Kailansorac Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

Hayleigh Joseph This is ultimately a movie about the very bad things that can happen when we don't address our unease, when we just try to brush it off, whether that's to fit in or to preserve our self-image.

Taha Avalos The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

Quiet Muffin This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

sddavis63 I knew that there had been a version of "A Christmas Carol" made that starred George C. Scott as Ebenezer Scrooge, but as far as I can recall I had never seen it until now. The basic story is well known. It might be the most famous story in English literature and I can't think of a piece of literature that has been adapted so many times and in so many different ways. This version was what I would call a "straight" adaptation. It stayed more or less true to Charles Dickens' work. Everyone knows the plot: Scrooge is a hard-hearted miser who hates Christmas and who ends up being transformed as a result of ghostly encounters into a jovial, kind and compassionate philanthropist. It's a story of redemption in a way. The story being so well know, then, what really counts about this adaptation is George C. Scott. How did he do?I went into this movie as a dedicated fan of the famous 1951 version of the story that starred Alastair Sim as the miserly old Scrooge, and I had some doubts about Scott in the role. I have to say that having now seen this, my doubts have disappeared. Scott was absolutely superb! He took on a very difficult role (because it's so famous, and because Sim's take on the character is iconic) and he mastered it. His own take on Scrooge differs from that iconic take. Sim offered almost a whimsical, comedic portrayal at times, but at his nastiest Sim's Scrooge was very cold and hard-hearted. I thought Scott's performance was much more "even-keel" you might say - and perhaps in that sense even more believable and more in keeping with Charles Dickens' story. Scott managed to become Scrooge for me, and given how ingrained Alastair Sim is in the role in my head, that was a difficult task. He once again showed that he is a very fine actor.The supporting cast in this was good, and the movie was as interesting as a movie can be when you know from the start how it all ends. To be honest it has not replaced the 1951 version in my heart - but it certainly is a worthy adaptation of the story. (8/10)

lemaster_K6466 This is my favorite version of this story. George C. Scott is so good as an actor.I watch this every year. His conversion as he went through the Ghosts, it was very touching. He really was quite the actor.Note: The following is only because IMDb requires a 10-line minimum review, When he was walking with that tall ghost, it was really cool.And the Ghost of Christmas future was creepy.I really like Bob Cratchet's family. I wish that I had such a family.My family was quite dysfunctional. I wish for such love and happiness.Wow, still not enough to post How much more is required?

Barry Watts Exceptional acting. George C. Scott's center stage personality wasn't overcoming nor weak. Rarely does a TV movie get so many points of movie artistry correct. Some camera movements were wobbly, however they were not objectionable. Family safe, some of the graveside scenes are a little dark, but not in visual or any language, just in a screeching sound with the last sprit. This story flows with the excellent editing and support actors. It is on my 5 movie list for the Christmas season. I have not seen this movie in the blue ray section, would consider the superior picture versus a typical DVD. Somehow I couldn't place the actress playing Mrs. Cratchet, her voice was familiar, Susannah York. Read in the IMDb she died of cancer, a real loss.

Spikeopath The 1984 TV version of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is a joyous thing. Fronted by George C. Scott as the infamous Ebenezer Scrooge, Clive Donner's movie pays great respects to the source material and garners a multi stranded piece of brilliance out of Scott. The characters of course remain the same, but headed by Scrooge having a complex and painful background and a persona of confused emotions, there's meaty substance holding the movie up high. Donner and writer Roger Hirson retain the black heart of the source story, with the horror elements suitably effective to bother the children, while the Victorian atmosphere always feels – crucially – authentic.If you haven't seen this version of the often filmed tale, put it on your list for next yuletide. 9/10