Wednesday, 16 November 2011

Arthur Christmas

Cast
James McAvoy
Jim Broadbent
Hugh Laurie
Bill Nighy
Ashley Jensen
Imelda Staunton
Screenwriters
Peter Baynham
Sarah Smith
Director
Sarah Smith
Running Time
97m 23s

Set on Christmas night, the story of Arthur Christmas at last reveals the incredible, never-before seen answer to every child's question: 'So how does Santa deliver all those presents in one night?' The answer: Santa's exhilarating, ultra-high-tech operation hidden beneath the North Pole. But at the heart of the film is a story with the ingredients of a Christmas classic – a family in a state of comic dysfunction and an unlikely hero, Arthur, with an urgent mission that must be completed before Christmas morning dawns. (Sony Pictures)

Fantastic. Funny and inventive. I wept with joy at the end.