I guess this is more a question of what is the second worst adaptation. Unless someone want's to say the BBC miniseries from last year doesn't sink all the way to the bottom of any list.
It really was terrible. Even without the rape scene (and Scrooge being molested as a child), this version would still be at the bottom of the list. I've seen tons of adaptations, and this is the only one where you want Scrooge to just die at the end without any redemption. It doesn't go with the full blown redeption and at least realizes this Scrooge is beyond forgiveness. It instead just ends with him fucking off out of everyone's lives. Still, it's absolutely awful and it's SOOOOO long. It was made as a miniseries, but was aired (in the US at least) as one big long movie. It's almost an hour before Marley's ghost shows up to meet Scrooge.
I think the only good, or better to say interesting thing about this movie is a twist on the Ghost of Christmas Present. In this version it's the ghost of Scrooge's sister. In a better movie, her portratying one of the Ghosts could be really effective. But I think it requires other characters from his life as the other ghosts. Maybe Fezziwig as Past and Tiny Tim as Future.
It really was terrible. Even without the rape scene (and Scrooge being molested as a child), this version would still be at the bottom of the list. I've seen tons of adaptations, and this is the only one where you want Scrooge to just die at the end without any redemption. It doesn't go with the full blown redeption and at least realizes this Scrooge is beyond forgiveness. It instead just ends with him fucking off out of everyone's lives. Still, it's absolutely awful and it's SOOOOO long. It was made as a miniseries, but was aired (in the US at least) as one big long movie. It's almost an hour before Marley's ghost shows up to meet Scrooge.
I think the only good, or better to say interesting thing about this movie is a twist on the Ghost of Christmas Present. In this version it's the ghost of Scrooge's sister. In a better movie, her portratying one of the Ghosts could be really effective. But I think it requires other characters from his life as the other ghosts. Maybe Fezziwig as Past and Tiny Tim as Future.
Last edited:
