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A Christmas Carol (2004)

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14:00-16:00 Mon 29th Dec 2008 120m
Five US

Synopsis

Despite the fact that it was produced by the ever-saccharine Hallmark company, there's something rather crude about this musical adaptation of Charles Dickens's story. Traditionalists and those fond of Ronald Neame's spirited Leslie Bricusse-scored Scrooge (1970) will wince at the sight of Jane Krakowski gyrating around Kelsey Grammer's bed as the Ghost of Christmas Past. But the shoddiness of the special effects further detracts from any sense of ethereality that has survived the cast's game attempts at singing. There are plenty of familiar faces here, including Jason Alexander, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Geraldine Chaplin, but they're marooned in this poor festive fare.