Little Brother, Big Trouble: A Christmas Adventure

Little Brother, Big Trouble: A Christmas Adventure

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Directed by Kari Juusonen
Jorgen Lerdam
Produced by Hannu Tuomainen
Petteri Pasanen
Antti Haikala
Emely Christians
Moe Honan
Ralph Christians
Bernhard zu Castell
Written by Marteinn Thorisson
Hannu Tuomainen
Starring Erik Carlson
Juhana Vaittinen
Mikko Kivinen
Vuokko Hovatta
Aarre Karen
Music by Stephen McKeon
Production
company
Anima Vitae
Cinemaker
A. Film A/S
Ulysses
Magma Films
Distributed by Global Screen
BAC Films
Nordisk Film
Universum Film
Lionsgate Home Entertainment
Release dates
  • 12 October 2012 (2012-10-12)
Running time
 79 minutes
Country Finland
Denmark
Germany
Ireland

Little Brother, Big Trouble: A Christmas Adventure (also known as Niko 2: Little Brother, Big Trouble, or simply Niko 2), is a Finnish-Danish-Irish computer animated comedy/adventure film, produced by Finnish Anima Vitae[1] and Cinemaker OY[2] with co-producers Ulysses (Germany), A. Film (Denmark), Tidal Films (Ireland). The animation was produced in Finland, Germany and Denmark, with post-production carried out in Ireland. It is the sequel to The Flight Before Christmas[3] and is written Hannu Tuomainen,[4] and Marteinn Thorisson and directed by Kari Juusonen and Jørgen Lerdam. It was released in Finland in October 12, 2012.[5] The estimated production budget was €7,350,000.[6] Anima Vitae and Cinemaker OY were nominated for Cartoon Movie Tributes 2013[7] in the category “European Producer of the Year”.

Plot

The sequel takes places a couple of months after the events of the first film, and follows the story of Niko, who must deal with his mother Oona getting re-married and thus, he gains a stepbrother named Jonni, whom Niko hates at first. However, when Jonni gets kidnapped by eagles, Niko flies off to rescue him. During his journey in saving his little stepbrother, Niko is joined by an old, near-blind reindeer named Tobias, who is revealed to be the former leader of Santa's Flying Forces. However, standing in Niko's way is also White Wolf, Black Wolf's younger sister, who is the leader of the eagles and wants revenge on Niko for her brother's death. Now, Niko and the rest of the team must come up with a plan to save Jonni, defeat White Wolf and return home.

Release

Little Brother, Big Trouble: A Christmas Adventure premiered at the Hamburg Film Festival on 29 September 2012, released in Finland on October 12, 2012,[5] and entered into limited European distribution in November and December 2013 in Germany, Denmark, Poland, France, Iceland, Netherlands, Russia, Belgium, Estonia,and in Asia in Korea, Israel in March 2013 . It was released in Japan on August 9, 2013 after being shown at the Kinder Film Festival. Later in the fall of 2013 it was released in Croatia, Serbia, Turkey, Portugal, Hungary, and Sweden. In 2014, the film was released in Kuwait, China, Spain (limited), and Peru.[5] The film was released in the U.S. via Grindstone and Netflix in October 2013.[8]

Home media

Little Brother, Big Trouble was released in Finland on DVD and Blu-ray on November 13, 2013.[9] It was released in the U.S. on October 29, 2013.[10]

Reception

Despite not having a rating as of yet in Rotten Tomatoes,[11] Little Brother, Big Trouble: A Christmas Adventure has received generally mixed to positive reviews. The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) gave Little Brother, Big Trouble: A Christmas Adventure[6] a 5.9 rating out of 10. Collectively, reviewers on Amazon.com have given the film a rating of 4 out of 5 stars.[12] Reception for Niko 2 in Japan was quite strong and as a result it was awarded the Grand Prix of the best film in feature section in Tokyo Kinder Film Festival.[13]

Soundtrack

The film's original score was composed by Stephen McKeon once again. The original score can be found for example in Spotify "Niko 2 – Little Brother, Big Trouble (Original Score)".[14]

References

  1. ↑ "Anima". Retrieved March 8, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Cinemaker OY". Retrieved March 8, 2015.
  3. ↑ "The Flight Before Christmas (2008) "Niko - Lentäjän poika" (original title)". IMDb. Retrieved March 8, 2015."The Flight Before Christmas (2008)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Hannu Tuomainen". Cinemaker. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 "Little Brother, Big Trouble: A Christmas Adventure (2012) Release Info". IMDb. IMDb. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Little Brother, Big Trouble: A Christmas Adventure". IMDb. IMDb. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Animation Feature Niko 2 – Little Brother, Big Trouble to the victory in Tokyo Kinder Film Festival". Anima. Retrieved March 8, 2015."Cartoon Movie Tributes: Winners 2015". Cartoon Media. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
  8. ↑ "AFM: ‘Richard the Stork,’ ‘Niko 2′ Migrate to New Territories". Variety. Retrieved March 8, 2015."'Niko 2', 'Richard The Stork' Sold to Multiple Territories". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Niko 2′s DVD and Blu-ray release in Finland". Anima. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Little Brother, Big Trouble: A Christmas Adventure 2012". Amazon.com. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Little Brother, Big Trouble: A Christmas Adventure (2012)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Little Brother Big Trouble: A Christmas Adventure". Amazon.com. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Animation Feature Niko 2 – Little Brother, Big Trouble to the victory in Tokyo Kinder Film Festival". Anima. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Niko 2 - Little Brother, Big Trouble (Original Score) Stephen McKeon". Spotify. Retrieved March 10, 2015.

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