A Christmas Carol

I read that this film has been labeled by parents as a "Disney Bomb" because it's too scary for their young children. Parents who take kids to see any movie need to be aware of something: if it's rated PG there... Full review

The visual effects are awesome. The story does not even compare to the original. I could understand about HALF of the movie because of the accents. I have never had this problem seeing a movie before. I think it would have... Full review

I took my grandson to see this, but I was dreading it. I'm not a Jim Carrey fan but it's a Christmas movie, after all , so I bit the bullet and we saw it at the IMAX in 3-D. The... Full review

Greetings again from the darkness. This is a stunningly visual film with animation that will take your breath away. My eyes could hardly keep up with the opening credits as we "flew" through the city. However, as amazing as the film... Full review

I wonder if Robert Zemeckis weren't a filmmaker if he would have become a pilot. Look at his films and you may find a recurring shot in them, if not all then at least a good lot of them: a shot... Full review

Let's open with the good stuff: first, for the traditionalists, the movie actually follows the book fairly closely. And second, visually, the movie is absolutely incredible, even in 2-D. And Jim Carrey is actually a fairly decent voice for Scrooge. Now,... Full review

Disney's A Christmas Carol is a solid adaptation of the Charles Dickens' work, it just lacks the emotional connection inherent in some of the previous cinematic iterations of this timeless story. The story of the film is the traditional story of... Full review

With the near collapse of the world economy, the mass exodus of jobs overseas and the rampant corruption in governments worldwide, greed seems to be the prevailing concept driving pretty much all facets of our society. Anything is acceptable as long... Full review

Horrible film that was traumatic and unpleasant the whole time. Dark ugly repulsive scenes including death, skeletons, drunkenness, theft from the dead, and worse. Disney should be ashamed for the misleading trailer. The whole film was was horrifying to watch. The... Full review

A movie's trailer arguably shows the best parts, or teasing pieces of those best parts, of the subject movie, to entice us to pay out our ten bucks to see the picture. It has been a long time since I read... Full review

A Christmas Carol is certainly worthy of high-praise for it's technique alone!....The bleak picture gives the grumpy old grouch some food for thought which eventually leads to his seeing the error of his antisocial ways..... ... Full Review

Jim Carrey is heavily made-up, yet striking both as Scrooge and the ghosts who reform Scrooge.....Robert Zemeckis captures the world of Charles Dickens perfectly with his screenplay and dialogues.....The rest of the actors are unrecognisable too, yet they pitch in perfectly as archetypal Dicken's characters..... ... Full Review

Celebrate this winter with Dickens' classic 'A Christmas Carol....while relishing Dickens 'A Christmas Carol!....A Christmas Carol' is a worth a dekko!.... ... Full Review

Visually, the movie looks pretty incredible at first.....it overshadowed an otherwise charming story of redemption.....The characters feel more realistic and the dead-eye syndrome isn't as much of a distraction as it used to be.... ... Full Review

besides that, Zemeckis' screenplay is lovingly faithful (and when it's not, you can tell).....It's a literally timeless story;.... ... Full Review

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The Disney version of Charles Dickens' timeless tale of a Christmas-hating miser springs to life in the Robert Zemeckis-directed animation film, Disney's A Christmas Carol . ... Full Article

With assistance from Massimo Moricone, Gable's flowery choreography, powered in the solos by classical stretches and spins, is given some crowdpleasing twists in the ensembles with Victorian music-hall Chim Chim Cheree knees-ups. ... Full Article

SCROOGE is back on the silver screen in a Disney adaptation of A Christmas Carol featuring funnyman Jim Carrey. But the latest version, which opens in Singapore on Thursday, is certainly no comic take on the classic Charles Dickens novel. ... Full Article

Hollywood studios are reportedly veering away from meeting the pay demands of A-list stars following a series of hit movies featuring unknown actors. According to The Hollywood Reporter , the disappointing opening weekend for Jim Carrey's A Christmas Carol is... ... Full Article

There's something about Jim Carrey that I find highly intriguing, and it's the something that's very dark and bleak in him. It's not a quality of his that often gets played to -- in fact, I first noticed this about... ... Full Article