I took my 4-year-old son to see this film last night, and I was surprised that his lasting impression was that there were "some scary parts." Maybe he wouldn't have felt that way if he were a year or two older. There WAS one segment that had some cartoonish violence (I won't go into specifics because I don't want to give anything away), and there was way more fast-paced action than I expected. Still, my son loved Cars 2, and I thought that movie was 10 times more violent than this. My son's opinion not withstanding, I LOVED this film. The plot was easy enough to follow for young children, and the humor succeeded on both the kid level and the adult level. The message was sweet but not so sappy that I felt manipulated, and the plot twists were clever enough that, even though I knew I could expect a happy ending, I didn't know for sure what path would be taken to get there. If your kids are over the age of 5, don't miss this one!

Everyone will be entertained by the characters in this Santa story updated for our technological age. There are many laughs throughout the movie and you will not be disappointed in this holiday fare.

I took my 4 kids to see it, ages 9 Y.O. Boy, 7Y.O. Boy, 4 Y.O. Girl & 2 1/2 Y.O. Girl. They actually sat through the whole thing. We have seen most of the new movies that have came out in the theaters (Toy Story 3, Cars2, Smurfs, Diary of a wimpy kid, Roderick rules etc) & other than Toy Story 3 & this one Arthur Christmas my girls were up & wanting to wander. This movie held their attention. This movie was VERY CUTE & has a cute spin on some traditions to Christmas & how Santa gets the toys to the kids. It is also entertaining for adults. All & all Its a GREAT movie for the whole family :) We will be buying it when it comes out on DVD & we hope they come out with a sequel.

My 15year old and 9 year old saw this movie and when they came out they said it was okay...kind of silly...said their 4 year old brother would have liked it better than they did.

My whole family loved it, from the 3 yr old to the 40 yr olds. It was not a block buster, nor about traditional christmas, but it was cute. We loved Arthur and the little solders. I didn't like how they portrayed Santa as stupid and clumsy, but it's just a movie.