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Scrooge

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United Kingdom · 1970
Rated G · 1h 53m
Director Ronald Neame
Starring Albert Finney, Edith Evans, Kenneth More, Laurence Naismith
Genre Fantasy, Drama, Family

The classic Charles Dickens' Christmas ghost tale told in musical form.

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40

Time Out by

A misbegotten musical adaptation of Dickens' much too perennial tale, featuring songs by Leslie Bricusse that are not only anaemic but piffling in their up-front relevance.

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ReelViews by James Berardinelli

Scrooge is basically a harmless, fitfully enjoyable version of the timeless classic, and worth a look for those who have had their fill of the more serious adaptations.

40

The New Yorker by Pauline Kael

Innocuous musical version of A Christmas Carol, starring Albert Finney looking glum. The Leslie Bricusse music is so forgettable that your mind flushes it away while you're hearing it.

75

Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert

Alec Guinness contributes a Marley wrapped in chains; the Christmas turkey weighs at least 40 pounds; Tiny Tim is appropriately tiny, and Scrooge reforms himself with style. What more could you want?

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