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A Christmas Carol

6.9/10

Rating

96 min

Runtime

2009

Release Year

Robert Zemeckis

Director

Cast

Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Robin Wright, Cary Elwes

Quick Synopsis

On Christmas Eve in London, the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by three spirits who show him scenes from his past, present, and future. Through these visions, Scrooge confronts the loneliness and harshness of his life, the chances he missed to find happiness in his youth, and the impact of his current selfish behavior on others. Faced with the possibility of a lonely death, Scrooge must choose whether to continue on his bitter path or embrace change and seek redemption.

Detailed Synopsis of A Christmas Carol

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.

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