Christmas Carol: The Movie (2001)

Directed by

Jimmy Murakami

Genre

fantasy film, live-action/animated film, Christmas film

Country

Germany, United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 11m

Rated

0

Rating

5.2 of 10 from 76 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A miserly man named Scrooge is visited by ghosts who show him his past, present, and future. After these experiences he changes his ways and reconnects with a lost love.

whimsicalsentimentalhopefulmoodyslow-burnvisually mixedmelancholicheartfelt

What happens

Christmas Carol: The Movie is a 2001 British live-action/animated film based on Charles Dickens's 1843 novella A Christmas Carol. Directed by Jimmy T. Murakami, the film features the voices of numerous actors including Simon Callow, Kate Winslet (who also sang the film's theme "What If"), Kate's sister Beth Winslet, and Nicolas Cage. The film was a critical and commercial failure upon release. This version differs from others, in that Scrooge is given another chance with the love of his life, Belle, who ended their engagement in their youth after he was corrupted by greed; they later meet again after the three spirits have reformed Scrooge and he is now kind and generous, causing Belle to love him again. Both Belle and Old Joe notably have bigger roles in the film. Unlike the book as well as other film adaptations, Belle does not marry and have children with another man. She is a nurse. Old Joe is a henchman of Scrooge who arrests or robs people who owe Scrooge debt but Scrooge fires him after mending his ways. Also in the film, Marley's ghost haunts Scrooge before he goes home and Scrooge is notably younger as he has auburn hair and is middle-aged rather than being elderly. He also shows kindness towards a mouse that appears throughout the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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