Rowdy stuff for the light in head.
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06/24/06
Scrooged (1988)
61 %
Reviews Counted: 36 Fresh: 22 Rotten:14 Average Rating: 5.8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 51 mins
Synopsis: A network TV president is perhaps the most cold-hearted man ever, but his holiday spirit is given a painful booster shot by three vengeful ghosts. In this darkly comic updating of Charles Dicken's Christmas classic A CHRISTMAS CAROL, Bill Murray portrays Frank Cross, an evil, crass,... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Bill Murray, John Forsythe, Carol Kane, David Johansen, Karen Allen
Reviews
Top Critic
Whenever Bill Murray is in a film, there's always one simple rule. Give him a decent set-up and you've got yourself a classic.
04/17/01
Top Critic
Tacky in the extreme, this self-congratulatory 1988 film is an exercise in hypocrisy, indulging every form of Christmas exploitation that it pretends to attack, and many of the laughs are forced.
11/27/07
A number of talented actors appear, but only a few are able to make much of a mark given their limited screentime.
11/27/07
Top Critic
An appallingly unfunny comedy, and a vivid illustration of the fact that money can't buy you laughs.
11/27/07
Top Critic
Frequently funny take on Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" with Murray learning a lesson.
08/12/06
I found much of this irreverent modernization of A Christmas Carol to be hilarious, and I commend Murray and director Donner for giving their film a sardonic edge.
02/20/06
Proves that remakes and new visions of old material need not be redundant.
12/07/03
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