Rent A Christmas Story (2016)
2.2 of 5 from 5 ratings
1h 18min
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- Synopsis:
- Eight-year-old Julius lives in an orphanage. Every year the headmaster recounts the story of how Santa Claus delivered him to his new home on Christmas Eve many years ago, when he was a baby. But when the other boys at the orphanage confront Julius on the very existence of Father Christmas, he decides to go on a magical journey to find the real Santa! Julius is wondrously transported to a frosty and enchanted world where, with the help of Herman the marzipan pig and Sophina the glass angel, he sets off to find Santa and save him from the wicked hands of Crampus.
- Directors:
- Jacob Ley
- Producers:
- Anne Sofie Hansen-Skovmoes, Rodrigo Villalobos, Fie Ørnsø
- Voiced By:
- Bodil Jørgensen, Lars Hjortshøj, Maria Lucia Rosenberg, Rasmus Bjerg, Claus Bue, Albert Rudbeck Lindhardt, Malte Houe, Herman Knop, Uffe Ellemann-Jensen, Flora Ofelia Hofman Lindahl
- Writers:
- Sanne Munk Jensen, Jacob Ley
- Aka:
- Get Santa / Den magiske juleæske
- Studio:
- Signature Entertainment
- Genres:
- Children & Family, Kids’ TV
- Collections:
- Holidays Film Collection, Santa's Film Wishlist for Children
- Countries:
- Denmark
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Reviews (1) of A Christmas Story
Dark Danish Animated Christmas Film about the Origins of Santa/Father Christmas - A Christmas Story review by PV
I sort of liked this film because it was different. The animation is NOT Disney so may not be what kids are expecting. I liked it though - it was different.
I liked the dark side - but in our hyper-sensitive age, some adults (not kids) may panic that it is too dark for kids. Read some fairy tales so see real horror though.
This clicks in to the very mainland European Krampus myth which is essentially Germanic - this is Danish.. next to Germany.
I liked all the snow and ice, and the plot just about carries it. Based on a book - and so many great kids' books come from Scandinavian writers (incl Denmark, Norway, Sweden)
Yes, lots if magic in the story - rather than logical plot points, And very derivative but not as much as A Boy Called Christmas (another Father Christmas backstory origin tale and just as silly) which maybe had 100+ times the budget of this.
So 3 stars
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