Scrooge (1970)
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Reviews Counted:16
Fresh:11
Rotten:5
Average Rating:6.8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 55 mins
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
Synopsis: Albert Finney shines as the title character in this musical version of Charles Dickens' timeless tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, a lonely miser who is visited on Christmas Eve by three spirits who teach... [More]
Starring: Albert Finney, Alec Guinness, Edith Evans, Kenneth More
Director: Ronald Neame
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Reviews for Scrooge
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 6/10 |
[Finney is] the only element of this production that is really up to much good... the film lacks energy or dramatic thrust. Full Review |
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 3.5/4 |
Director Ronald Neame's well-paced film captures the period beautifully, and the acting is superb, with Finney and Alec Guinness, as Marley's ghost, real standouts. Full Review |
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A misbegotten musical adaptation of Dickens' much too perennial tale. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Thank you very much — for this perennial holiday delight.
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3/5 |
Even Scrooge's fingernails are dirty, and while I don't think that Dickens intended to equate greed with unwashed hands, he probably would not have objected. Full Review |
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3/4 |
Scrooge works very nicely on its intended level and the kids sitting near me seemed to be having a good time. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Lovely. Even better than the Henry Winkler version.
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Although rather hammy at times, Finney holds the screen throughout. Full Review |
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4/5 |
One of the more delightful versions
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2.5/4 |
Unlike the great musicals, where you might find yourself humming a tune a few days later, with Scrooge, you'll be lucky if you remember the name of one of the songs a few hours later. Full Review |
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A roduction that suffers from its theatrical roots and its need to not only make its antihero see the error of his ways but go way overboard in making up for his past. Full Review |
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