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Scrooged

Scrooged

1988
Comedy, Fantasy
1h 41m
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Rated 03 Mar 2020
69
59th
Juuuuuuuuuuuuuust a bit too dark to be a knockout comedy and juuuuuuuuuuuuuust a bit too comedic to be a dark masterpiece. Plays like an excellent Death to Smoochy or a terrible In Bruges. But Christmas themed. An unearned classic that I admittedly watch with seasonal regularity.
Rated 03 Dec 2018
75
69th
An all star cast for this modern take on the Dickens tale I liked this one I also loved the special effects when Jacob Marley's ghost appeared to Frank Cross
Rated 01 Jan 2014
37
29th
The stellar cast makes this one of the more enjoyable renditions of the Dickens classic. Does it make sense that a world-class douchebag should suddenly be treated as a hero because of 10 minutes of spotlight-hogging Christmas cheer? Not really, but I consider that a convention of the genre. Misguided sentimentality is what Xmas is all about, after all.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
81
71st
As far as Christmas films go, this is in the top tier. Bill Murray is great, as usual. A great twist on an old classic, but Dickens probably still rolled over in his grave.
Rated 27 Dec 2017
80
84th
I sometimes feel that this film is a guilty pleasure, but I'm not sure that I should feel guilty about it. Murray has a ball in the quasi-Scrooge role, and Johansen and Kane prove to be inspired casting choices - genuinely entertaining. The many random cameos are entertaining, actually. The essence of Dickens is nicely conveyed, and I've found myself choking up a bit towards the end. It's by no means the best version of A Christmas Carol, but this is irreverent fun.
Rated 16 Dec 2019
6
70th
A genuine tour de force as kind of a one man show for Bill Murray - just 90 minutes of freewheeling, sarcastic, unhinged comedic energy that barely lets up for a second. This sort of comedic star vehicle doesn’t really seem to be a thing these days the way it used to be for the Murray/Carrey/Murphy types. Outside of that it’s kind of a saccharine little bit of fluff that just kinda goes through the Christmas Carol motions, and would have been forgotten 20 years ago. But Murray makes it.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
83
61st
Fantastic Christmas movie right up there with Christmas Vacation. Check this one out today!
Rated 02 Jan 2012
61
23rd
Take Bill Murray out of the equation and it would be a real stinker. As it is, it's so so.
Rated 26 Dec 2013
6
51st
It certainly gets points for being the wackiest Christmas Carol adaptation ever. Bill Murray's really hammy here, but that's half the fun. And it makes a pretty decent job of adapting Dickens' tale to modern times and pokes some fun at the nature of big corporate broadcast television butchering classic literature. So! good for a Christmas movie in my book!
Rated 22 Dec 2014
71
51st
A decent Christmas flick but it's no Die Hard.
Rated 26 Sep 2020
36
5th
An odd, mean-spirited spin on CAROL seems to have its ducks in a row, but everything about this is slightly "off" - feeling like a dry run for GROUNDHOG DAY, Murray's misanthropic Scrooge is an unpleasant creation and the "ghosts" broadly drawn and ugly caricatures; all this would seem par for the course, except the course correction into gushy sentiment at the finale is also misjudged, leaving the film feeling like an overdone turkey.
Rated 25 Dec 2006
50
18th
The problem is that while Bill Murray is at his hilarious best here, the movie built around him is completely mediocre. Of all the Christmas Carol films, I'd say this is probably the one to watch... but in the end you might feel a little, well, Scrooged.
Rated 19 Feb 2007
50
35th
Amusing
Rated 12 Jul 2007
95
93rd
Another one of my favorite Christmas movies. Murray is brilliant.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
75
26th
One of the better tellings of A Christmas Carol, if only for the fact that Bill Murray rules all.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
68
37th
Not exactly the strongest comedy, but Murray's consistently amusing in it and it is worth the watch for him.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
68
29th
An okay seasonal flick. Bill Murray is a little more over the top than normal. Carol Kane is always great. Not in my top 10, or top 100 for that matter, but watchable.
Rated 25 Sep 2007
85
88th
Gets better and better every time you see it. Only strike against is the supernaturally hokey ending--I mean, the little black kid talking again (give me a break)...
Rated 19 Dec 2007
65
30th
Kinda meh. It has its moments, but it lacks sincerity, and the modernized setting adds very little. Plus, Bill Murray seemed to be on auto-pilot, and far too many of his quips fell flat. The only part that really worked for me was the middle section where Murray was going crazy, in other words the part that basically had the least to do with the main themes of the movie.
Rated 28 Jun 2008
82
92nd
Nice
Rated 20 Dec 2009
65
8th
Routine Christmas Carol knock-off.
Rated 20 Jan 2011
95
84th
Dear Bill Murray: please marry me. Oh right, the movie. This is one of my favorite adaptations of A Christmas Carol. Bob Goldthwait does a good job of stealing every scene he's in. When he and Bill are *both* on the screen, it's a thing of beauty.
Rated 27 Feb 2012
30
13th
Repugnantly naive version of the classic 'A Christmas Carrol' culminating in Murray asking the audience to join him in singing... Now, Bill, you know I'd love to party with you, but... there are limits...
Rated 29 Jun 2012
93
99th
One of the best holiday movies ever. This is the Christmas movie for everyone that hates holiday movies.
Rated 18 Nov 2014
35
26th
An occasionally fun movie that swerves into forced and unearned schmaltz at the end. Carol Kane deserved a Razzie.
Rated 30 Nov 2014
6
35th
Honestly, not as good as a Bill Murray movie should be. I probably would have bailed if it weren't for the quirky ghosts.
Rated 16 Dec 2014
55
29th
Scrooged has a host of small enjoyable cameos like Mitchum, Forsyth, Goldwaith and Hollywood royalty John Houseman, but in the end it's a bad Dickens rewrite that lives solely off the energy of Murray. Besides Carol Kane as one insane fairy, Murray has to do all the heavy lifting himself. The problem with this is that Murray is best, when he's an asshole, so when he starts to become Happy Billy the thing falls apart. I enjoy corny x-mas movies, but honestly I enjoy Big Bad Bill Murray even more.
Rated 17 Dec 2014
70
31st
There's not much to say about this movie really. Sure its not as funny as you might expect, but it has all the Christmas spirit you're looking for at the holidays. Its pretty much just a pointless retelling of A Christmas Carol. Nothing is really good. Nothing is really bad. They made some vaguely amusing changes to Charles Dickens version but there wasn't really a lot of imagination into how it was all executed. Its a typical holiday cash grab that doesn't phone it in but also doesn't try.
Rated 21 Dec 2014
40
19th
Not very funny.
Rated 25 Dec 2014
42
9th
Not nearly as scathing as it should dare to be and decidedly low on laughs, this is one Dickens's adaptation which can be left on the shelves.
Rated 05 Dec 2015
23
0th
I know that some people really love this, but it just kinda limps along from one weak set piece to another, with Murray's natural charm and incredible talent as a performer singlehandedly buoying the material. Michael O'Donoghue, the co-writer of the film, was supposedly one of the great subversive voices of the early days of SNL, but there's nothing transgressive about this at all aside from a few lazy shots early on at the amorality of the television business.
Rated 26 Dec 2015
50
47th
I always enjoyed this as a kid, but seeing it for the first time in well over a decade I can't say I still have the same affinity. It has its moments, and the first 30-minutes or so are still pretty amusing, but truth be told it's a very average reworking of A Christmas Carol, with just as many hits as misses (some things - such as the Ghost of Christmas Present - are downright fucking irritating). Murray does carry it but conspicuously never feels like a believable character either.
Rated 20 Dec 2016
60
40th
Scrooged isn't great, but around the holidays, it's a fun watch. Definitely no Christmas Story, but it's a nice change of pace from the typical holiday fodder that's all feel-good nonsense. Take out Bill Murray, though, and this really would have been worthless.
Rated 28 Dec 2016
65
36th
Not Bill Murray's best attempt, and it's all on his shoulders here. I found myself wishing they had made the version with Buddy Hackett instead.
Rated 04 Jun 2017
45
13th
(Viewed on 11//04/15): Scrooged proves that for this viewer, nostalgia only goes so far. I recall enjoying it greatly as a kid, but unlike many other childhood favourites, it just doesn't hold up. A modernised effects driven take on Dickens' classic wasn't a bad idea, but Scrooged often plays like a bad Tim Burton film: it's a collection of set pieces tied together by a rickety plot, but the set pieces really vary in quality. Murray is OK, but his redemption is unconvincing.
Rated 16 Dec 2018
58
19th
Mostlydontlikebill'sacting+thesealwaysgetwaybetteroncethepaststarts+evenexendedupascrooge+cheesymehendspeech
Rated 28 Dec 2019
65
33rd
I will never understand why people find Murray funny.
Rated 13 Dec 2020
63
39th
Scrooged has its share of problems, but as an adaptation of A Christmas Carol, at least it tries something a little bit different. The acting is all over the place, and I wouldn't be surprised if the final act was both written and filmed by people using cocaine. It sacrificing some of the charm for a bit humour that intermittently lands. Easy watching, but not Xmas classic. Murray being haunted by the 3 Xmas ghosts; at least he knows who he's gonna call!
Rated 16 Jan 2007
60
60th
i gave 60 because bill murray he s ny favourite actor
Rated 08 Feb 2007
76
37th
Bill Murray does his thing. His "Scrooge," though charismatic, might actually be a bit more sad and pathetic than the character normally is, which makes his evolution either more rewarding or less believable, I can't decide. Definitely a different type of Christmas movie, which I like.
Rated 09 Apr 2007
73
61st
Decent twisted version of a Christmas Carol. Murray has that cynical sarcastic character down as he did in Groundhog's Day.
Rated 05 Aug 2007
85
45th
One of the better adaptations of A Christmas Carol. Suitably nasty and completely appropriate for holiday gatherings when you hate most of the family who showed up. Carol Kane is the best of the ghosts and Bill Murray rules.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
70
50th
B-B-BILL MURRAY! You were TOTALLY awesome in Ghostbusters, dude! -- Drunken Frat Boy
Rated 14 Aug 2007
91
97th
Perfect.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
88
77th
Best version of A Christmas Carol ever! Bill Murray is brilliant!
Rated 14 Aug 2007
23
18th
Let it never be said there was not a Bill Murray vehicle that I did not savage on Critcker.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
70
58th
Another mediocre Bill Murray movie that somehow doesn't turn out that badly. I must just be hooked on his dry acting style or something...
Rated 14 Aug 2007
95
74th
One of the finer performances by Bill Murray.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
88
68th
Funny stuff.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
92
77th
I love this movie. It's probably one of my favorite Scrooge-type movies.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
76
36th
Not great but Bill Murray is kind of funny
Rated 16 Sep 2007
70
63rd
sloppy and rushed, but funny and well performed
Rated 27 Oct 2007
100
94th
My favorite Christmas movie of all time.
Rated 16 Nov 2007
50
56th
fun remake of a tired standard.
Rated 04 Jan 2008
73
49th
If it wasn't for the absolutely Godawful ending, this would probably be the best Christmas movie ever made.
Rated 02 Mar 2008
81
71st
It's tops in terms of a Christmas comedies, but it's middling in the ranking of all comedies.
Rated 06 Mar 2008
80
72nd
They stapled antlers on mice. That shows a true dedication to one's craft.
Rated 18 May 2008
0
8th
Big, wasteful, and utterly not funny. Bleah. Bleah!
Rated 09 Jun 2008
0
7th
Could not watch past a very boring 15 minutes.
Rated 12 Jul 2008
70
57th
Pretty darned funny. Murray plays himself as usual.
Rated 05 Sep 2008
70
41st
A contemporary retelling of A Christmas Carol starring Bill Murray. I repeat: Starring Bill Murray. That alone should make this worth watching.
Rated 26 Sep 2008
80
84th
Now THIS is how I like my Dickens stories told... (the ad with Lee majors and Jamie farr is a hoot)
Rated 26 Oct 2008
77
36th
One of the too many Christmas Carol adaptations, but actually works better than most, especially through its humor. I'll still take a Muppet Christmas Carol over this any day.
Rated 22 Nov 2008
90
47th
Awesome Classic.
Rated 04 Dec 2008
8
4th
How dare they savage Dickens ?
Rated 15 Dec 2008
80
79th
God this movie terrified me as a kid. And an adult.
Rated 15 Dec 2008
80
66th
Another Donner classic. If you dont like Richard Donner - then fuck you.
Rated 30 Dec 2008
53
13th
Meh.
Rated 26 Jan 2009
80
88th
Best Scrooge movie I've seen.. and I've seen quite some. Underrated. Well done Bill Murray.
Rated 12 Feb 2009
67
46th
Goofy as all hell but extremely watchable (every Christmas it's on TV, and every Christmas I watch it). A bizarre mix of modernity, Scrooge, and Alice In Wonderland from hell - and despite it all, has charm hiding beneath its rough and gross veneer.
Rated 04 Mar 2009
70
86th
Best version of A Christmas Carol...yes it even beats out the Muppets.
Rated 27 Apr 2009
75
39th
Stupid but fun Bill Murray comedy.
Rated 28 Apr 2009
88
47th
Uneven but with some extremely funny patches.
Rated 28 Apr 2009
100
96th
As good as "It's a Wonderfull Life" as Christmas movie.
Rated 21 May 2009
67
47th
A stylish modern take on "A Christmas Carol". Even though it was very entertaining I couldn't shake the feeling of seeing the same old story over and over again.
Rated 19 Jul 2009
60
30th
I love bill murray but this isn't the best movie
Rated 01 Aug 2009
75
76th
Essential Christmas fun! There are several excellent comic performances in Scrooged, and even if the ending is syrup covered, it doesn't matter because it's a Christmas movie. As so often Bill Murray steals the show with a very entertaining performance as "Scrooge", and it's the presence of Bill in this movie that lifts it well above the average.
Rated 20 Aug 2009
72
60th
One of those movies I remember from when I was a tot.
Rated 29 Aug 2009
88
88th
A nice adaptation of the classic Christmas Carol story into modern (or at least modern in the 1980s) times. Bill Murray is likeable as usual in the lead role, and Bobcat Goldthwait even puts in a good performance as the disgruntled employee.
Rated 22 Oct 2009
75
84th
My favourite christmas movie. Bill Murray cracks me up.
Rated 09 Dec 2009
86
59th
Classic Bill Murray. I think it was made just before he decided to take the whole "actor" thing seriously.
Rated 12 Dec 2009
84
77th
A fun take on A Christmas Carol with typical Bill Murray and fun versions of the ghosts. Doesn't quite pull off heart felt unfortunately. A little too much language for the younger crowd that it would otherwise have been appropriate for.
Rated 25 Dec 2009
68
38th
A Christmas Carol with a phenomenal Bill Murray. It's refreshing in many ways, but some jokes were quirky.
Rated 20 Jan 2010
70
91st
A great Bill Murray take on the old Dickens Tale, Scrooged has enough dark humor to make the early 90s New York setting work. Definitely a classic.
Rated 04 Mar 2010
81
74th
A highly enjoyable Christmas movie if you don't enjoy the far more melodramatic and formulaic holiday films. Well admittedly in a broad view this is quite formulaic, considering it's based on "A Christmas Carol" but it's so irreverent that it manages to appeal to those that really don't want to watch Christmas movies. Bill Murray is superb and his closing monologue really feels authentically made up on the spot rather than a rehearsed diatribe.
Rated 05 Aug 2010
35
21st
Watchable, but not entertaining.
Rated 01 Sep 2010
78
35th
Hillarious.
Rated 27 Sep 2010
59
36th
bill muray!!!!
Rated 20 Oct 2010
80
96th
My favorite version of "A Christmas Carol" is definitely the most twisted! Bill Murray is a treat to watch as the Ebenezer character, this time in the form of a cynical TV exec who only cares about ratings, and less about Christmas. 3 ghosts haunt him during the night and hijinks ensue... it's a blast!!!
Rated 15 Dec 2010
80
74th
A fun, over-the-top film with something to please everyone, and likely, something to displease everyone too. The characters are not particularly believable, but I did enjoy a fair few of the non-stop gags and physical comedy. There are some great throwaway lines peppered throughout the script as well.
Rated 26 Dec 2010
9
0th
A horrible, horrible re-make of the Christmas carol. The over acting and chronically ridiculous ghosts annoyed me from start to finish. I can't forgive an awful film just on the premise that it's a Christmas film!!
Rated 01 Jan 2011
75
43rd
The film works very well, providing lots of laughs, in its first half, setting up the Bill Murray character and his callousness. For a Christmas Eve special he wants to staple antlers on a mouse.
Rated 21 Mar 2011
70
50th
A pretty decent holiday film. Not necessarily a classic, but entertaining to watch in mid-December.
Rated 27 Jun 2011
92
88th
Gran peli con espíritu navideño..
Rated 17 Nov 2011
52
42nd
Great role for Bill Murray in this modern (for the 80's) retelling of a classic Christmas tale. Feisty Ghost of Christmas Present totally steals every scene she's in. Donner has a hand for big pictures, I think he did reasonably well with this holliday flick.
Rated 04 Jan 2012
85
30th
One of my favorite Christmas movies! I have been told Bill Murray doesn't like it, but I don't care. It's great.
Rated 09 Jan 2012
84
70th
There are two movies I always watch every year, Groundhog Day and Scrooged. I don't why it is but Bill cracks me up.
Rated 13 Feb 2012
85
49th
Probably my favorite on-screen version of A Christmas Carol that I’ve seen so far. Yeah, it’s maybe a bit too mean-spirited at times, and honestly Murray doesn’t sell all of his scenes, but it’s so freakin’ hilarious. It’s also surprisingly dark even as a Christmas Carol adaptation. The production is excellent too. Likability for the protagonist is always up to the viewer when it comes to this story. Frank isn’t great, but meh, I had fun.
Rated 15 Jun 2012
97
93rd
Bill Murray rules and so does Buster Poindexter
Rated 04 Jul 2012
70
56th
A Christmas Carol is played out, but at least this one tries to something a little different with the story. Would have been so much worse with anyone besides Murray probably...but that's why you hire him.

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