A Boy Called Christmas
Published December 18, 2021
Film info
- Title A Boy Called Christmas
- Director Gil Kenan
- Year 2021
- Run time 1hr 46m
- Genres Fantasy, Family, Adventure
- Tagline Experience the magic
Welcome to the tale of Father Christmas, who was once just a young boy named Nikolas. A magical Christmas adventure with Dame Maggie Smith.
Live blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 3:00 | “You look awful.” Happy Christmas to you too. |
| 3:53 | “The universe is made of stories, not atoms.” |
| 5:03 | BEAR! |
| 6:55 | Story within a story. Christmas inception. |
| 16:35 | A babysitting Aunt telling a story about a babysitting Aunt. |
| 20:35 | My god, that mouse is adorable. |
| 27:04 | What I’ve learned so far is that Finland looks nice but all the people are super mean. |
| 30:41 | I was already enjoying it but Stephen Merchant has brightened things up considerably. |
| 33:11 | “Why would you teach me to talk if you’re never going to listen?” |
| 42:11 | That woman is dancing with a goat. |
| 55:23 | Truth Pixie is a difficult companion. |
| 59:17 | “Lucky for you, I’ve got a few more tricks up my sleeve. And by tricks, I mean improvised home-made explosives.” |
| 1:09:51 | “Happy ending isn’t compulsory.” |
| 1:15:18 | I need this sarcastic mouse in my life. |
| 1:28:59 | Nikolas and Mika the Talking Mouse Day. |
Thoughts
I’ll be honest, I was enjoying the movie okay, it seemed like a sweet story within a story and it was going places. But then Stephen Merchant piped up as a talking mouse and it really hit a new level of fun. It gathered speed, and actually became really moving and quite insightful.
Maggie Smith is also brilliant, and quite under-used really, only popping up every now and then to ground the story in a certain amount of reality. But it’s all lovely and very Christmassy and now I want to zip through the book as well. Good times.
Rating: 5 / 5
