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Scrooge (1970) Rank 3 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Scrooge (1970) a score of 2.7722 out of 4

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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

The notion of Albert Finney playing Ebenezer Scrooge is admittedly mind-boggling, and so is the idea of A Christmas Carol being turned into a musical. But "Scrooge" works very nicely on its intended level and the kids sitting near me seemed to be ...read the complete Scrooge movie review at Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Rotten Tomatoes - Reviews from the Nation's Top Critics

A misbegotten musical adaptation of Dickens' much too perennial tale, featuring songs by Leslie Bricusse that are not only anaemic but piffling in their up-front relevance ('I Hate People', 'I Like Life', 'I'll Begin Again'). Even Dickens would ...read the complete Scrooge movie review at Rotten Tomatoes - Reviews from the Nation's Top Critics

DVD Talk (Stuart Galbraith IV)

Of the more than two dozen filmed adaptations of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, the 1970 musical Scrooge is one of the best. In one sense the story is nearly foolproof; it's hard to completely muck up the strong, inherent sentiment of the tale and ...read the complete Scrooge movie review at DVD Talk (Stuart Galbraith IV)

The SF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review

Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol (1843) is a perennial that filmmakers see some need to trot out a new adaptation of every few years. This doesn't seem particularly any better or any worse than any other version. The story has been padded in a ...read the complete Scrooge movie review at The SF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review

DVD Up Close (Bill Treadway)

After the surprise success of The Sound of Music in 1965, Hollywood decided that musicals were box office gold. Within the next five years, movie screens would host such extravaganzas as 1967â��s Doctor Dolittle; 1968â��s Half a Sixpence, Star!, ...read the complete Scrooge movie review at DVD Up Close (Bill Treadway)

Rambles (Tom Knapp)

Finney, in the title role, is unbelievably good in his impersonation of an old man. It took quite some time for me to believe that the scenes of young Scrooge are the real Albert Finney; the old, decrepit man seen through the rest of the film owes his ...read the complete Scrooge movie review at Rambles (Tom Knapp)

DVD Verdict

Still, a single question lingers after absorbing the magic that is Scrooge: why is this sweet, substantial celebration of the true spirit of Christmas (outside of the religious realm, thank you) not a perennial favorite, revisited again and again like ...read the complete Scrooge movie review at DVD Verdict

ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

With all apologies to It's a Wonderful Life and Miracle on 34th Street, Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is probably the best-loved, most often retold Christmas story of them all. There's something in its message of spiritual rebirth and redemption that ...read the complete Scrooge movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

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