Short, Sweet, To the Point

FilmFreak94

This is probably one of the shortest versions of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol". But for such a short run time they really do the book justice.

Playing Scrooge this time is none other than Scrooge McDuck. His lowly underpaid accountant Bob Cratchit is played by Mickey Mouse and a lot of other Disney characters play a lot of other roles quite fittingly. Scrooge is visited in the night by his old partner Jacob Marley(surprisingly enough played by Goofy) who tells him he'll be visited by three spirits. These visits only last about three to five minutes each but they sum up Scrooge's transformation from greedy miser to compassionate old man really well.

They don't sugarcoat it either. There are no songs sung by the characters themselves and the last visit with the Ghost of Christmas Future is pretty dark. But by the end of it the same message of being a good person and doing things for the benefit of your fellow man is shown just like any other version of the story. This version isn't very long and should entertain your kids or anyone just wanting to watch something Christmas related.

score 9/10

FilmFreak94 24 December 2011

Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw2537103/