Klaus is a Spanish animation Christmas film that showcases beautiful 2D animation against a traditional Christmas tale. It tells the story of Jesper a young postman who is sent far north to deliver mail and soon tries to bring the town back to life by helping a familiar Mr. Klaus deliver toys to children.
It is a classic retelling of the Legend of Santa Claus Told with a unique voice and beautiful animation. The animation itself is completely unique by using traditional 2D animation and enhancing it with CGI to give it a whole new look. The characters are memorable, funny and relatable and help in bringing this new story to life.
The voice acting is also great. Jason Schwartzman is perfect as the clumsy and often goofy Jesper and J. K. Simmons is perfect as the title character Klaus. What impressed me so much about this film on top of it's beautiful animation was it's heart. This is one of the most heart warming films I have seen this year that will put you in the perfect Christmas mood.
The film manages to balance out comedy with whimsical moments that are poignant and uplifting by tell the story of Santa Klaus in a new exciting way that also feels familiar. It's wonderfully done and the final moments are tear jerkers in the best sense. It may be too soon to tell, but we may have a new Christmas classic on our hands that I could see families watching around the holidays for now on.
Perhaps the only glaring flaws in the film reside in the films familiarity, stock villains and a few cliches sprinkled in. However, the film overrides this with terrific traditional animation, a wonderful whimsical tale and a whole lot of heart. Klaus is definitely worth your time.
It is a classic retelling of the Legend of Santa Claus Told with a unique voice and beautiful animation. The animation itself is completely unique by using traditional 2D animation and enhancing it with CGI to give it a whole new look. The characters are memorable, funny and relatable and help in bringing this new story to life.
The voice acting is also great. Jason Schwartzman is perfect as the clumsy and often goofy Jesper and J. K. Simmons is perfect as the title character Klaus. What impressed me so much about this film on top of it's beautiful animation was it's heart. This is one of the most heart warming films I have seen this year that will put you in the perfect Christmas mood.
The film manages to balance out comedy with whimsical moments that are poignant and uplifting by tell the story of Santa Klaus in a new exciting way that also feels familiar. It's wonderfully done and the final moments are tear jerkers in the best sense. It may be too soon to tell, but we may have a new Christmas classic on our hands that I could see families watching around the holidays for now on.
Perhaps the only glaring flaws in the film reside in the films familiarity, stock villains and a few cliches sprinkled in. However, the film overrides this with terrific traditional animation, a wonderful whimsical tale and a whole lot of heart. Klaus is definitely worth your time.