Arthur Christmas vs Tales from the Magic Garden
Arthur Christmas has the higher audience score (6.8/10 against 5/10 for Tales from the Magic Garden). Tales from the Magic Garden is the shorter watch at 1h 10m compared with 1h 37m. Arthur Christmas is the older of the two (2011 against 2025). Both are animation, comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Arthur Christmas
Tales from the Magic Garden| Arthur Christmas | Tales from the Magic Garden | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.8/10 | ★ 5.0/10 |
| Year | 2011 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 37m | 1h 10m |
| Genres | Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family | Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy |
| Country | United Kingdom | – |
| Director | Sarah Smith | David Súkup, Jean-Claude Rozec |
| Main cast | Hugh Laurie, Ashley Jensen, Imelda Staunton, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Bill Nighy | Mikuláš Čížek, Eliška Křenková, Pavla Beretová, Arnošt Goldflam, Miroslav Krobot |
Synopsis
Arthur Christmas
For hundreds of years, the Claus family has delegated the title "Santa" to a chosen few of its members, which can be passed down upon retirement. Each Christmas, Santa and his vast army of highly trained elves produce gifts and distribute them around the world in a one-night high-tech operation. However, when one of 600 million children to receive a gift from Santa on Christmas Eve is missed, it is deemed ‘acceptable’ to all but one—Arthur…
Tales from the Magic Garden
Tom (4 years old), Suzanne (8) and Derek (10) spend the weekend with their grandparents. But nothing is as usual: Grandpa seems to be elsewhere; Tom wonders where Grandma has gone, she who always tells him incredible stories; Derek is hard at work renovating the old apple tree hut. So following in the footsteps of her ancestor, Suzanne improvises herself as a storyteller to illuminate the house with imaginary and wonderful stories and try to…
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