GamerTab That was an excellent one.

Steineded How sad is this?

Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Christmas-Reviewer Review Date 3/26/2018 I Have Reviewed OVER 400 Christmas MOVIES. On all Christmas movies BEWARE OF FAKE REVIEWS & REVIEWERS. Many reviewers have only have ONE REVIEW. When it's a POSITIVE REVIEW chances are that the reviewer was involved with the production. If its a negative review then they may have a huge grudge against the film for whatever reason. I am fare about these films.I review them is to keep track of what "I have seen". This adaptation of A Christmas Carol has a distinctive look, created by multiple pans and zooms and by innovative, unexpected scene transitions. The visual style, which is unusually powerful, is inspired by 19th century engraved illustrations of the original story by John Leech and the pen and ink renderings by illustrator Milo Winter that graced 1930s editions of the book. The intended audience does not include young children, and the film's bleak mood and emphasis on darkness and shadows lead some to consider it the most frightening of the many dramatizations of the Dickens classicThis is a well made cartoon version of the story. Small children will be afraid. This one of the animated adaptations of the Dickens Story. Worth seeking out!

Michael_Elliott A Christmas Carol (1971)*** (out of 4)Animated version of the Charles Dickens' tale about the mean-spirited Scrooge who is visited by three ghosts who will try to teach him the right way to live. While this isn't the greatest version of the story that I've seen, those such as myself who enjoy watching different versions should enjoy it. I think the main interest here is that Alastair Sim does the vocal work of Scrooge. Most fans consider his performance from the 1951 film to be the greatest ever so getting to hear him do another version of it was quite nice. He does a very good job with the vocal work and Michael Redgrave also does a fine job with the narration. The animation here is quite good throughout and I really enjoyed the more simple, laid back approach. There's nothing in the animation that's going to jump off the screen at you but I thought it fit the story and the pacing quite well. Another benefit is that there's really not any downtime in the film as the screenplay pretty much sticks to the high points of the story and go to them without any smaller pieces sticking together. As an example, as soon as Scrooge is done with the first ghost he immediately goes to the second without there being any time between the two. A Christmas CAROL hits the best parts of the story and manages to keep its heart and message in place.

TheLittleSongbird I do concur with those who say this 1971 film is the best animated version. Not only that, alongside the 1951 Alastair Sim film, the 1984 George C.Scott film and 1992's Muppet Christmas Carol this is one of my favourite versions of the timeless story.Including this film which is outstanding, I have seen four animated versions. The others are the 1969 version which is excellent, the 1997 one which is decent and the 2001 one which is pretty bad and my least ever favourite of the story thus far. There's also one from 1994 I think that I haven't seen in years, but I remember not being that fond or impressed.The story itself is timeless, not just in the characters but also in its evocation of the period it's set and the magical feel you get when reading or talking about it. This does exactly that. The story sticks faithfully in spirit to the timeless story we know and love today, with an enchanting atmosphere, some very well done scenes including the touching scenes with the Cratchits, the intense sequence with Ghost of Christmas Yet-to-Come and the marvellous ending and a literate script.The animation is lovely, with the backgrounds especially impressive while the colours are easy on the eyes and the characters apart from the occasional entirely excusable stiff movement are drawn well. The music is wonderful as well, not just in how its composed but also in how effective it is in putting us into the Christmas spirit, while all the characters are very memorable and the voice acting particularly from Alastair Sim and Michael Hordern, both men splendid, is very good.Overall, outstanding and for me it is by far the best of the animated versions. 10/10 Bethany Cox

Robert Reynolds This short, which won an Academy Award, is the best animated adaptation that I've yet seen and is better than a couple of the live-action versions. Everything is top-notch-animation, voice-casting (particularly Sim reprising his performance as Scrooge), production values. The adaptation is quite true to the tone and spirit of the original work, even with the necessary truncation imposed by the brief length. Good to have it in print. Most recommended.