A Christmas Carol

Most importantly, the exuberant show exudes goodwill and good humour....find themselves trapped in a theatre and obliged to perform Dickens' classic tale to the expectant audience.....Characterised by a short attention span and lack of artistic coherence, it retains a joyful, unruly spirit..... ... Full Review

But it doesn't make a very jolly film.....a festive film should.....OK, this film is classic Hollywood:....More amazingly, however, it doesn't have a saccharine Christmas spirit.....More importantly, the visuals work perfectly..... ... Full Review

The story of Scrooge's redemption....Sold out Ironically, Dickens wrote the story of the miserly Scrooge as a moneymaking exercise.....Greeted with universal acclaim at the time of publication, A Christmas Carol was described as a "national benefit" by William Makepeace Thackeray.....Dickens wrote the classic story in a six-week flurry of activity, beginning in October.... ... 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

A Christmas Carol is a wonderful movie, with awe-inspiring visuals, amiable stars and most importantly, a charming, heart warming story.....On the downside the film is extremely frightening at times, kids would be petrified with some of the startling imagery, especially when the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come arrives.....A Christmas Carol' remains faithful to the popular Charles Dickens' book of the same name.....Zemeckis zeroes in on the heart of the novella, and adds some seriously astonishing cinematogra ... Full Review

I recommend A Christmas Carol because it's entertaining....But the underlying story and darker moments make A Christmas Carol worth seeing....I liked the morose, disturbing scenes, including the opening shot of a corpse's cold face;....Not that I minded watching Charles Dickens' classic tale again, especially at this time of year..... ... 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