Parents may shed a nostalgic tear or two, while their children can enjoy spotting all the witty visual details.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 14, 2014

It's disarming, imaginative and genuinely funny.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 14, 2014

This witty, handsomely appointed 3-D animated feature is the most delightful Santa biopic since Edmund Gwenn donned the fat suit.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 14, 2014

The settings, especially on the North Pole, are deliciously intricate and the characters understatedly quirky.

| Original Score: B | Feb 17, 2012

Original and inspired, this joyful animated frolic is seriously entertaining, audiences of all ages sure to eat up its heartwarming Yule-tied message of family, resilience and togetherness that's as touching as it is wonderful.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 27, 2012

A witty and beautifully designed animated film.

| Dec 5, 2011

Aardman films' yuletide offering is both a heartwarmer and a sly dig at the gospel of family togetherness.

| Dec 5, 2011

It's as bright and twinkling as a Christmas tree, decked with warmth and humor.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 5, 2011

It's busy but buoyant, and it honors the tradition of giving with wit and style.

| Dec 5, 2011

The action is swift and witty, and the 3-D effects are imaginative and not simply tacked on as with so many animated movies these days.

| Original Score: A- | Dec 2, 2011

The under-10 audience I saw it with were entranced, and, remarkably enough by itself, so were their parents. Huzzah, Aardman!

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 26, 2011

It's rare for me to laugh out loud, repeatedly, during a movie these days, but 'Arthur Christmas' gave me that welcome opportunity. It is so ingenious, endearing, and downright funny that it instantly joins the ranks of first-class holiday movies...

| Nov 23, 2011

The results are not only funny and fresh, but represent a new way of tackling the whole yuletide paradigm: Santa as a high-tech hereditary monarchy.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 23, 2011

For the kids, the action is always lively and, for the rest of us, the dialogue has a witty and even caustic edge.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 23, 2011

The surprise gift of the season: a sharp, savvy holiday comedy that doesn't get its laughs at the expense of those who start to glow in the early days of December. It's a most entertaining package indeed.

| Nov 23, 2011

Good for the kids, good for the parents, and good for Christmas.

| Original Score: B | Nov 23, 2011

The premise recalls those sophisticated lies parents cook up when their kids start asking logical questions about Santa.

| Nov 23, 2011

Unexpectedly fresh, despite the familiar-sounding premise.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 23, 2011

An animated kiddie comedy that delivers all the wonder you'd expect in a movie about a guy delivering one package.

| Original Score: 0.5/4 | Nov 23, 2011

Hilarious, fast-paced and superbly entertaining.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Nov 23, 2011