Hundreds or thousandsif you count re-imaginings and very special episodes of sitcoms.
But which version is the very best?
To rankChristmas Carols, you have to decide whatA Christmas Carolis to you.
Other versions do some things better, but this one doeseverythingrightno mistakes.
Scrooge’s miserliness is played as pathology.
But Finney and company also manage to keep the emotional core of the story intact.
Jim Backus, who voices Magoo/Scrooge, is amazing.
Plus, Scrooge is voiced by Alastair Sim, reprising his role from 1951’sScrooge.
Scrooge isntthatmiserly, etc.
Sorry, Meghan, but this flimsy 1970s TV movie adaptation hasn’t aged well.
It’s a straight-up horror take on the tale, but it just isn’t scary.
Sadly, you’re able to’t carry a feature film on good intentions.
Overall, a swing and a miss.
The songs are forgettable, and Scrooge has a pet bulldog for some reason.
(The one good joke is that he named his dog “Debit.")
Its dark, grim, and so ponderously self-serious that it collapses under its own weight.
The dialogue has been dumbed down and joked up.
Scrooge has a silly dog for comic relief.
They added fart jokes.
But a cynical production of it is extra terrible, given the message of the story.
This terrible ego project is a bottom-of-the-barrelChristmas Carolbecause it feels like a money grab.
Kelsey Grammar sucks as Scrooge, mugging his way through a lightweight performance.
Jason Alexander sucks as Marley.
Jennifer Love Hewitt is, well, actually pretty good as Scrooges Christmas-past romantic interest.
Hewitt is a rare bright spot in this dreary movie, however.
Everything else is mid to terrible.
Its shot and lit like a TV show; the sets are bland and the songs forgettable.
Overall it has the cynical feeling of assembly line, lets get this shit over with TV production.
