IMDb plot summary: A bitter old miser who rationalizes his uncaring nature learns real compassion when three spirits visit him on Christmas Eve.
Directed by Clive Donner. Starring George C. Scott, Frank Finlay, and Angela Pleasance.
This version of Charles Dickens' classic stars George C. Scott as Ebenezer Scrooge, the wealthy miser who is visited by a collection of ghosts to convince him to change his ways. A Christmas Carol has never fully won me over, and I couldn't tell you why, it leaves me a little cold. This version mixes in some unexpected moments of humor, but overall it isn't the one to change my mind. Scott is often a pretty good actor, but here he can't quite sell the slow transformation, and it's easy to get the sense that the first two ghosts were unnecessary. The most compelling actor is Scrooge's nephew Fred, played by Roger Rees with the perfect amount of optimism before it spills over into making him seem like someone who just... doesn't read people very well. Other than that, however, it feels like a pretty middle-of-the-road interpretation of the story, and it was fine but not particularly exciting.
How it entered my Flickchart:
A Christmas Carol < VeggieTales: Madame Blueberry
A Christmas Carol > The Day of the Triffids
A Christmas Carol > The Conversation
A Christmas Carol < Lost in America
A Christmas Carol < Miss Rose White
A Christmas Carol > Pokémon: Detective Pikachu
A Christmas Carol > Superman
A Christmas Carol > The Secret War of Harry Frigg
A Christmas Carol > Till the Stars Come Down
A Christmas Carol < Funny Girl
A Christmas Carol < National Theatre Live: Everyman
A Christmas Carol > Ladies of Leisure
Final spot: #2373 out of 3988, or 40%.
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