Available on Disney+, (re)discover Scrooge’s Funny Christmas, a spectacular adaptation of Charles Dickens’ famous tale by Robert Zemeckis, worn by a Jim Carrey at the height of his art.
From 10 years old
Known as one of the wealthiest and most avaricious merchants in London, Ebenezer Scrooge is a lonely old man who cares about no one but himself. Unmoved in the least by the death of his associate Marley, or the miserable condition of his employee Cratchit, he prepares to spend one more Christmas alone.
But he is far from suspecting that he is about to experience an evening that will change his life forever. Indeed, during the night, Scrooge will receive the visit of three ghosts, corresponding to his past, present and future Christmases.
Time and time again adapted to the cinema, the famous Christmas song by Charles Dickens is a story that everyone knows by heart. But never has any of its multiple adaptations been as powerful, as moving and as spectacular as this one.
Masterfully directed by a Robert Zemeckis at his best – who also signed another excellent snowy tale in motion capture, The Polar Express – Scrooge’s Funny Christmas is a visual roller-coaster, but also a real packed with emotion at a frantic pace.
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Beyond the technical spectacle concocted for you by the director of Forrest Gump and Back to the Future, this Christmas adventure is above all carried away by an imperial Jim Carrey, deliciously grumpy, sometimes funny and touching, sometimes overwhelming, constantly human.
As we know, the magical fable of Dickens sometimes takes on dark accents, so we recommend that you reserve this little nugget for the oldest of your children. But don’t worry too much: certainly, this journey will sometimes take you through dark lands, but its apotheosis will be all the more dazzling!
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What they will like:
- The strength of this story, immortal, and still as relevant 180 years after it was written by Dickens.
- The vertiginous aerial sequence shots in the streets of London, at the beginning and at the end of the film.
- The performance of Jim Carrey, who knows how to be as funny as it is poignant.
- The soundtrack of the film, composed by the excellent Alan Silvestri, and on which obviously a wonderful Christmas wind blows.
What may worry them:
- Marley’s ghost and his dislocated jaw, at the start of the film. A character that can really scare the youngest.
- The last stage of Scrooge’s time travel (just before the salutary sunrise), and the intervention of the ghost of future Christmases. A truly sinister sequence, but worthy of the Dickens novel.
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