A Christmas Carol

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Jesse A @SheriffJustice Feb 16 The script is the best of all the recorded video versions made of Dickens book. The depth of characters and Alastair Sim’s interpretation key that, "Scrooge didn’t dislike or hate anyone. He only wanted to do business." It is a lovely and sad story of how Scrooge got to be so pitiful of a person. It seems so missing in all other versions of this great human story. The loss of Alice in particular. The loss of Fan. Other great scenes include the care and acknowledgement of Mrs. Dilber his maid, and supremely, the apology to his nephew’s wife. This is storytelling at it’s finest. See more Carlos I @carlosFibarra Jan 5 While there is an uncountable amount of Scrooge movies out there, and this version undoubtedly sits on the "Mount Rushmore" of those adaptations, the 1951 A Christmas Carol can occasionally feel a bit over the top in the corniest of ways. Some of the secondary performances and heightened dramatic flourishes lean into a theatrical melodrama that feels dated by modern standards. However, even when the production feels sappy, there is no denying how magnetic Alastair Sim is in the title role; his transition from a terrifyingly cold miser to a man possessed by manic, giddy joy is a masterclass in screen acting that grounds the entire film. See more Kyle M @RT77296778 Dec 29 An essential Christmas story one’s bound to watch across fanaticizing adaptations on imaginative stretches, then perhaps later to discover this being the most definitive by nature and presentation elegantly scripted, which was brilliantly executed in expressive depth towards the characters, led by Alastair Sim’s spiritedly humane performance in exemplar embrace. (B+) See more Elizabeth R @RT67915993 Dec 27 For literary purists, this version of A Christmas Carol is the most faithful to the Dickens’ text. See more Mike V @Mike26 Dec 19 Charles Dickens' Joyous Holliday Classic! Scrooge (released as A Christmas Carol in the United States) is a 1951 British Christmas fantasy drama film and an adaptation of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol (1843). It was produced and directed by Brian Desmond Hurst 🎄 It’s very good! 😀 I’d definitely recommend it 👍🏼 Ebenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel, miserly businessman, until he is visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve who show him how his unhappy childhood and adult behavior has left him a selfish, lonely old man. See more Chip W @Treepoe Dec 18 This has been my favorite version of A Christmas Carol since I was just a boy (and I’m sixty-three now)b Alastair Sim ABSOLUTELY IS Ebenezer Scrooge! The best at grouchiness and the best at joyfulness. I try to watch this version every Christmas season. Other versions (and there are so many) just don’t compare. See more Read all reviews

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