Scrooged
The spirits will move you in odd and hysterical ways.
The spirits will move you in odd and hysterical ways.
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
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1988
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Frank Cross is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of his life. But after firing staff member Eliot Loudermilk on Christmas Eve, Frank is visited by a series of ghosts who give him a chance to re-evaluate his actions and right the wrongs of his past.
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Rated:
PG-13
Runtime:
101 min
Release date:
22 Nov 1988
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$32,000,000
Revenue:
$60,328,558
Awards:
Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 5 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
It was obviously intended as a comedy, but there is little comic about it, and indeed the movie's overriding emotions seem to be pain and anger.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
This is not a 'good movie' -- in fact, it's a sprawling mess -- but I like it.
– Joe Brown,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
In spite of the jokes at the expense of television-network censors, there's very little in the film, aside from naughty words, that wouldn't be perfectly acceptable on prime-time television.
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
rotten:
An appallingly unfunny comedy, and a vivid illustration of the fact that money can't buy you laughs.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
27 Nov 2007
rotten:
Tacky in the extreme, this self-congratulatory 1988 film is an exercise in hypocrisy, indulging every form of Christmas exploitation that it pretends to attack, and many of the laughs are forced.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
27 Nov 2007