Disney's A Christmas Carol (2009)
Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth
An animated retelling of Charles Dickens classic novel about a Victorian-era miser taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterious Christmas apparitions.
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PG, 1 hr. 36 min.
Directed by:
Robert Zemeckis
Release Date: Nov 06, 2009
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Perfect! A must see in 3D, it's amazing! Think twice before you take little ones though, it's kinda scary for a Disney movie.
passable, albeit not good in any way. also, the 3d was particularly ho-hum.
was kinda weird in parts, but also funny, and watching it on the big screen in 3D was, so amazing that it was as if u really were soaring over 1800 London England.
This was great and really scary. Only babies and scaredy cats hate this movie. Only brave people think this movie is great
i went to see it and it started making me sick watching it! too much of him flying in the air. way unnecessary.....
Real D 3D is awesome...I really enjoyed the movie actually. Kept the original story. I think it would scare the crap literally out of kids though. Not sure it's necessarily a kids movie. Overall a very enjoyable Christmas movie.
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Zemeckis' film preserves much of Dickens' original dialogue and detail while amplifying the utter ethereal strangeness of the ghosts.full review
You don't identify with Scrooge at any point, nor is blatant fakery scary. Picture The Seventh Seal with sock puppets.full review
A branded piece of shiny seasonal entertainment.full review
Dickens purists can stay away. Others can feel free to sample the rollicking aerial views of Victorian London, the droll and scary elasticity of Carrey.full review
To put it bluntly, if Scroogely, Disney's 3-D animated version of A Christmas Carol is a calamity.full review
Favors thrill-ride effects that are more often the star than the servant of the story. It's like "Silent Night" played by Led Zeppelin.full review
A re-telling should either present a resonant or fresh thematic take. This Christmas Carol seems like a pale ghost of Dickens' magical Christmas classic.full review
Shockingly, the new film turns out to be very good, at times close to brilliant: a darkly detailed marvel of creative visualization that does well by Dickens and right by audiences -- when it's not trying to sell them a theme park ride.full review
The story that Dickens wrote in 1838 remains timeless, and if it's supercharged here with Scrooge swooping the London streets as freely as Superman, well, once you let ghosts into a movie, there's room for anything.full review
Zemeckis' latest motion-capture CGI project capsizes Dickens' narrative power simply because the faces of the human simulacra are so utterly inexpressive and ugly.full review
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