A Boy Called Christmas
mild scary scenes, upsetting scenes, injury detail
Director(s)Gil Kenan
Production year2020
Genre(s)Children, Adventure, Drama
Approx. running minutes100m
CastMaggie Smith, Isabella O'Sullivan, Joel Fry, Eden Lawrence, Ayomide Garrick, Henry Lawfull, Michiel Huisman, Jim Broadbent, Rune Temte, Philip Lenkowsky, Gil Kenan, Ol Parker, Gil Kenan, Matt Haig, Surbhi Sehgal, Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin, Dario Marianelli, Zac Nicholson, Richard Ketteridge, Peter Lambert, Susie Figgis, Kirsty Kinnear, Maya Kvetny, Gary Williamson
A Boy Called Christmas
mild scary scenes, upsetting scenes, injury detail
A BOY CALLED CHRISTMAS is a British family film in which a young boy goes on an adventure to a land inhabited by elves i ...
A BOY CALLED CHRISTMAS is a British family film in which a young boy goes on an adventure to a land inhabited by elves in order to find his father.
threat and horror
There are scenes of mild threat involving magical spells and fantastical creatures, such as a large troll. In some sequences, characters are chased by animals, as well as men armed with bows and arrows. Despite this, scary scenes are not sustained, often ending reassuringly as characters work together to help each other out of danger.
injury detail
There is brief injury detail when an arrow is removed from a reindeer's back leg.
theme
A boy witnesses his father fall from a snowy cliff edge that gives way after the man sacrifices himself to save his son. There are also undetailed and gentle references to bereavement as siblings come to terms with the loss of their mother.
additional issues
A child character uses magical firecrackers in order to keep away from danger. The dangerous behaviour is brief and not glamorised, or easily imitable.
mild scary scenes, upsetting scenes, injury detail
Classified Date:
03/11/2021
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Studio Canal
threat and horror
There are scenes of mild threat involving magical spells and fantastical creatures, such as a large troll. In some sequences, characters are chased by animals, as well as men armed with bows and arrows. Despite this, scary scenes are not sustained, often ending reassuringly as characters work together to help each other out of danger.
injury detail
There is brief injury detail when an arrow is removed from a reindeer's back leg.
theme
A boy witnesses his father fall from a snowy cliff edge that gives way after the man sacrifices himself to save his son. There are also undetailed and gentle references to bereavement as siblings come to terms with the loss of their mother.
mild scary scenes, upsetting scenes, injury detail
Classified Date:
07/11/2022
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd
threat and horror
There are scenes of mild threat involving magical spells and fantastical creatures, such as a large troll. In some sequences, characters are chased by animals, as well as men armed with bows and arrows. Despite this, scary scenes are not sustained, often ending reassuringly as characters work together to help each other out of danger.
injury detail
There is brief injury detail when an arrow is removed from a reindeer's back leg.
theme
A boy witnesses his father fall from a snowy cliff edge that gives way after the man sacrifices himself to save his son. There are also undetailed and gentle references to bereavement as siblings come to terms with the loss of their mother.
mild scary scenes, upsetting scenes, injury detail
Classified Date:
28/02/2022
Version:
2D
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Universal Studios Limited
threat and horror
There are scenes of mild threat involving magical spells and fantastical creatures, such as a large troll. In some sequences, characters are chased by animals, as well as men armed with bows and arrows. Despite this, scary scenes are not sustained, often ending reassuringly as characters work together to help each other out of danger.
injury detail
There is brief injury detail when an arrow is removed from a reindeer's back leg.
theme
A boy witnesses his father fall from a snowy cliff edge that gives way after the man sacrifices himself to save his son. There are also undetailed and gentle references to bereavement as siblings come to terms with the loss of their mother.
mild scary scenes, upsetting scenes, injury detail
Classified Date:
26/12/2021
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Studio Canal
threat and horror
There are scenes of mild threat involving magical spells and fantastical creatures, such as a large troll. In some sequences, characters are chased by animals, as well as men armed with bows and arrows. Despite this, scary scenes are not sustained, often ending reassuringly as characters work together to help each other out of danger.
injury detail
There is brief injury detail when an arrow is removed from a reindeer's back leg.
theme
A boy witnesses his father fall from a snowy cliff edge that gives way after the man sacrifices himself to save his son. There are also undetailed and gentle references to bereavement as siblings come to terms with the loss of their mother.
Classified Date:
07/10/2021
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Studio Canal
Classified Date:
05/10/2021
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Studio Canal
Classified date07/00/2022
LanguageEnglish
threat and horror
There are scenes of mild threat involving magical spells and fantastical creatures, such as a large troll. In some sequences, characters are chased by animals, as well as men armed with bows and arrows. Despite this, scary scenes are not sustained, often ending reassuringly as characters work together to help each other out of danger.
injury detail
There is brief injury detail when an arrow is removed from a reindeer's back leg.
theme
A boy witnesses his father fall from a snowy cliff edge that gives way after the man sacrifices himself to save his son. There are also undetailed and gentle references to bereavement as siblings come to terms with the loss of their mother.
additional issues
A child character uses magical firecrackers in order to keep away from danger. The dangerous behaviour is brief and not glamorised, or easily imitable.
Director(s)Gil Kenan
Production year2020
Genre(s)Children, Adventure, Drama
Approx. running minutes100m
CastMaggie Smith, Isabella O'Sullivan, Joel Fry, Eden Lawrence, Ayomide Garrick, Henry Lawfull, Michiel Huisman, Jim Broadbent, Rune Temte, Philip Lenkowsky, Gil Kenan, Ol Parker, Gil Kenan, Matt Haig, Surbhi Sehgal, Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin, Dario Marianelli, Zac Nicholson, Richard Ketteridge, Peter Lambert, Susie Figgis, Kirsty Kinnear, Maya Kvetny, Gary Williamson
mild scary scenes, upsetting scenes, injury detail
Classified Date:
03/11/2021
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Studio Canal
threat and horror
There are scenes of mild threat involving magical spells and fantastical creatures, such as a large troll. In some sequences, characters are chased by animals, as well as men armed with bows and arrows. Despite this, scary scenes are not sustained, often ending reassuringly as characters work together to help each other out of danger.
injury detail
There is brief injury detail when an arrow is removed from a reindeer's back leg.
theme
A boy witnesses his father fall from a snowy cliff edge that gives way after the man sacrifices himself to save his son. There are also undetailed and gentle references to bereavement as siblings come to terms with the loss of their mother.
mild scary scenes, upsetting scenes, injury detail
Classified Date:
07/11/2022
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd
threat and horror
There are scenes of mild threat involving magical spells and fantastical creatures, such as a large troll. In some sequences, characters are chased by animals, as well as men armed with bows and arrows. Despite this, scary scenes are not sustained, often ending reassuringly as characters work together to help each other out of danger.
injury detail
There is brief injury detail when an arrow is removed from a reindeer's back leg.
theme
A boy witnesses his father fall from a snowy cliff edge that gives way after the man sacrifices himself to save his son. There are also undetailed and gentle references to bereavement as siblings come to terms with the loss of their mother.
mild scary scenes, upsetting scenes, injury detail
Classified Date:
28/02/2022
Version:
2D
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Universal Studios Limited
threat and horror
There are scenes of mild threat involving magical spells and fantastical creatures, such as a large troll. In some sequences, characters are chased by animals, as well as men armed with bows and arrows. Despite this, scary scenes are not sustained, often ending reassuringly as characters work together to help each other out of danger.
injury detail
There is brief injury detail when an arrow is removed from a reindeer's back leg.
theme
A boy witnesses his father fall from a snowy cliff edge that gives way after the man sacrifices himself to save his son. There are also undetailed and gentle references to bereavement as siblings come to terms with the loss of their mother.
mild scary scenes, upsetting scenes, injury detail
Classified Date:
26/12/2021
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Studio Canal
threat and horror
There are scenes of mild threat involving magical spells and fantastical creatures, such as a large troll. In some sequences, characters are chased by animals, as well as men armed with bows and arrows. Despite this, scary scenes are not sustained, often ending reassuringly as characters work together to help each other out of danger.
injury detail
There is brief injury detail when an arrow is removed from a reindeer's back leg.
theme
A boy witnesses his father fall from a snowy cliff edge that gives way after the man sacrifices himself to save his son. There are also undetailed and gentle references to bereavement as siblings come to terms with the loss of their mother.
Classified Date:
07/10/2021
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Studio Canal
Classified Date:
05/10/2021
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Studio Canal
Classified date07/00/2022
LanguageEnglish
