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A Christmas Carol

6.8 / 10

75 minutes

2000-11-20

English

GB

Actors :

Ross Kemp, Ray Fearon, Warren Mitchell, Michael Maloney, Claudie Blakley, Liz Smith, Mina Anwar, Angeline Ball, Lorraine Ashbourne, Joanne Mcintosh, Bill Thomas, Daniel Ainsleigh, Chloe Howman

Description

A modern version of the classic Dickens tale, in which Eddie Scrooge is a mean loan shark who sees the error of his ways.

Reviews

Peter McGinn

Peter McGinn

6/23/2021, 3:58:48 PM

I am pretty sure I watched this version of A Christmas Carol many years ago, but decided to watch it again in my quest to find some gems hidden in the blizzard of tv style new Christmas films. This is a modern update to the story, and I think it does a great job with it. It doesn’t just “plug in” the plot to a modern setting. Rather it makes a few imaginative plot changes as well. Instead of t...