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Director: Richard Donner
Starring: Bill Murray, Karen Allen, John Forsythe, John Glover, Bobcat Goldthwait, David Johansen, Carol Kane, Robert Mitchum, Alfre Woodward,
This is one of the best Christmas movies ever made and my favorite version of version of the Dickens classic. There are great characters and a first rate cast lead by Bill Murray at his sarcastic best. He is backed up by Karen Allen, John Glover and the always funny Bobcat Goldthwait. The story is funny, and though it does get a little slapstick at times, it has a heart to go along with the laughs and builds to a classic Christmas kind of ending.
Bill Murray is a cruel and heartless network executive (Gee, aren’t they all?) whose busy life of making money and everyone around miserable, is interrupted by the visits of a number of ghosts to show him his past, present and future. Look for hilarious performances by David Johansen and Carol Kane as two of the ghosts. Along the way he clashes with an office rival, played by John Glover, and re-connects with an old flame (Karen Allen), before arriving at the inevitable ending, that is rewarding, nonetheless.
When it comes to the balance of humor, story and comfortable Christmas formula, movies don’t come much better than Scrooged. This is a wonderful movie in its own right and easily stands out among the legions of poorly written, syrupy yuletide efforts and is enjoyable no matter what time of year it is.
