Nicely thought out origin story about Santa. I love the animation and visual design!
An enjoyable christmas movie overall, but the clichés in the third act threw me off and bored me a bit. The ending is nice though.
Klaus is a very charming animated take on Santa Claus' human origins, with just the right whiff of the supernatural to fit the Christmas legend, its addition a lazy postal worker sent to an isolated northern island where he must insure a large number of letters in a year. His partnership with a reclusive toymaker takes us in a direction you can well imagine. The little town is initially better suited to the Addams Family or a Tim Burton cartoon than a Christmas story, but it has a "character arc" as much as the postman and Mr. Klaus. It's its own character and I liked living there for the span of the run time. The film speaks to the communal power of Christmas and replaces the lead's selfishness with the proper spirit. There's a lot of cartoon comedy, but the ending is quite touching too. And it looks quite nice, a hybrid of 2D and 3D animation, highly designed and beautifully lit. There are a lot of Santa movies, but this one brings a fun, fresh perspective to it.
Well it's a new take on the age old Christmas Story, that's a positive. But i guess i am sick of animation movies now, or I have really grown older. Rating - 6/10
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BareLolk
Nicely thought out origin story about Santa. I love the animation and visual design!An enjoyable christmas movie overall, but the clichés in the third act threw me off and bored me a bit. The ending is nice though.
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great until the cheesy pop song comes in... 6/10Siskoid
Klaus is a very charming animated take on Santa Claus' human origins, with just the right whiff of the supernatural to fit the Christmas legend, its addition a lazy postal worker sent to an isolated northern island where he must insure a large number of letters in a year. His partnership with a reclusive toymaker takes us in a direction you can well imagine. The little town is initially better suited to the Addams Family or a Tim Burton cartoon than a Christmas story, but it has a "character arc" as much as the postman and Mr. Klaus. It's its own character and I liked living there for the span of the run time. The film speaks to the communal power of Christmas and replaces the lead's selfishness with the proper spirit. There's a lot of cartoon comedy, but the ending is quite touching too. And it looks quite nice, a hybrid of 2D and 3D animation, highly designed and beautifully lit. There are a lot of Santa movies, but this one brings a fun, fresh perspective to it.orzix
The animation alone is something to behold. Great story toofireferreto
A great and compelling story with extraordinary animation style!! Amazing!!Jace Lightner
This was phenomenal!!! I loved every second !chunkylefunga
Cute enough, if a bit naff in parts.Ok for a quiet sunday afternoon with the family.
Doesn't deserve to be on imdb's top 250 list, I'm confident it will drop out of it in 2020.
Linkmaster89
It's touching the soul.Cynicus Rex
An unpretentious and charming storyline backed by a wonderful art style.mysteryfan
Well it's a new take on the age old Christmas Story, that's a positive. But i guess i am sick of animation movies now, or I have really grown older. Rating - 6/10boulderman
Great origins story but why say "Christmas" with no reference to Christ, I'm not religious but I think 'festive' would be better