ChikPapa Very disappointed :(

YouHeart I gave it a 7.5 out of 10

Janae Milner Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

Jakoba True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

smerph Before watching this production of Dickens's classic story, I was of the opinion that it would not be possible to successfully condense A Christmas Carol into a runtime of less than 45 minutes. After watching this, I'm perhaps still of this opinion...yet relatively satisfied by the efforts here. A Christmas Carol 1971 manages to cover almost every major aspect of the novella (even the oft-forgotten "Want and Ignorance" sequence) but does so in breathless fashion so there's little time for elaboration of finer details. The biggest casualty is Scrooge's sister Fan, who does not merit a mention and his unhappy childhood is merely hinted at. The major asset is having Sim reprise his Scrooge, although I found his performance perhaps a little inferior in comparison to his live-action one from twenty years earlier. His Scrooge here is lacking a little in the sharpness and, to no great surprise, seems older and perhaps more harmless. I would not recommend this to newcomers to the story, but for those who need a (very) quick fix of Scrooge, it doesn't really put a foot wrong. In terms of animated versions, it's far superior to either the 2001 monstrosity or the overblown 2009 Disney effort. I just wish it was maybe 15 minutes longer so it could expand on some elements.

JoshSharpe This is a faithful version of the Dickens novel but the makers crammed the entire book into a 25-minute television short. It is actually very hard to relax while watching this because everything is going so fast. There are also some pros though. It is very close to the book and the Oscar-winning animation is excellent. This movie is very expensive to buy on VHS and is not yet available on DVD. I would recommend watching it on Google videos because it is free and it was uploaded by the makers. If you want a better version of this classic story, you should watch Disney's A Christmas Carol with Jim Carrey. Have a very merry Christmas!

kissmekillyou This scared the bejabbers out of me as kid in the '70's. If it wasn't listed on the imdb I'd think was just a bad dream. No other version has ever compared since. You ever notice there is no surer endorsement of a movie than "it scared the bejabbaers out of me when I was a kid"?

Robert Carter This is by far the best animated version of the Dickens classic. The renderings and animation are dark and mysteriously sketch-like, with none of the shiny flatness that mars most commercial animation. And the script is amazingly faithful in tone to the original.It's sometimes difficult to find on videotape, but it is well worth the effort.