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Summary
A selfish postman and a reclusive toymaker form an unlikely friendship, delivering joy to a cold, dark town that desperately needs it.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
Skip it if
- You want dark or edgy material
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences a little warmer than critics (+8)
Critics 80Audiences 88GoodWatch 83
Tomatometer95%
Metascore65
Audience score96%
User score8.8
Letterboxd · 719 K ratings4.2/5
IMDb8.2
Running time
1 h 37 min
A typical length for animated movies, +8 min on the typical 89
typical 8997Half of all animated movies run 80–99 min.
Reach
Streams in 131 countries
+121Released
2019
November 8, 2019
7 years ago
Genres
AnimationFamilyComedyLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
Northern SamiMade in
Spain
BAFTA Awards2020 to 2022
- Best Animated Film2020Won
- BAFTA's Children & Young People Award, Feature Film2022Nominated
Academy Awards2019 to 2020
- Animated Feature Film2020Nominated
- Animated Feature Film2019Nominated
Rated
- PGUnited States
Yes: it's rated PG in the United States, and the viewing guide lists it for kids.
What's in it
- ViolenceLittle or none
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesLittle or none
Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
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and 22 more30 people
- Jason SchwartzmanJesper (voice)
- J.K. SimmonsKlaus (voice)
- Rashida JonesAlva (voice)
- Joan CusackMrs. Krum (voice)
- Norm MacdonaldMogens (voice)
- Will SassoMr. Ellingboe (voice)
- Sergio PablosPumpkin / Olaf (voice)
- Mila BrenerEllingboe Girl 3 (voice)
Neda Margrethe LabbaMargu (voice)
Sydney BrowerEllingboe Girl (voice)- TBTeddy BlumSmall Ellingboe Boy (voice)
Julian ZaneKrum Boy (voice)
Emma ShannonCreepy girl 1 (voice)
Kendall Joy HallAnnelise (voice)
Sky AlexisEllingboe Girl 2 (voice)
Tucker MeekEllingboe Boy / Krum Boy (voice)
Amanda PhilipsonEllingboe Councilwoman (voice)
Finn CarrEllingboe Boy 1 (voice)
Lucian PerezKrum Boy / Creepy Boy 2 (voice)
Emma YarovinskyLittle Krum Girl (voice)
Jaeden BettencourtKrum Boy / Jesper Son (voice)
Hailey HermidaKrum Girl 1 (voice)
Evan AgosEllingboe Boy (voice)- LMLeo MillerEllinboe Boy 5 (voice)
Directing · 2
- Sergio Pablos Director, Original Story, Screenplay, Producer, Storyboard Artist
- Carlos Martínez López Co-Director
Writing · 3
- Zach Lewis Screenplay
- Jim Mahoney Screenplay
- Edgar Martins Head of Story
Production · 10
- Warren Franklin Executive Producer
- Eamonn Butler Executive Producer
- Mikel Lejarza Producer
- Tanguy Olivier Producer
- Jinko Gotoh Producer
- Mercedes Gamero Producer
Editing · 1
- Pablo García Revert Editor
Sound · 8
- Alfonso G. Aguilar Original Music Composer
- Zara Larsson Songs
- Adam Bourne Foley Editor
- Zoe Freed Foley Artist
- Jemma Riley-Tolch Foley Mixer
- Sophia Leader Foley Editor
Art · 17
- Szymon Biernacki Production Design
- Marcin Jakubowski Production Design
- Alex Relloso Additional Storyboarding
- Javier Ledesma Barbolla Additional Storyboarding
- Taha Neyestani Storyboard Artist
- Jose Guzman Storyboard Artist
Visual Effects · 69
- Alfredo Cassano Lead Animator
- Toby Schwarz Animation
- Pauline Champetier Animation
- James Baxter Animation
- John Pomeroy Animation
- Simone Cirillo Animation
Other crew · 15
- Jorge R. Gutierrez Thanks
- Mark Osborne Thanks
- Melissa Cobb Thanks
- Rodrigo Blaas Thanks
- Alan Tyler Additional Music
- Matt Brodlie Thanks
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