A retelling of the classic Dickens tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, miser extraordinaire. He is held accountable for his dastardly ways during nighttime visitations by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future.
It's been a long time since I saw this film.
Got to see it at the cinema today, and it brought back joyous memories!
Out of all the previous adaptations on A Christmas Carol, this version is my favorite!...
There are certainly one or two toe-tappers in this enjoyable Muppetisation of the immortal Charles Dickens tale of Christmas humbug and redemption. "Gonzo" adopts the role of the author/narrator and guides us through this (pretty heavily) abridged version of the story as Michael Caine's arch-miser "Ebenezer Scrooge" is visited by the three kindly spirits on Christmas morning - each trying to point to the errors of his ways and to encourage him to engage a little more with the Christmas spirit. To be honest, I am not a fan of puppets - and these ones never worked for me on television when I was...
EVERYONE TAKES IT SO SERIOUSLY, at least every human. The Muppets don't, but the humans act like they are living in a world without Muppets, they act like they are doing the most serious version of a Christmas Carol as they possibly can...
... and it works. It really works. It's a Muppets movie with Shakespeare quality acting... which makes it one of my favorite adaptations of A Christmas Carol. It's deadly serious and hysterical. It's well acted, it looks brilliant...
.... AND THE SONG IS STILL CUT!!!! Which is a shame, because it's one of those songs that brings a tear to your ey...
Probably by the top three adaptations
This is a grand adaptation of the tale, and one which resonates well. It is technically very proficient, hits its narrative notes well, and as always, with the Muppet productions, flawlessly directed and shot.
Then you add onto it Michael Caine onto it, and as the meme says "The reason Michael Caine an Tim Curry are so good in their respective Muppet movies is that Michael Caine treats the Muppets as fellow actors, while Tim Curry treats himself as a fellow Muppet." There is no note that he is not playing it absolutely straight, frights and all, agains...