Scrooge (A Christmas Carol) Reviews
Filmcritic.com
Sadly this 1951 rendition has aged terribly.
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| Original Score: 2.5/5
You have what Scrooge himself might call 'Ho-hum-bug.'
TIME Magazine
Top CriticThough Dickens' frank sentimentality calls for broad treatment, Brian Desmond Hurst's direction is too often heavy as well.
Common Sense Media
The classic book brought to life.
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| Original Score: 5/5
At a reasonably short 85 minutes, this is nevertheless a complete experience, and the strength and depth of its drama makes it the most memorable of any adaptation of the tale.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
Antagony & Ecstasy
If I dare to say it, a more dramatically successful work than Dickens's novella.
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| Original Score: 9/10
Combustible Celluloid
Moves through a brisk 86 minutes with just enough time to linger on poignant moments.
Movie Metropolis
Of the many film versions, this one from 1951 with Alastair Sim as Scrooge is the most faithful to the spirit of the book.
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| Original Score: 10/10
Goatdog's Movies
One of the handful of best Christmas movies ever made.
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| Original Score: 5/5
Kansas City Kansan
Most agree that Alastair Sim's 1951 spin as Scrooge is the best, and truest to the novel.
| Original Score: A+
Movie Views
The story is a timeless classic and this is the best direction translation the cinema has provided thus far.
Denton Record Chronicle (TX)
Dickens' most often filmed work benefits from the always engaging Alastair Sim.
| Original Score: 4/5
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
The definitive version! Accept no substitutes! Sim is positively brilliant.
| Original Score: 5/5
BBC
All in all, a beguiling festive treat.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Apollo Guide
Some of the more recent film versions of the story are considerably more sumptuous than this rather Spartan-looking production, but none of them do a better job of conveying the character of Ebenezer Scrooge or the themes of the story.
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| Original Score: 77/100
