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 a staff member 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:
$60,300,000
Awards:
Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 5 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
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
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:
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
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:
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