CHAOS at Christmas

Richard Curtis makes his animation debut with a festive tale about Santa, a snowstorm and a seaside community

With his heart-warming 2003 romcom Love Actually, Richard Curtis showed us how to serve up an instant Christmas classic. Now, two decades on, he's getting into the festive spirit once more, making his first foray into animation with That Christmas, which lands on Netflix this week.

Based on Curtis' trilogy of children's books, the magical film features entwined tales of family, friends, love and loneliness among the tight-knit community of the fictional Wellington-on-Sea in Suffolk, who pull together when it looks like Christmas will be ruined by the worst snowstorm in history.

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Curtis says he loved seeing the characters of his books brought to life in animation.