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Scrooge

Scrooge

Fantasy · Drama · Family · 1970

A musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic ghost tale starring Albert Finney.

Movie details

Scrooge

“What the Dickens have they done to Scrooge?”

1970 Fantasy · Drama · Family 1h 54m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.8 / 10

Community rating

A musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic ghost tale starring Albert Finney.

CriticWise case file

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Ronald Neame

Written by

Leslie Bricusse

Albert Finney

Albert Finney

Ebenezer Scrooge

Alec Guinness

Alec Guinness

Jacob Marley's Ghost

Edith Evans

Edith Evans

Ghost of Christmas Past

Kenneth More

Kenneth More

Ghost of Christmas Present

L

Laurence Naismith

Mr. Fezziwig

Michael Medwin

Michael Medwin

Nephew Fred

David Collings

David Collings

Bob Cratchit

Court is in session

Put Scrooge on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.