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The Muppet Christmas Carol

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The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)

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Reviews Counted:29

Fresh:19

Rotten:10

Average Rating:5.9/10

Consensus: It may not be the finest version of Charles Dickens’ tale to grace the screen, but The Muppet Christmas Carol is funny and heartwarming, and serves as a good introduction to the story for young viewers.

Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins

Genre: Childrens

Synopsis: Musical-comedy adaptation of Dickens' classic "A Christmas Carol" featuring the Muppets. Miser Ebenezer Scrooge learns the true meaning of Christmas and reforms his heartless and money-grubbing... Musical-comedy adaptation of Dickens' classic "A Christmas Carol" featuring the Muppets. Miser Ebenezer Scrooge learns the true meaning of Christmas and reforms his heartless and money-grubbing ways after being visited on Christmas Eve by four Ghosts: his old business partners Jacob and Marley, the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present, and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. [More]

Starring: Michael Caine, Muppets, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire

Starring: Michael Caine, Muppets, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Jerry Nelson, Frank Oz, David Rudman

Director: Brian Henson

Director: Brian Henson
Screenwriter: Jerry Juhl
Story: Charles Dickens
Composer: Paul Williams, Miles Goodman
Producer: Brian Henson

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Laura Clifford
Laura Clifford
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A delight!

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08/01/02
Nell Minow
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

Leave it to our favorite fuzzy freaks to breathe new life into Dickens' oft-told tale.

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07/27/02
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com

Director Brian Henson, son of the late Jim Henson, has captured his father's vision and carries on the tradition better than anyone could have expected.

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01/01/00
Chris Hicks
Chris Hicks
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

The Muppet Christmas Carol isn't terrible, by any means. But it's resoundingly moderate, with merely passable songs by Paul Williams, and only occasional real laughter.

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Desson Thomson
Desson Thomson
Washington Post

The little green guy just isn't quite the same these days.

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MaryAnn Johanson
MaryAnn Johanson
Flick Filosopher

It's enough to make one wonder if Jim Henson would have wanted things to take this course.

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Pamela Bruce
Pamela Bruce
Austin Chronicle

Neither drama nor comedy, it's safe stuff, and most un-Muppetlike. So much for great expectations.

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Rita Kempley
Rita Kempley
Washington Post

Like all the Muppet movies, this one is a musical, with original songs by Paul Williams (my favorite is the early chain-rattling duet by the Marley brothers). It could have done with a few more songs than it has.

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