Big Screen Classics: Scrooged (1988)
A selfish, cynical television executive is haunted by three spirits bearing lessons on Christmas Eve. (PG-13, 101 min.)
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High-spirited high jinks on Christmas Eve put Frank Cross (Bill Murray) in a ghostly time warp in this hilarious take-off of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." Cross, who has made the meteoric rise from the depths of the mailroom to TV network president, is mean, nasty, uncaring, unforgiving and has a sadistic sense of humor - perfect qualities for a modern-day Scrooge.
Before the night is over, he'll be visited by a maniacal New York cab driver from the past, a present-day fairy who's into pratfalls and, finally, a ghoulish seven-foot-headless messenger from the future. [Park Circus]
Starring: Bill Murray, Karen Allen, John Forsythe, David Johansen, Carol Kane, Bobcat Goldthwait, Robert Mitchum, Alfre Woodard
Director: Richard Donner
Genre: Comedy
"A roaring good time."
— Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com
"Bill Murray as Scrooge? Now that's perfect casting!"
— Shannon J. Harvey, Sunday Times (Australia)
"Bill Murray is the one of the greatest screen Scrooges in this 1980s updating."
— Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid
"Despite Murray's impeccable portrayal of sneering meanness, the film masterfully strikes a careful balance between heartfelt moments and hilarity."
— Kristy Strouse, Film Inquiry
"Murray is magnificent in the film, the effects are better than you'd expect, and the 1988 version of Hollywood excess is almost quaint by comparison with the CGI purgatory we live in today."
— Sean Nelson, The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
"Despite the juicy, on-the-edge craziness, Murray is able to layer his outrageous histrionics with an inner sensibility, making his ultimate transformation not only believable but Christmas-cheer uplifting."
— Duane Byrge, The Hollywood Reporter
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