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Too much of everything

Good concept, poorly executed.

A different way of telling a story

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

Clearly... a movie for those unabashedly sentimental about Scrooge, Bob Crachett and all the elements of the Dickensian view of Christmas. The contast with poor Mr. Dickens own situation could not be greater! Poor fellow! The novel's characters dogging his footsteps is immensely funny. And...of course... it all comes right in the end. Relax your ctitical sense, dig into your plum pudding and declare it a triumph!

My wife and I watched this at home on DVD from our public library. In many ways it reminds me of "Shakespeare in Love", a stuck and almost broke author desperately looking for inspiration and eventually finding it in the things around him.It starts in 1842 when Dickens at 30 is already a well-respected author. He and his wife are touring the USA and making speeches. Dan Stevens is Charles Dickens and carries the role very well. Back in London he seems stuck and needs another best seller. Christmas is fast approaching, he decides to publish something that will sell for the Christmas season.The result is his work "A Christmas Carol" which in the following centuries has become a most beloved work of fiction. Dickens didn't actually invent Christmas of course but his book improved it by making people more aware for the need for charity and good human relations in general. All in all the movie seems to be an accurate depiction of that phase of his life.What could have been a rather dry story was made very interesting by depicting eventual characters in his book as people he would encounter and have discussions with. A good, entertaining movie.

I really wanted to like this movie but alas that was not in the cards.Dan Stevens, seen previously as the Beast in the live action remake of Beauty and the Beast merely whimpered as Charles Dickens.It was almost a manic portrayal of Dickens whose life seems to be falling apart.Sad to say skip this one. One present to leave under the tree.

Or, more exactly, a wise one. because it has humor and drama and bitter scenes and hopefull scenes. it is a genesis fantastic sketch of an admirable book but, in same measure, it is not a biographic film about Dickens being one. it is easy to define it as a delight. but it is a remember. about the life of a great witer. about the roots of a sort of perspective about life and people. and good kick to discover, again, the freshness of a work. the film has many virtues. it could be perceived as a charming easy film, like a comedy or a film for young public, colorfull and seductive and little superficial and unconvincing. but it is a real good film for to give to the public what it deserves. a brilliant cast and good performances. the fictional history of classic book, the difficulties of the existence of the writer. and something else. out of words. an answer, maybe. to the crisis of our time. short, it is , maybe, not the impressive film who you expect. but it is an usefull one. and that is the most significant virtue of it.