The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)

Directed by

Bharat Nalluri

Genre

Christmas film

Country

Ireland, Canada

Runtime

1h 44m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 875 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows Charles Dickens as he comes up with the idea and writes the story of A Christmas Carol. It shows him struggling with his characters and deadlines to finish the book.

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What happens

The Man Who Invented Christmas is a 2017 Christmas biographical comedy drama film about Charles Dickens directed by Bharat Nalluri and written by Susan Coyne. Based on Les Standiford's 2008 book of the same name, it stars Dan Stevens, Christopher Plummer, and Jonathan Pryce, and follows Dickens (Stevens) as he conceives and writes A Christmas Carol. The film was produced by Parallel Film and Rhombus Media. It was released by Bleecker Street in the United States on 22 November 2017, and by Thunderbird Releasing in the United Kingdom on 1 December 2017. It received generally positive reviews from critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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