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Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Aneesa Wardle The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Allison Davies The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Sherrill777 The Bad:For some reason, I just didn't like this movie. It's hard to pin down why, since there are so many version of this tale out there and I enjoy almost all of them – why not this one? Perhaps it's the animation? The motion capture technique used should have made the animation more realistic, but really, really didn't. Perhaps it is the fact that I never end up caring for Scrooge, but also didn't like how callously he's treated. Perhaps it's the fact that Jim Carrey (an actor I don't particularly care for) seems to be every single character. Several scenes, especially "chase scenes" drag considerably as well.The Good: As with any re-telling of this famous tale, there's a fantastic moral wrapped up inside. This movie is also more authentic to the book than most, which was written as a Christmas Ghost Story, not a sweet, touching family story. I like that some of the dialogue is "Old Fashioned" - taken directly from the book.The Mom View:If I were to pick a version of this story to have my kids watch, it wouldn't be this one. For the youngest, I'd pick the animated Mickey version. Slightly older, and I'd go with Muppets. Older still and I'd pick either the 1999 version starring Patrick Stewart or the 1951 version. So while this isn't horrible, it's kind of mediocre, forgettable, and not worth the effort of finding when there are better versions out there. My overall opinion? Meh.

Filipe Neto "A Christmas Carol", by Charles Dickens, has been regularly adapted to film or television, so even those who haven't read the book know the whole story, and its difficult to bring something substantially different from what already exists. This is bad? I don't think so. Literature classics have always been (and will continue to be) available to be adapted for the movies. We can change perspective, tell things differently or simply be faithful to the book. It's all a matter of taste. Personally, I really like a story that is faithful to the book that gives rise to it, I think its meritorious when adaptation manages to put on screen the magic of words. And, to my delight, I can say that this film has captured the magic of Dickens. So I will not waste time telling the script or commenting on it because its famous enough.Being a film with Disney seal, we're expecting some quality standard, especially concerning to the animations and the whole visual and sound part of the film. I think it's technically perfect or very close to it. My only negative criticism is the somewhat gloomy and Gothic atmosphere that I notice sometimes. Some scenes are, in fact, scary, and this will surely scare some children, to whom parents are going to show this movie for being a Disney movie. I believe, therefore, that some scenes may not be advisable to very young or impressionable children. A very nice point of the film is the cast of voice actors. The most noteworthy name is, of course, Jim Carrey, an actor who has always stood out for his extraordinary use of voice. Soundtrack is good and discreet but does not have the usual songs, which Disney movies have used us to.

Gerardrobertson61 I have just finished reading A Christmas Carol and was keen to see how close this animated version was to the actual book. Some of the quotes are directly from the book, the ghost appear more or less as I imagined them while reading and for more parts, this was fairly close to what Dickins had written, however, the flying sequences were a little bit out of context to me. Jim Carrey was a surprise as Scrooge and carried off the voices very well. It is a dark movie and maybe a bit to scary for little kids especially when the ghost are on the screen. All in all, I did enjoy this version and will add it to my Xmas film collection.

RyeDough I first saw this movie when I was around 10, enclosed in an almost pitch- black cinema with the surround sound booming and echoing all around me (I believe I sat right beside a speaker, which didn't really help). Looking back on it now it is still a little creepy, but at the time it really scared me. Whether or not it is true to the book I cannot really say, but I am fairly certain that it is a tad more accurate than the Muppets' version. In saying this however, I must point out that the Muppets' version is a family movie. THIS IS NOT A FAMILY MOVIE. Going back to a previous statement, I am not sure how close this is to the book. If it was an exact replica of the book then there are certain aspects of the book that are just stupid, for this movie contains some really stupid scenes. Not wanting to spoil the movie for you I will not mention them, but I am sure that if you watch it you will pick them up for yourself.A word of advice for parents. If you are watching it, I would not recommend having children below 12 to accompany you. The sleepless nights aren't worth it, trust me.