How Charles Dickens wrote ’’A Christmas Carol’’ and created a tradition.
Cast |
Dan Stevens, Christopher Plummer, Jonathan Pryce, Simon Callow, Miriam Margolyes, Ian McNeice, Morfydd Clark |
Director |
Bharat Nalluri |
Screenplay | Susan Coyne, from the book by Les Standiford |
Music | Mychael Danna |
Cinematography | Ben Smithard |
Editing | Stephen O'Connell, Jamie Pearson |
Soundtrack | Available |
Made in | 2017 |
Produced by | Mazur / Kaplan Company, The Mob Film Company, Parallel Films, Rhombus Media |
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Genre | Drama, biopic |
Language | Low impact, infrequent. |
Nudity | None |
Sex | None |
Violence | None |
Prejudice | None |
Blasphemy | None |
Drug abuse | None |
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PG: Parental Guidance Suggested | Rated PG for thematic elements and some mild language |
Runtime | 104 |
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Suggested age limit 8 + |
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Scale (Max) | 20 | |
What the Critics say | ||
Cape Argus / The Star Frank Scheck No humbug with this Dickens delight. | 10 | |
ScreenIt Jim Judy I found it an enjoyable, entertaining and imaginative look at the general creative process as well as the creation of ’’A Christmas Carol’’ in particular. | 12 | |
Metacritic.com 31 critics | 12 | |
Rottentomatoes critics 109 critics | 12 | |
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer The Man Who Invented Christmas adds holiday magic to the writing of A Christmas Carol, putting a sweetly revisionist spin on the story behind a classic yuletide tale. | 16 | |
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics | 13 | |
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Heartfelt take on idea for Charles Dickens holiday classic. | 15 | |
What the People say | ||
Metacritic.com users 9 users | 12 | |
Rottentomatoes users 2455 users | 16 | |
IMDB 463 Netizens | 14 | |
The Movie DB Community | 10 | |
Average .. 65% | 13 |