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Scrooged

  • Rated PG 13
  • 1hr 41m
  • 3.3/5 (23.9K)
  • 38

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Richard Donner

Producer:

Richard Donner, Stephen J. Roth, Art Linson

Writer:

Mitch Glazer, Michael O'Donoghue

Release Date:

Nov 23, 1988

Runtime:

1hr 41m

Synopsis

A selfish, cynical T.V. executive is haunted by three spirits bearing lessons on Christmas Eve.

Cast

  • Bill Murray
  • Karen Allen
  • John Forsythe
  • John Glover
  • Bobcat Goldthwait
  • David Johansen
  • Carol Kane
  • Robert Mitchum
  • Nicholas Phillips
  • Michael J. Pollard

Letterboxd User Reviews

3.3
202.9K
43.7K
41.6K
RATINGS 147 FANS
3.3

  • Am I still supposed to find the Scrooge character unlikeable and annoying and irredeemable 75 minutes into a 100 minute movie

    1.4K Likes
    James (Schaffrillas)
    James (Schaffrillas)
    Dec 24, 2020

    need a fairy ghost of christmas present to beat jeff bezos into paying his employees more

    1.1K Likes
    Jay
    Jay
    Nov 19, 2020

    LMAO okay but why was there just some random goth chick in Santa’s workshop??

    764 Likes
    airwreckuh
    airwreckuh
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    Sep 15, 2020

    how did Bill Murray's vocal cords ever recover

    630 Likes
    adambolt
    adambolt
    Dec 12, 2020

    "You can see her nipples." "I want to see her nipples."

    587 Likes
    Rachel Rhodes
    Rachel Rhodes
    Dec 21, 2018

    carol kane's ghost of christmas present is an absolute treasure i love her

    499 Likes
    👽 Zara 👽
    👽 Zara 👽
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    Jul 18, 2022

    After hearing about it for most of my life, I finally got to see it, and boy did I like it. I enjoy stories that take a classic and give it a funny twist while retaining the essence of the overarching storyline. I can't see a child seeing the dead and ghosts in this film…

    311 Likes
    Rafael "Mister Movie" Jovine
    Rafael "Mister Movie" Jovine
    Dec 25, 2021

    The opening sizzle real of IBC programming is pure gold and I absolutely love the cast… plus the scene transitions and effects work is and Danny Elfman’s score gives Donner’s ahead of its time Dickens take a demented Burton-esque edge—which I’m a mark for so yeah… I adore…

    285 Likes
    Ian West
    Ian West
    Dec 23, 2012

    Two of my favourite things in life, Christmas and Bill Murray.

    250 Likes
    Tim Portis
    Tim Portis
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Metacritic

38
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Based on 14 Critics
7.9

USER SCORE (119)

Generally favorable reviews based on 119 Reviews
25

In Scrooged, a sub-Saturday Night Live re-make parody of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, Ghostbuster Bill Murray busts up two of the festive ghosts (Christmas Past and Future) and mugs more than Mr. Magoo. [24 Nov 1988, p.C19]

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Metacritic review by Jay Scott
Jay Scott
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
25

Scrooged is one of the most disquieting, unsettling films to come along in quite some time. It was obviously intended as a comedy, but there is little comic about it, and indeed the movie's overriding emotions seem to be pain and anger.

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Metacritic review by Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
50

Scrooged works in fits and starts. The mundane demands of the sentimental story keep interrupting what are, essentially, revue sketches, a few of which are hilarious.

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Metacritic review by Vincent Canby
Vincent Canby
The New York Times
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