September 29, 2009
My favourite of the Christmas Carol's. Not that I like Christmas. Humbug!
Albert Finney, Alec Guinness, Edith Evans
Albert Finney shines as the title character in this musical version of Charles Dickens' timeless tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, a lonely miser who is visited on Christmas Eve by three spirits who teach him...( read more
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DVD Release Date: September 23, 2003
Stats: 301 reviews
Flixster Reviews (301)
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December 21, 2008Scrooge is a holiday favorite shoved down my throat from an early age by my mother. If I didn't see this and it didn't stick (those songs were really catchy) I'd give it only 3 stars. But because nostalgia plays a big part in my opinion of this movie I've got to give it 3 1/2 sta...( read more)
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July 14, 2007The best version of Scrooge available!
It's a musical with great settings and special effects. Albert Finney is a great Ebenezer Scrooge. It gets a lot of the historical details bang-on. The Christmas ghosts are truly wonderful, but some of them are scary. It's a musical masterp...( read more) -
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November 1, 2009the best chritmas story becomes the best adaption. this is the 1st scrooge film i ever saw and will always be the best.
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September 18, 2009Love it. One of the best films to watch at Christmas as a family.
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July 6, 2009This is positively the best musical telling of "the Dickens classic. It was rather graphic and frightening with great special effects. It really captured the spirit of the work. Had it been a non-musical version, it could have nearly been a very good horror movie. My Christma...( read more)
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Critic Reviews
October 23, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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