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Summary: A fun movie for the holidays
Review: I thought this was a great movie. A fun movie for the holidays. Bill Murray is hilarious and perfect for the roll as Frank Cross. Bob Goldthwait was so funny in his roll too. This movie is a part of my Christmas movie tradition right along side of Home Alone 1 & 2, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Scrooge(Albert Finney), and Ernest Saves Christmas.
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Summary: Possibly the worst final 10 minutes of a movie ever!
Review: Bill Murray takes on The Christmas Carol in his role as Scrooge! Hey, it sounds cool at first, I mean Groundhog's Day was one of the funniest movies I've seen, and Bill Murray is a great comedian. However, when I finally saw it, *gasp* it was horrible. It wasn't heartwarming, or funny at all, it's just plain MEAN! Murray is almost frighteningly unfunny. Beyond Murray's pathetic ramblings and pratfalls is a cast that looks like it's been drugged up. The casting doesn't work as well. Tiny Tim as a mute black kid? It just doesn't work. The movie limps along for about three quarters of the movie, and then it lays down and dies with 10 minutes to go. From then on is an unwatchable, incomprehensible rant from Bill Murray that goes on and on, and then the movie just ends with a thud, or maybe that was my jaw dropping.
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Summary: Clever
Review: Don't listen to the nitpickers, this movie is a great holiday flick. Sure, "It's a Wonderful Life" it's not, but the casting and the characters are great, and the contemporary setting makes it more accesible to younger generations. While it may not have the thematic impact of other takes on the classic tale, the message of the importance of brotherhood is illustrated throughout via Murray's character's interactions. And let's face it, Bill Murray is a really funny guy at this point in his career.
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Summary: Bill Murray Does "Scrooge"
Review: Bill Murray lends his comedic talents to this contemporary version of the Dickens' classic "A Christmas Carol," with somewhat skewered results in "Scrooged," directed by Richard Donner from a screenplay by Mitch Glazer and Michael O' Donoghue. This time around, Ebenezer is one Frank Cross (Murray), programming executive for a major television network with an office in New York. Above all else, Cross covets the "ratings" he can add to his coffers, and this year he's going all out with a "live" broadcast of "A Christmas Carol" planned for Christmas Eve, starring Buddy Hackett as Scrooge and Mary Lou Retton as Tiny Tim. And that's just a taste of the kind of humor this film has to offer. There's more, much more, and it's all handled with aplomb by Donner, Murray and a great supporting cast. Whatever genre he's working in, Donner knows his stuff and knows how to deliver the goods. Here he wisely lets Murray lead the way, but keeps his star on task and the film moving along with a tempered pace and great timing. The story remains the same, but placing Scrooge-- Cross-- in the entertainment industry was a stroke of genius, and it all works exceedingly well, as it gives the audience a medium with which it can readily identify. Let's face it, television is a part of our culture, like it or not, and it's here to stay; and in this instance, using it as a setting for this story offers a "tableau vivant" rich with possibilities that are tapped to the fullest. There's a promo for the upcoming live broadcast like you've never seen before; there's the "inside" industry jokes, like Network executive Preston Rhinelander (Robert Mitchum) urging programming for cats; "Marley's ghost" becomes Lew Hayward (John Forsythe) the exec who sold his soul for ratings; the casting of Hackett and Retton; but most of all, it puts Murray right in his element. Murray gets right to the heart of the character, imbuing Cross with a sense of jaded, dubious and sarcastic paranoia that so perfectly fits the psychological make-up of an executive in a business where you're only as good as yesterday's ratings. And Murray plays him to the hilts; he has the tone and the body language, and nobody can look "askance" like he can, a nuance he makes the most of here. it's an original take on a familiar character, and in Murray's skin Cross becomes a memorable and entirely believable figure, from his credible ruthlessness (he fires an underling, Eliot Loudermilk--played by Bob Goldthwait-- just before Christmas for disagreeing with his "vision") to his epiphany on Christmas Eve. The terrific supporting cast includes Karen Allen as Claire, the girl Frank lets slip away as he follows the siren's song of career; John Glover (Bryce Cummings) as Frank's new "assistant," plotting his way to the top; Alfre Woodard (Grace) as Frank's secretary, a single mom with a sick child; Michael J. Pollard (Herman); Nicholas Phillips (Calvin); John Murray (James); Brian Doyle-Murray (Earl Cross); David Johansen, as the cab-driving Ghost of Christmas Past; and Carol Kane, who turns in an unforgettable, hilarious, scene-stealing performance as the Ghost of Christmas Present. There's plenty of laughs and some touching moments in "Scrooged," which is a wonderfully entertaining holiday treat, especially if you want your "Christmas Carol" served up just a little bit differently this year. And the speech Murray gives at the end, once he's had his revelation, is worth the price of admission alone; it's one of those things Murray does best, and he really connects with the audience, especially when he finishes up by leading everyone involved (including the audience) in song. This is a movie that has become an annual event for many since it's arrival on video; give yourself a present this year and put this one under your tree. You'll be glad you did. Like the song at the end (sung by Annie Lennox and Al Green), it'll "Put A Little Love In Your Heart."
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Summary: Extremely funny yet meaningful
Review: This is on the top of my favorite Christmas movies since I was a child perhaps even my favorite comedy of all time. This was an unusual movie. Although a comedy it had a certain seriousness about it. I think it had to do with a beautifully haunting score by Danny Elfman (my favorite work of Danny Elfman, too bad they don't make the entire score on cd) It is totally funny through out the picture. We laugh at how crude and nasty Bill Murray acts toward others because he is so funny the way he does things (like the part where he steals a cab from an old lady by tricking her and once in the car he gives her the bird). It is laugh out loud humor not just chuckles. But as it comes towar the ending we see how serious being mean can be. This is when Danny Elfman's score really gets your heart. And by the end you feel like crying and cheering at the same time.
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Summary: BILL MURRAY IS FANTASTICK
Review: I have to watch this movie every Christmas. It is a great modern day telling of the Dickens classic.Bill Murray is hilarious as the sarcastic,powerful boss.This is one of his best films along with groundhog day.
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Summary: I Wish They Would Make A Sequal
Review: No matter hwo many times that I watch this, I still can't get enough of Scrooged. Every time I watch this, I somehow get the theme song ("Put A Little Love In Your Heart") stuck in my head. After all, it is the perfect song for this otherwise strangely funny comedy.
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Summary: Quite possibly Bill Murray's best!
Review: The problem with Murray's other best, "Groundhog Day," is that the final act has him acting nice.In "Scrooged," director Richard Donner knows to keep Murray as smarmy as possible for as long as possible. Playing network exec Frank Cross, Murray has a field day just being mean. He even gets to fire Bobcat Goldthwait on Christmas Eve! Who among us hasn't wanted to do that? This retelling of Dickens' most famous work stays true to the original while bringing it into the present. Michael J. Pollard and Carole Kane turn in memorable performances. But come on... Mary Lou Retton as Tiny Tim?
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Summary: A good comical version of Dicken's A Christmas Carol
Review: This comical version of A CHRISTMAS CAROL focuses on a TV Program Executive and his Scrooge-like behavior and changes after being visited by three spirits. Bill Murray is at his comical best and is a delight especially now in WIDESCREEN on DVD!
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Summary: Very uneven!
Review: Murray does an excellent job as the producer/dictator of the famous christmas carol. However, beyond this the movie is kind of tame and the jokes are bland. Another factor that severely hurts this movie is that it has been shown on tv about a million times.
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