Blucher One of the worst movies I've ever seen

Mischa Redfern I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

Kamila Bell This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Marva-nova Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

paul_s_hills I have no idea how many times I have watched this movie - I remember watching it as a child when it was shown on terrestrial television and I now watch it on Christmas Eve every year - I am moved to tears every time!The acting and dialogue are great, most of the songs are clever and entertaining while the choreography is rousing and impressive. Most significantly though, the transition of Finney's Scrooge from the most despicable portrayal of the character that I can recall, to the reformed and enlightened person that he becomes, is just simply joyous in the purest sense of the word.Watch. Enjoy. Laugh. Cry. And share it with your children, if you can tear them away from the iPad or PS4 for a couple of hours.

TheMegaCritic2000 . Being in my 50s now, I regard this as one of the best Christmas movies. I grew up with it every year on the TV. It rivals 'Oliver' as arguably the best musical family entertainment yet made. They simply don't make movies like this anymore. It takes the when known story of Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' and adds the whole musical element. It sticks quite faithfully to the original novel, but adds a couple of twists along the way. The acting is top-notch from the entire cast, who are a 'who's who' of the British film industry of the period. Albert Finney is brilliant in the lead role, which is quite feat considering he was only 34 when he made this movie. All the ghosts are well-portrayed, but Kenneth Moore is the standout ghost, with his larger than life Ghost of Christmas Present. Alec Guiness' Marley is a superbly acerbic vision from Hell. David Collings' Bob Cratchett is excellent and the child actors all do a good job. And Anton Rodgers deserves a special mention for singing one of my all-time favourite musical numbers, 'Thank You Very Much', which is a rollicking sing-along song.We get this DVD out every Christmas Day, even though the kids are grown up now, and watch it again with as much pleasure as when I was a child watching it. The DVD version we have is very good audio and video quality and played through an upscaling BluRay players, the quality is superb.If you haven't seen it, what are you waiting for!

calvinnme ...or else I might just have passed on something hawked as "Scrooge, the Musical!". I actually had to used my allowance to go see this with a friend (I was 12) and I actually scraped some of my money together to go see it a second time. Unlike so many experiences from childhood that seem larger than life and are disappointing as an adult, I still love this film and think it is the best of the film renditions of "A Christmas Carol".I am putting a spoiler warning on this just in case there is somebody on earth who has never heard of the story of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol". Believe me, the joy is in the experience, not knowing every little plot point.Albert Finney was at just the right age that he could strike a handsome impressive pose as Scrooge the shy young man, yet look realistic with the right makeup (and trust me the makeup jobs here are great) as a bitter dried up old man who finds comfort in nothing, not even his money. He simply holds fast to it because he thinks everyone sane is as self involved as he is and if not, that they are fools.Alec Guinness is terrific as Marley, Scrooge's long dead partner now in hell. He is terrifying yet he plays the part somewhat tongue in cheek almost to the point that you feel he isn't too upset that Scrooge is headed to where he is in the afterlife, he just enjoys scaring the daylights out of him.Never being particularly religious as a child, the vision of hell conjured up when Scrooge confronts his future was very terrifying to me at the time, just the same.And then there is the music - the songs actually work and add to the enjoyment of the film, "Thank You Very Much" being the most rousing.There is just ONE tiny thing that occurs to me now when I watch this 44 years later that did not occur to me as a child. Would everybody have been so welcoming to a redeemed generous Scrooge the day after his epiphany if he hadn't had the money to buy things for them? Just a thought.

lapthomson So uplifting, funny and the most entertaining version of the Dickens classic. I fell in love with it as a child and I am so thrilled to see it on the rare occasions it is aired each Christmas season. I still discover something new I didn't recognize when I watched it previous times. Thank you AMC for airing it here this year! Albert Finney does a remarkable job as Ebenezer Scrooge and the cast and music in this production are brilliant. The humor in this story is great, you've just got to catch it in those thick British accents. I had never read or seen the classic versions of A Christmas Carol. When the movie was released, I was 12 years old. This one was the only one that held my interest as a child and I still find it the most entertaining and heartfelt today.