Tori Spelling, William Shatner, Gary Coleman

Hallmark's made-for-TV movie A CAROL CHRISTMAS fashions a modern-day update ofCharles Dickens's holiday classic replete with inspired celebrity casting. BEVERLYHILLS 90210's Tori Spelling stars as Scr...( read more  read more... )ooge stand-in Carol Cartman, a ruthless andself-absorbed TV talk-show host who finds herself changed for the better by aquartet of otherworldly visitors, including the Ghost of Christmas Past (DIFF'RENTSTROKES' Gary Coleman) and the Ghost of Christmas Present (STAR TREK's WilliamShatner).

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Unrated, 120 min.

Directed by: Matthew Irmas

Release Date: January 1, 2003

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DVD Release Date: November 8, 2005

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  • January 10, 2007
    loved this. something different then the old typical movies
  • December 13, 2009
    This is like an adaption of A Christmas Carol!!! Not sure if I like this better than A Christmas Carol or not, but it is basically just like it!
  • February 25, 2009
    Pretty interesting film, I liked it
  • January 9, 2009
    For a Christmas movie made for TV, this was halfway decent. Of course it is as cheesy and predictable as, but Tori Spelling does a good job as nasty Carol, who, of course, comes to see the error of her ways. Nothing new or exciting, but definitley more watchable than what norma...( read more)lly gets churned out around that time of year.
  • December 18, 2008
    This came on the Hallmark Channel and is a cute flick to past a Christmas afternoon, but when you are watching it with all those commercials in-between, unless you are an extremely die hard Christmas Carol fan, you might not have much reason to stay on the channel.
  • December 14, 2008
    christmas movie marathon so i watched it, another kinna decent xmas movie.
  • December 14, 2008
    I thought it was a good show, I also have a question for everyone. Who was the actor who played Christmas future? My daughter and I have a bet on this so I really need to know.
  • December 1, 2008
    it was ok until the end. then she was overly thankful and it wasnt very good.
  • November 29, 2008
    Interesting look at the old tale
  • November 23, 2008
    it was pretty good for what i seen of it it got me distracted from doing laundry so therefore i believe it was good

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