Trailer for Christmas Carol: The Movie
Now whilst "Christmas Carol: The Movie" is an animation it has a sort of amusing set up as Charles Dickens (Simon Callow) arrives in Boston, 1867 to do a reading of his story to a theatre. It is an entertaining idea which could have been better used if it wasn't spoiled by the introduction of a mouse, and there are more mice in this movie including one who is a friend of Scrooge which is simply wrong. After the set up it switches to the old fashioned style animation and gets in to the familiar story although with some rewrites such as a scene which sees Scrooge throwing water over carol singers, one of which is Tiny Tim. We also have Belle working at a Children's Hospital who tries to persuade Scrooge to help as the Doctor owes him money. ... Read Review