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Ebenezer Scrooge (JIM CARREY) begins the Christmas holiday with his usual miserly contempt, barking at his faithful clerk (GARY OLDMAN) and his cheery nephew (COLIN FIRTH). Scrooge makes it clear that he has no intention of enjoying the holiday and, as always, goes home - alone - where he encounters the ghost of his dead business partner Joseph Marley. Marley, who’s paying the price in the afterlife for his own callousness, hopes to help Scrooge avoid a similar fate and tells him that he will be visited by three spirits. But when the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come take Old Scrooge on an eye-opening journey revealing truths he’s reluctant to face, he must open his heart to undo years of ill will before it’s too late. (official distributor synopsis)

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kaylin 

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English There were definitely moments here that I remember, mainly because they had a great horror atmosphere. It was the third ghost that Jim Carrey really enjoyed, but he enjoyed playing all the characters that Zemeckis made in his favorite motion capture. I don't have to like these strange animated movies where it's too easy to see how they are still imperfect, but Jim's humor helped a lot, as well as some excellent scenes. However, it certainly doesn't show how animation will replace live actors. It won't. Not yet, for sure. ()

novoten 

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English Zemeckis may no longer be revolutionizing the film world overnight, but at this pace, I may find a new favorite genre in his animated tribute. While Beowulf was so intoxicated by its grandeur that it forgot about the viewer, there is no such risk with Ebenezer. Perhaps it is the unstoppable Jim Carrey, the improved longevity of the characters, or the captivating third-dimensional effect, but the three spirits have unexpectedly brought me a strong Christmas-winter magic, which was last achieved perhaps only six years earlier with Love Actually. ()

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Othello 

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English I find it commendable to try to translate the source material in all its obscurity into an audiovisual story intended to bring it more in line with contemporary audiences using the most modern technologies. The problem, however, is that it is not the source material but the production that is the cause of the most frightening experiences, which make it almost certain that anyone under the age of 12 who saw this film at the time of its premiere is no longer alive today. Visually it only looks okay in the foreground, please don't examine what's going on behind its shoulders until you see it. Dead faces, simple textures, repetitive objects, in short the things you tend to nitpick when you’re complaining about a computer game are ubiquitous here. When we see Tiny Tim's character with a deadpan expression and unnatural facial expressions, while the story informs us that the poor guy won't live to see next Christmas, it adds a more oppressive, unsettling atmosphere to the whole experience; I realize that, in the manner of Ebenezer Scrooge, I actually experienced an identical nightmare watching this film, which suggests to me that maybe I shouldn't sit so long and so often in the fake world of video games and visit my mother sometime to ask how she's doing. ()

gudaulin 

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English This is a typical example that money and technology in the world of film don't mean everything. Zemeckis was enchanted by the special effects options and especially the technology of 3D filmmaking, so he paid more attention to bombastic visual effects than to the characters and story, and the touching Christmas story turned into a jet ride over the rooftops of Victorian London. There is a substantially more civilized, less elaborate, but emotionally stronger version called A Christmas Carol, which captures Dickens' original better. This film is more enjoyable for viewers who prefer an action-packed and popcorn-style film. The casting of Jim Carrey, moreover, with excessive makeup, shifted Zemeckis' version much closer to comedy than Dickens ever intended. Overall impression: 60%. ()

DaViD´82 

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English At first, it has the most Dickensian atmosphere I have ever encountered on screen. It is therefore a crying shame that ultimately the whole thing falls flat from lack of atmosphere. Because of all the running around, the atmosphere gradually disappears until it vanishes completely. Where the original leaves the right Christmas mood in the reader even long after reading, Zemeckis merely leaves excellent impressions of the almost unreal fidelity to the illustrations in the original edition and perhaps even better impressions as they are “pulled" into three dimensions. There’s just no trace of Christmas spirit. Unlike the original, this will not become a Christmas classic beloved by many generations, but hopefully it will make at least one Christmas more pleasant for you. Assuming you have a 3-D IMAX in your area. ()

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