This is a great film. It is very spooky. In an adaptation of the Dickens classic, 3 ghosts haunt a miser on Christmas eve. If you like ghost stories then you need to see this movie. This movie has a great story line. It also has great acting. It also has great special effects. This one of the best fantasy movies ever. This a great film. The book is a great book. It has a great moral. This one of the best ghost stories of all time. The movie is a must see. Great movie great movie great movie. The 1951 version is better, but only a little bit. The 1986 version is better. But only a little bit. See this movie. It is a great movie. It is a true classic.

This movie seemed to be longer when seen as a kid, and on TV. It was interesting, sad and uplifting. On DVD 40 years later, for me, it was none of those things. It it obvious, characterized players with the outcome as obvious as was every Reginald Owens expression. He was as accessible as a sale at Nieman and Marcus. Pretentious and uninviting as a serious piece but a nice little snippet of straightforward stage performances to fill out the holiday schedule. My daughter plucked it off the shelf here in July to view, so the message is felt year round, even if old Ebeneezer is too mean to start and on lithium to finish. At least Tiny Tim is sympathetic.

I never watched any other version of this Charles Dickens story, so i will not compare it to any, besides the novel itself.One thing which I find disappointing is how they avoided so many parts of the past that explain why Scrooge became the bitter man that he was. Especially him losing Belle. To me it was an important part of the story and seeing it cut out of a movie that is very short in itself makes no sense to me, especially since they added other elements.But I guess the explanation is that this movie was made as an entertainment for the whole family. And the original story may be too grim for the children. This is why it avoids Scrooge's grim past an also shows more of the happiness that fun character Fred shares with the neighbourhood kids.I really like the actors. Back in the days acting was more over the top than it is now, actors sometimes act as if they are on stage and not on screen. But this is suiting to this story and adds some old fashioned charm to it.I especially like Reginald Owen as Scrooge. He seems to be like two completely different people, super performance.The three spirits are captured perfectly. I like all 3 of them and the fitting mood that they bring.Terry Kilburn seems a bit out of cast as Tiny Tim. He seems way too healthy for me to worry about him dying. But this could also be because he represents the happiness that Scrooge misses.Very beautiful setting as well. The black and white cinematography is beautifully done. The buildings and costumes really transfer us in time.All in all a beautiful Holiday classic to have in one's collection.

a special adaptation. Christmas spirit . and more. a good cast. and lovely atmosphere. sure, an antique. but very wise, touching and precise. the old fashion shining is not only virtue. it remains basis of an admirable work. sentimental and good medicine for soul, it is, in same time, a real Dickens. no tricks, no innovation. only lines of a classical story about conquest of a holiday. so, a honest movie. or little more because Reginald Owen does a memorable Scrooge. bitter, warm, seductive. fresh, fragile. perfect character without strange shadows. memory of respectable dear Charles Dickens is present in each performance. and the fragile map of this carol is more important by many other adaptations.