Bill Murray, John Glover, David Johansen
A contemporary comedy based on Charles Dickens'' novel A Christmas Carol, focusing on a television executive who decides to exploit the holidays in order to boost ratings.
DVD Release Date: November 9, 1999
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Flixster Reviews (2,219)
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September 28, 2009It's one of Murray's funnier films and certainly one of the better Christmas movies around (not that that's a hard thing to achieve!)
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April 3, 2009a hilarious retelling of the classic story. sometimes the retelling of this same tale gets repetitive, but this film re-energized this tale in humor and creativity that is not possible to dislike. bobcat was a nice touch and obviously murray was solid as always, a christmas com...( read more)
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December 25, 2008Dickens' ubiquitous seasonal tale gets yet another re-telling in this amiably dated 80s comedy. Bill Murray stars as a tyrannical TV network president who goes through the usual learning the "true spirit of Christmas"motions via ghostly visitation. As is always the case with this...( read more)
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August 6, 2008Hilarious take on A Christmas Carol. Definitely a classic for the holiday season.
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September 16, 2009Bill Murray eating up the screen. I love this movie because it made me laugh at Christmas. Touching as well.
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July 12, 2009I really didn't like this film at all. I found Bill Murray to be really creepy and nasty and I didn't find it funny either.
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Critic Reviews
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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December 11, 2008I watch this movie every year on christmas eve right after I'm done watching "it's a wonderful life" with my mom. To come to think about it, I believe "a christmas carol" has to be the most remaked movie in film history.
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December 8, 2007I AGREE, I'D WATCH THAT ALL THE TIME DURING CHRISTMAS. I TOO NEED TO GET IT ON DVD
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March 1, 2007can anyone tell me the name of the woman who played the ghost of christmas present she was also in "The Princes Bride" i love her
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