A Christmas Carol

Name: A Christmas Carol
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Released: 2009-11-04
Cast: Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Robin Wright, Cary Elwes

2009 | 96 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy

Weeknight Watch

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With middling reviews (52% on Rotten Tomatoes) and little lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

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Is it for you?

Who'll love it: Made for fantasy fans and families. If you loved The Green Mile or Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, start here.
The mood: Feel-good.
The pace: Moves along nicely, at 1 hr 36 min.
What might put you off: Nothing much: an easy pick for most people.

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.