Klaus

Klaus is an amusing new twist on a very old story. It's a heart-warming tale with an uplifting message about kindness, featuring beautifully unique animation, interesting characters, and a clever plot. In the sea of generic Christmas movies that get churned out each holiday season, Klaus stands out because it tried something different and it succeeded.

Klaus was a heartwarming animation with a very unique take on the "Christmas origin". I originally put it on as background noise for folding laundry but caught myself sitting on the bed for the entirety of the movie. The animation was really well done and the characters were memorable. I loved the similarities with Tim Burton films. It's nice to have a different Christmas film but that has the spirit nevertheless. One of the best Christmas animations in awhile. Great film!

Very solid original story, awesome visual style and great writing. All it takes. On the contrary, reinventing 30 year old cartoons and doubling down on puritan stuff does not help.

This film deserves broader recognition - best Christmas catroon in a long long time

One of the sweetest, emotional and best Animated film of the year. Netflix please keep bringing us movies with great script such as this.

Jesper (Jason Schwartzman) is a spoiled young man who fails at his job which was given by his Postmaster General father. As a disappointment to his father, the father sends him to the kingdom's far north island and offers him a deal to come back to the comforts of home after 6000 letters. The locals have ongoing feuds and generally express themselves in person rather than in letters. With a desperate need for any letters at all, he goes to the far end of the island where he finds an old reclusive toymaker named Klaus.

Animator Sergio Pablos tries his hand in filmmaking and hits the first pitch out of the park. It's a solid origin story for Santa. It's not necessarily an original idea but this original version is executed very well. It has a great theme that fits perfectly with Christmas. It is emotionally satisfying and it has the potential to becoming a Christmas classic.