Disney's A Christmas Carol

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Disney's A Christmas Carol

PG

2009

1h 35m

Kids & Family

Holiday

Fantasy

Drama

Animation

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Though London awaits the joyful arrival of Christmas, miserly Ebenezer Scrooge (Jim Carrey) thinks it's all humbug, berating his faithful clerk and cheerful nephew for their view. Later, Scrooge encounters the ghost of his late business partner, who warns that three spirits will visit him this night. The ghosts take Scrooge on a journey through his past, present and future in the hope of transforming his bitterness.

Critics Consensus

Robert Zemeckis' 3-D animated take on the Dickens classic tries hard, but its dazzling special effects distract from an array of fine performances from Jim Carrey and Gary Oldman.

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Giles Hardie

Sydney Morning Herald

02/06/2018

3.5/5

While for some there is something disconcerting about the lifeless eyes of the otherwise life like characters, it certainly lends itself to large 3D cinemas, with rubber faced characters and grand sweeping movement.

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Keith Uhlich

Time Out

11/16/2011

4/5

The biggest surprise is that Zemeckis, so often in thrall to his digital palette, here uses it to freshly illuminate a time-honored text.

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Tim Grierson

The Simon

11/12/2009

The greatest tension in this adaptation of A Christmas Carol isn't between Scrooge and those pesky ghosts but within writer-director Robert Zemeckis.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Dec 12

1.5/4

A key ingredient of the novel -- namely, its humanist spirit -- is largely missing from this chilly, cold-to-the-touch interpretation.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

08/30/2023

2/4

Everything poignant and evocative about Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol has been rendered flat by Disney’s latest adaptation.

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

11/28/2020

6/10

Morbidly dark and frighteningly realistic - almost as if Tim Burton had a hand in the design.

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Aiden B

@aidenb002 Jan 5

Love this movie. The visuals are beautiful and the dark fantasy/christmas horror aesthetic is amazing. It’s magical but also haunting. The computer animation might be a bit outdated now, however, the imagery actually looks very accurate to the original book illustrations, which is why I like it so much.

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TravisPlayz T

@MrCritic Dec 31

Great movie by far i remembered, Many parts of the movie were unnecessarily terrifying, especially the corpse that appears at the very beginning of the movie. i wouldn't recommend watching until they are around 11 since the movie would probably be terrifying to young kids

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John K

@WQCMI Dec 28

Jim Carey's acting is amazing, the MoCap is not bad for 2009, the story focuses closely to the book by Charles Dickens and does an amazing job of introducing the story to newer audiences. (Even if Disney was too greedy on thier expectations for its box office.)

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Kyle M

@RT77296778 Dec 27

Before, it was perceived as mere spectacle with a thematically, morally demonstrative story. Now, it blooms in age to deem this adaptation on faithful par with the 1951 film over additional expressive depth upon improved visionary and Carrey’s earnestly ranging elevation that excelled the story’s soulful essence. (B+)

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Frank B

@RT28767711 Dec 24

A wonderful cartoon gets me into the Christmas spirit. I also love the use of the great Christmas carols. I enjoyed it so much I bought a copy. Jim Carrey & the cast of voices/characters do a fine job.

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Luc B

@lucaspucasmucas Dec 23

Decided to watch for Christmas, what a god awful movie. I’m a big fan of Jim Carey, but this was his worst performance so far. The movie was slow, and the animations something similar to a night terror. Not worth the watch, stopped half way through.

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Synopsis

Though London awaits the joyful arrival of Christmas, miserly Ebenezer Scrooge (Jim Carrey) thinks it's all humbug, berating his faithful clerk and cheerful nephew for their view. Later, Scrooge encounters the ghost of his late business partner, who warns that three spirits will visit him this night. The ghosts take Scrooge on a journey through his past, present and future in the hope of transforming his bitterness.

Director: Robert Zemeckis
Producer: Steve Starkey, Robert Zemeckis, Jack Rapke
Screenwriter: Robert Zemeckis
Distributor: Walt Disney
Production Co: Walt Disney Pictures, Imagemovers Digital
Rating: PG (Scary Sequences|Scary Images)
Genre: Kids & Family, Holiday, Fantasy, Drama, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 6, 2009, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $137.9M
Runtime: 1h 35m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS

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