Releasing on Dec 4, 2024

2024
PG
Netflix
1 h 31 m

2024
PG
Netflix
1 h 31 m

Summary Based on the charming trilogy of children's books by beloved multi award-winning writer/director Richard Curtis (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, Love Actually, Yesterday), That Christmas follows a series of entwined tales about family and friends, love and loneliness, and Santa Claus making a big mistake, not to mention an eno...

Directed By: Simon Otto

Written By: Richard Curtis, Peter Souter

2024
PG
Netflix
1 h 31 m

2024
PG
Netflix
1 h 31 m

That Christmas

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 4 Critic Reviews

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Directed By: Simon Otto

Written By: Richard Curtis, Peter Souter

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Variety

Nov 1, 2024

Every season brings dozens of new Christmas offerings, most of which prove instantly forgettable. This one’s a keeper.

By Peter Debruge FULL REVIEW

The Hollywood Reporter

Oct 21, 2024

It is Curtis’s first foray into animation and although the characters are digitally rendered, the story taps into the same authentic energies that made his earlier works so beloved.

By Lovia Gyarkye FULL REVIEW

The Telegraph

Oct 25, 2024

Fortunately, the writing’s sentimental and/or smirky longueurs are remedied by the animation itself, whose cosy charm has a distinctly British sensibility – from the architecture to the landscape and even the colour palettes, everything is satisfyingly just right.

By Robbie Collin FULL REVIEW

TheWrap

Oct 21, 2024

An ordinary feature that could have been extraordinary as a series of three shorts. Instead, this is what we’ve got: a vaguely watchable animated Christmas movie that only works in fits and starts.

By William Bibbiani FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Double Negative (DNEG), Locksmith Animation

Release Date Dec 4, 2024

Duration 1 h 31 m

Rating PG

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That Christmas

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Bill Nighy

Lighthouse Bill

Brian Cox

Santa

Guz Khan

Dasher

Jack Wisniewski

Danny

Zazie Hayhurst

Sam

India Brown

Bernadette

Fiona Shaw

MS Trapper

Jodie Whittaker

Mrs. Williams

Freddie Spry

Teddy

Ava Talbot

Scarlett

Kuhu Agarwal

Nisha

Sienna Sayer

Charlie

Rhys Darby

Mr. McNutt

Lolly Adefope

Mrs. McNutt

Bronte Smith

Eve

Sindhu Vee

Mrs. Mulji

Katherine Parkinson

Mrs. Forrest

Rosie Cavaliero

Mrs. Beccles

Alex Macqueen

Mr. Forrest

Andy Nyman

Mr. Beccles

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