Scrooge

Pros: Catchy tunes, great performance by Finney, colorful embellishments.

Cons: Strays a bit from the novel.

The Bottom Line: Different and delightful.

Review: Over the years, there have been many, many retellings of Charles Dickens classic holiday tale, A Christmas Carol. That should be no surprise, since it’s a timeless tale that one can watch over and over each holiday season, and yet never get ...

Pros: interesting adaptaion of a classic, colorful sets and costumes, lively musical numbers, great family entertainment

Cons: some possibly frightening scenes, a little longer than other versions, video not currently being produced

Review: A Christmas Carol is one of the most loved Christmas stories of all times, retold countless times in movies and television. Well, perhaps not countless—film historian, Fred Guida, claims there have been about 22 film versions, and 140...

Pros: Enchanting musical version of A Christmas Carol

Cons: No soundtrack available for purchase

The Bottom Line: The musical version of Scrooge will put a smile and a song in your heart!

Review: Years ago, when I first saw Scrooge advertised, I really wondered how anyone could make an effective and appealing musical out of the old classic story from Charles Dickens -- A Christmas Carol. However, after viewing this film many times all I can say...

Pros: Entertaining, updates the story without changing the basics

Cons: You won't get to see it on the big screen

Review: Scrooge is probably the easiest to follow and most entertaining version of the Dickens classic “A Christmas Carol” among well over a dozen adaptations and re-workings available on video.

The film’s music is a huge factor, for younger children...

Pros: Family entertainment

Cons: hokey effects

Review: My husband has insisted on seeing this movie for the past few Christmases. I was finally able to obtain it this past year and we watched it together as a family.

Albert Finney seems an unlikely Scrooge, but he is able to pull it off. The...