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A Christmas Carol

Overview


Genre :

Animation, Fantasy

Release Date :

November 06, 2009

MPAA Rating :

PG

Director :

Robert Zemeckis

Starring :

Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Robin Wright Penn, Molly C. Quinn, Daryl Sabara, Bob Hoskins, Cary Elwes, Sammi Hanratty, Fay Masterson, Ryan Ochoa, Raymond Ochoa

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Readers  4 of 5 [Rate It]

4.5 of 5

“..worthy stab at mixing old and new, a vintage tale done with some fresh dazzle and a reminder that the movies can still bring the wow..”
by Chris Vognar [Dallas Morning News]
2 of 4

“..Watching this film is like watching an animated diorama in a department store window..”
by Colin Covert [Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune]
2 of 4

“..This Christmas Carol seems like a pale ghost of Dickens' magical Christmas classic..”
by Claudia Puig [USA Today]
3 of 4

“..there's nothing in this new "Christmas Carol" that improves on the original..”
by Stephen Whitty [Newark Star-Ledger]
2.5 of 4

“..overstuffed like a holiday goose with such showy, dizzying and over-the-top, action-movie-type set pieces..”
by Duane Dudek [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
2 of 4

“..not uninteresting..”
by Carrie Rickey [Philadelphia Inquirer]
3 of 5

“..likely won't be remembered in six years..”
by Joe Neumaier [NY Daily News]
2 of 5

“..fails to breathe any life into the story and is ultimately something of a disappointment..”
by Matthew Turner [ViewLondon]
2 of 4

“..eerie rather than wondrous..”
by Joe Williams [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
Review rate : C+

“..bring up the scare quotient in Dickens' classic story..”
by Gary Thompson [Philadelphia Daily News]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Rick Groen [Globe and Mail]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Lisa Kennedy [Denver Post]
Review rate : C
Reviewed by Tom Long [Detroit News]
3 of 4
Reviewed by John Hartl [Seattle Times]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Ty Burr [Boston Globe]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Peter Howell [Toronto Star]

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