Bill Murray is the one of the greatest screen Scrooges in this 1980s updating.
Scrooged (1988)
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Reviews Counted:37
Fresh:23
Rotten:14
Average Rating:5.8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 51 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: A network TV president is perhaps the most cold-hearted man ever, but his holiday spirit is given a painful booster shot by three vengeful ghosts. In this darkly comic updating of Charles Dicken's... A network TV president is perhaps the most cold-hearted man ever, but his holiday spirit is given a painful booster shot by three vengeful ghosts. In this darkly comic updating of Charles Dicken's Christmas classic A CHRISTMAS CAROL, Bill Murray portrays Frank Cross, an evil, crass, executive who caters to the lowest-of-the-lowest common denominators, firing people whenever he wants to and for the flimsiest of reasons. Therefore, to change his cruel and tasteless ways, Cross is taken on a trip through his past to his future, accompanied by ghosts David Johansen and Carol Kane, so that he can achieve redemption. From a screenplay by SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE's "Mr. Mike," Michael O'Donoghue. Academy Award Nominations: Best Makeup. [More]
Starring: Bill Murray, John Forsythe, Carol Kane, David Johansen
Starring: Bill Murray, John Forsythe, Carol Kane, David Johansen, Karen Allen, Bobcat Goldthwait, Robert Mitchum, Alfre Woodard, Michael J. Pollard
Director: Richard Donner
Director: Richard Donner
Story: Charles Dickens
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Reviews for Scrooged
Tacky in the extreme, this self-congratulatory 1988 film is an exercise in hypocrisy, indulging every form of Christmas exploitation that it pretends to attack, and many of the laughs are forced.
A number of talented actors appear, but only a few are able to make much of a mark given their limited screentime.
An appallingly unfunny comedy, and a vivid illustration of the fact that money can't buy you laughs.
Frequently funny take on Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" with Murray learning a lesson.
I found much of this irreverent modernization of A Christmas Carol to be hilarious, and I commend Murray and director Donner for giving their film a sardonic edge.
I saw this during a brief visit to Germany and it really helped things suck less. Possibly even funnier dubbed in incomprehensible German.
Proves that remakes and new visions of old material need not be redundant.
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