With Christmas around the corner, many families are now planning their festive viewing and looking for a film to settle down for on a cosy afternoon.
While Christmas classics like Elf, Home Alone and Die Hard (if the kids are old enough) are all viable film choices for Christmas Day, many people will be looking for something new to watch this year.
A Boy Called Christmas was released in late November and is adapted from a book of the same name by Matt Haig.
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Since its release, it's attracted generally favourable reviews, with an IMDB score of 6.8/10, and could prove to be the perfect thing for families with younger children, as the film only has a PG rating.
It's available to stream via Now TV and is still being shown in select cinemas.
The Guardian's review stated: "You'd need to have the humbuggiest of hearts not to be charmed, even just a little bit, by this family Christmas movie."
Who is in the A Boy Called Christmas cast?
The cast of A Boy Called Christmas features some famous names that we've seen before, in everything from Moulin Rouge to Extras:
- Henry Lawfull (Nikolas "Christmas")
- Jim Broadbent (The King)
- Maggie Smith (Aunt Ruth, a Truth Pixie, and Andrea, Moppet and Patrick's Aunt)
- Zoe Colletti (Aunt Ruth)
- Sally Hawkins (Mother Vodol)
- Michiel Huisman (Joel)
- Toby Jones (Father Topo)
- Rune Temte (Anders)
- Indica Watson (Little Noosh)
- Kristen Wiig (Aunt Carlotta)
- Stephen Merchant (the voice of Miika the Mouse)
- Rishi Kuppa (Little Kip)
- Joel Fry (Matt)
What is A Boy Called Christmas about?
The heart-warming story begins in a time when Christmas wasn't celebrated, and The King tasks a young boy called Nikolas to go to the very edges of the kingdom and bring back a spark of magic to give them hope.
The IMDB official description states: "In this origin story of Father Christmas, an ordinary boy (with a loyal pet mouse and a reindeer at his side) sets out on an extraordinary adventure to find his father who is on a quest to discover the fabled village of Elfhelm."
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