Standing out in the crowded field of screen adaptations of the classic Dickens novel A Christmas Carol is hard to do, but this version pulls it off. When a transparent Jacob Marley walks through Ebenezer Scrooge's apartment door, you know you're seeing something both timeless and contemporary. Other strategically placed special effects--a funnel cloud that transports Scrooge and the ghost of Christmas present, the hollow spectre of Christmas future--keep you riveted without slipping into anachronism. But, as good as the technology is, the performances are what really... power this 93-minute television interpretation. Patrick Stewart brings a depth to Scrooge that allows the character to go beyond the cartoonish qualities that have made him a Christmas mainstay. That doesn't mean he's any less heartless with his hapless employee Bob Cratchit (Richard E. Grant) or any less dismissive of his well-meaning nephew. A frail-looking Joel Grey makes an excellent ghost of Christmas past, and a superb cast ably fill the remaining roles. Director David Jones, shooting on location in England and at Ealing Studios, has achieved a balance of science and sentiment that will help this version hold up for many years to come. --Kimberly Heinrichs [show more]
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Canadian festive family adventure in which a grouchy father is taught a valuable lesson about the spirit of Christmas by his children and some farm animals. When the father (Brian Cook) enforces a foreclosure on a nearby farm, the owners are devastated as Christmas is just around the corner. With his children Oliver (Christian Kerr) and June (Eva Greig) witnessing this, they plead with him not to shut down the farm but he insists that he must. That night, Oliver is awakened by the farm's animals in his room, who tell him that they have hatched a cunning plan to win over his father so they can keep the farm. Reconstructing popular festive tale 'A Christmas Carol', June, Oliver and the animals work together to trick him into realising the value of Christmas and save the farm.
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