An interesting film about the brainstorming behind writing Scrooge. With brilliant work by Dan Stevens (Beauty & the Beast) as Charles Dickens. While Christopher Plummer is just as good as his creation Scrooge, himself.

I don't believe for a minute that the events in this film led to the writing of A Christmas Carol, but despite it being all a bit tinsel and glitter with no real substance, it is still an enjoyable and heartwarming tale. God bless you, everyone!

One of the better movies I've seen in a long time.

What struck me over and over again while watching this film is a single question: is there a better movie in here? The good: The acting is phenomenal. I can’t believe Christopher Plummer is still acting at his age but he absolutely crushes this role (as he always does). About ten minutes into the film I wondered where this story would go as it seemed rather straight-forward. Halfway through the movie we are introduced to new layers that interweave the current story with the original story. I really found this fascinating and gave the movie a depth that I was not expecting. The bad: Well, nothing really “bad”. The worst I can say about the film is the question that I posed at the beginning of the review. The film was satisfying but I felt given the layers and acting it could have been fantastic. That said, I couldn’t quite figure out what it could have been. Should it be more of a comedy or more of a dark drama? If it was the former we’ve seen that before in Scrooged. If it was the latter it might too much resemble the actual story. Maybe I would have the “characters” be more involved in a kind of neurotic way? I don’t know. see my christmas movie reviews at https://ihatebadmovies.com/?s=christmas

I enjoyed this film. It was a lovely insight to see how Charles may have came up with his characters and plot. It was very heartwarming and a lovely addition to my Christmas movies.