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• Fantasy
• Animation

• 2019
• Sergio Pablos
• 96 mins
• PG

Summary

The town of Smeerensburg above the Arctic Circle takes pride in being the most miserable and selfish place on the planet. Hapless postman Jesper is stationed in Smeerensburg as punishment. In the course of his duties, he meets a brilliant toymaker called Klaus.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Dave Aldridge

Netflix's first original animated film, Klaus is a Christmas tale with a difference: less bright, shiny and American than usual, more dark and slightly Scandi noir, but with a nicely warm heart. Deemed a second-class male by his postal academy superiors, inept Jesper is put on ice via a posting to a remote island deep in the Arctic Circle. Dank and dour, the cheerless place is home to two fighting, feuding families. But Jesper, in cahoots with an angry schoolmarm and a woodsman with a knack for toy-making, manages to bring peace, if not on Earth, then at least to the island. In the process, they unwittingly but cleverly conjure all the elements of the traditional Santa story, from gift-giving to a flying sled and reindeer. Animated in Spain but with an American voice cast (Jason Schwartzman, Rashida Jones, JK Simmons), Klaus is a pleasant and entertaining alternative to the usual saccharine seasonal fare.

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8.2/10

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Cast

rolenameJesperJason SchwartzmanKlausJ K SimmonsAlvaRashida JonesMrs KrumJoan CusackCaptain MogensNorm MacDonaldEllingboe girlSydney BrowerEllingboe boyTucker Meek

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rolenameDirectorSergio Pablos

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Theatrical distributor

Netflix

Released on

2019-11-08

Languages

English

Guidance

Some violence

Formats

Colour

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