Director: Christopher Smith; Screenwriter: Christopher Smith; Starring: Jim Broadbent, Rafe Spall, Warwick Davis, Jodie Whittaker, Stephen Graham, Kit Connor; Running time: 102 mins; Certificate: U
Christmas comes with a bit of grit this year – and no, not the stuff they sprinkle on the roads before it snows. Christopher Smith, the British writer/director behind horror films like Severance, Creep and Black Death, has put Santa in the slammer just as the big day approaches. But parents shouldn't be alarmed, because despite the ominous set-up, this is actually a warm and witty family caper.
Keeping with tradition, Rafe Spall plays loveable loser Steve, who hasn't seen his little boy Tom (the lively Kit Connor) since getting banged up. Naturally, after a few years in the slammer, Steve makes a beeline to visit his son as soon as he's released. Steve is no hard-nut, more a misguided Cockney geezer who's finally got his priorities straight,...
Christmas comes with a bit of grit this year – and no, not the stuff they sprinkle on the roads before it snows. Christopher Smith, the British writer/director behind horror films like Severance, Creep and Black Death, has put Santa in the slammer just as the big day approaches. But parents shouldn't be alarmed, because despite the ominous set-up, this is actually a warm and witty family caper.
Keeping with tradition, Rafe Spall plays loveable loser Steve, who hasn't seen his little boy Tom (the lively Kit Connor) since getting banged up. Naturally, after a few years in the slammer, Steve makes a beeline to visit his son as soon as he's released. Steve is no hard-nut, more a misguided Cockney geezer who's finally got his priorities straight,...
- 12/4/2014
- Digital Spy
Warner Bros to distribute feature in the UK, exec produced by Ridley Scott and starring Jim Broadbent and Rafe Spall.
Shooting begins today in London and Yorkshire on Get Santa, starring Oscar-winning actor Jim Broadbent as Santa Claus.
The film, written and directed by Christopher Smith (Black Death, Severance), is produced by Ridley Scott’s Scott Free London, the BFI, Screen Yorkshire and Altitude Film Entertainment.
Produced by Liza Marshall, the film also stars Rafe Spall, Stephen Graham, Ewen Bremner, Jodie Whittaker, Warwick Davis, Joanna Scanlan and Nonso Anozie. The cast is rounded out by Perry Benson, Matt King, Joshua McGuire and Hera Hilmar.
The film begins when nine-year-old Tom, played by newcomer Kit Connor, discovers Santa (Jim Broadbent) in the garden shed just days before Christmas. Escaping the wreckage of his sleigh and desperate to return to Lapland, Santa has come to ask Tom and his dad Steve (Spall) for help.
But Steve has...
Shooting begins today in London and Yorkshire on Get Santa, starring Oscar-winning actor Jim Broadbent as Santa Claus.
The film, written and directed by Christopher Smith (Black Death, Severance), is produced by Ridley Scott’s Scott Free London, the BFI, Screen Yorkshire and Altitude Film Entertainment.
Produced by Liza Marshall, the film also stars Rafe Spall, Stephen Graham, Ewen Bremner, Jodie Whittaker, Warwick Davis, Joanna Scanlan and Nonso Anozie. The cast is rounded out by Perry Benson, Matt King, Joshua McGuire and Hera Hilmar.
The film begins when nine-year-old Tom, played by newcomer Kit Connor, discovers Santa (Jim Broadbent) in the garden shed just days before Christmas. Escaping the wreckage of his sleigh and desperate to return to Lapland, Santa has come to ask Tom and his dad Steve (Spall) for help.
But Steve has...
- 1/16/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
'What does love feel like? I can't remember'
Sue Johnston, 69, grew up on Merseyside and had various jobs before training as an actor. Between 1982 and 1990, she played Sheila Grant in the TV soap Brookside. More recently, she has starred in BBC1's Waking The Dead and The Royle Family. Her films include Brassed Off. Johnston's new comedy, Lapland, begins on 1 February on BBC1.
When were you happiest?
At the birth of my son, Joel, and then equally, last June, when my first grandchild, Rory, was born.
What is your earliest memory?
When I was two and on holiday with my parents at Butlins in Filey. Two girls were playing with me one day and swinging me round by my arms. One came out of the socket and I had to go to hospital to have it put back in.
What was your most embarrassing moment?
Wetting my knickers in junior school laughing at a joke.
Sue Johnston, 69, grew up on Merseyside and had various jobs before training as an actor. Between 1982 and 1990, she played Sheila Grant in the TV soap Brookside. More recently, she has starred in BBC1's Waking The Dead and The Royle Family. Her films include Brassed Off. Johnston's new comedy, Lapland, begins on 1 February on BBC1.
When were you happiest?
At the birth of my son, Joel, and then equally, last June, when my first grandchild, Rory, was born.
What is your earliest memory?
When I was two and on holiday with my parents at Butlins in Filey. Two girls were playing with me one day and swinging me round by my arms. One came out of the socket and I had to go to hospital to have it put back in.
What was your most embarrassing moment?
Wetting my knickers in junior school laughing at a joke.
- 1/19/2013
- by Rosanna Greenstreet
- The Guardian - Film News
Lapland has been commissioned for a full series by BBC One. The festive comedy will return for a six-part series, after last year's one-off special which aired on Christmas Eve. Sue Johnston will reprise her role as the recently widowed Eileen Lewis, the matriarch of her family from Birkenhead, Liverpool. The comedy will air in early 2013, following the success of last year's 90-minute episode, which was seen by around six million viewers. Last year's special centred on the Lewis family saving up money for a holiday to see Father Christmas. The new series will follow the family back in Liverpool, after the experience changed Eileen's outlook on life for the good. However, she discovers that home life is far less interesting without the sights and sounds of the Arctic Circle. Olivier Award-winning writer Michael Wynne will pen the new (more)...
- 10/4/2012
- by By Tom Eames
- Digital Spy
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