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Disney's A Christmas Carol

Play trailer 2:29 Poster for Disney's A Christmas Carol PG 2009 1h 35m Kids & Family Holiday Fantasy Drama Animation Play Trailer Watchlist
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Though London awaits the joyful arrival of Christmas, miserly Ebenezer Scrooge (Jim Carrey) thinks it's all humbug, berating his faithful clerk and cheerful nephew for their view. Later, Scrooge encounters the ghost of his late business partner, who warns that three spirits will visit him this night. The ghosts take Scrooge on a journey through his past, present and future in the hope of transforming his bitterness.
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Critics Consensus

Robert Zemeckis' 3-D animated take on the Dickens classic tries hard, but its dazzling special effects distract from an array of fine performances from Jim Carrey and Gary Oldman.

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Giles Hardie Sydney Morning Herald 02/06/2018
3.5/5
While for some there is something disconcerting about the lifeless eyes of the otherwise life like characters, it certainly lends itself to large 3D cinemas, with rubber faced characters and grand sweeping movement. Go to Full Review
Keith Uhlich Time Out 11/16/2011
4/5
The biggest surprise is that Zemeckis, so often in thrall to his digital palette, here uses it to freshly illuminate a time-honored text. Go to Full Review
Tim Grierson The Simon 11/12/2009
The greatest tension in this adaptation of A Christmas Carol isn't between Scrooge and those pesky ghosts but within writer-director Robert Zemeckis. Go to Full Review
Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Dec 12
1.5/4
A key ingredient of the novel -- namely, its humanist spirit -- is largely missing from this chilly, cold-to-the-touch interpretation. Go to Full Review
Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review 08/30/2023
2/4
Everything poignant and evocative about Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol has been rendered flat by Disney’s latest adaptation. Go to Full Review
Mike Massie Gone With The Twins 11/28/2020
6/10
Morbidly dark and frighteningly realistic - almost as if Tim Burton had a hand in the design. Go to Full Review
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Frank B 1d A wonderful cartoon gets me into the Christmas spirit. I also love the use of the great Christmas carols. I enjoyed it so much I bought a copy. Jim Carrey & the cast of voices/characters do a fine job. See more Luc B @lucaspucasmucas 1d Decided to watch for Christmas, what a god awful movie. I’m a big fan of Jim Carey, but this was his worst performance so far. The movie was slow, and the animations something similar to a night terror. Not worth the watch, stopped half way through. See more Brooke L. @HKYBrooklyn 2d One of the worst adaptations of Charles Dickens Christmas Carol. The animation is out of a horrific night terror. Jim’s voice acting needs work because it not giving me character but just Jim himself. See more KCD I @KcdII 3d I saw this as a kid and the 3D render was so impressive! See more thiago s @Thiagostone 6d Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom See more Simon R Dec 17 Jim Carrey carries this film on his back, and it seems like a film I'd put on for "comfort" See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Though London awaits the joyful arrival of Christmas, miserly Ebenezer Scrooge (Jim Carrey) thinks it's all humbug, berating his faithful clerk and cheerful nephew for their view. Later, Scrooge encounters the ghost of his late business partner, who warns that three spirits will visit him this night. The ghosts take Scrooge on a journey through his past, present and future in the hope of transforming his bitterness.
Director
Robert Zemeckis
Producer
Steve Starkey, Robert Zemeckis, Jack Rapke
Screenwriter
Robert Zemeckis
Distributor
Walt Disney
Production Co
Walt Disney Pictures, Imagemovers Digital
Rating
PG (Scary Sequences|Scary Images)
Genre
Kids & Family, Holiday, Fantasy, Drama, Animation
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 6, 2009, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 1, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA)
$137.9M
Runtime
1h 35m
Sound Mix
SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS
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