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Scrooge
The Holiday Picture of All Time! Charles Dickens' Joyous Classic!
The Holiday Picture of All Time! Charles Dickens' Joyous Classic!
Drama, Fantasy - 1951
8.1
85%
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Ebenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel miserly businessman until one fateful Christmas Eve when he is visited by three spirits, sent show him how his unhappy childhood and maladaptive adult behavior over has let him a selfish, lonely, bitter old man.

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Rated:
TV-PG
Runtime:
86 min
Release date:
28 Nov 1951
Country:
GB
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
N/A

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
At a reasonably short 85 minutes, this is nevertheless a complete experience, and the strength and depth of its drama makes it the most memorable of any adaptation of the tale.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
What we have in this rendition of Dickens' sometimes misunderstood Carol is an accurate comprehension of the agony of a shabby soul.
– Bosley Crowther,
New York Times,
25 Mar 2006
rotten:
You have what Scrooge himself might call 'Ho-hum-bug.'
– Tom Charity,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
Other Christmas Carols need not apply.
– Leah Beth Reisman,
Entertainment Weekly,
27 Nov 2008
fresh:
A sturdy 1951 British mounting of the Dickens tale, with Alastair Sim contributing a definitive Scrooge.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
5 Dec 2012
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