movie review: Arthur Christmas

I did not expect this movie to be a tear-jerker. And yet!

Seriously, I went into this movie thinking it was a humorous animated children’s movie about… something having to do with Christmas. (It’s also possible I was somewhat influenced by the Inception AU story And Try To Keep It All The Year, by and_backagain, in which Arthur is Santa’s son.)

What I got was a movie about dysfunctional families (aren’t they all?) and way, way less competency than I was hoping for based on the previews. I did like the elves in general, and Bryony in particular. I just didn’t think the total movie package lived up to the promise of the first five to ten minutes.

Mirrored from The Marci Rating System.