing at all like Christmas classics such as It's a Wonderful Life (1946), Miracle on 34th Street (1947), or A Christmas Story (1983). This is one of the worst movies of 2011, as well as one of the worst movie I have ever seen.

The role of Santa has been passed down from father to son since the first Saint Nick. North Pole is a highly organized high-tech gift-delivery home base for Santa under the snow. After 70 years, his type-A son Steve expects him to retire but he doesn't. His other son is the bumbling Arthur Christmas. There is one missed delivery and Steve claims it's impossible to deliver it with the limited time remaining. Santa agrees but Arthur is unwilling to let it go. With the help of Grandpa and the older sleigh, he intends to complete the mission.I love the dysfunctional Santa family. It's a fun take. It's also clever and fresh. The highly inappropriate old fashion Grandpa Santa is hilarious. Arthur is likable. There isn't really an evil villain. This is just a bickering family that ultimately loves each other. It's a lot of fun, joy, happiness, heart and family.