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Hilarious Take on a Classic Tale
by Mark (movies profile)
Dec 11, 2005
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It's Christmas Eve, and Scrooge (Michael Caine) is busy counting money and evicting people who aren't paying their mortgages on time. He reluctantly lets Bob Cratchit (Kermit the Frog) and the rest of his staff have the day off. But that night, his old partners, then three more ghosts, visit him. Can they change his view of the world?
I really didn't know what to expect the first time I saw this movie. Would the Muppets play it mostly straight or would they ruin one of my favorite Christmas tales. I immediately fell in love with this version of the story. It's got some great humor to it, but sticks very close to the story. In fact, at least half of the movie is taken directly from the book, especially Gonzo's lines as Dickens. The touches they make for this version are very powerful. Yet there are lots of great jokes that make it impossible not to laugh the entire way through. And some great songs enhance the movie. While a few go on a little too long, there are a couple I'd buy the soundtrack for.
This is a good DVD that could have been great. The only real drawback is that the movie is cropped to full screen instead of sticking with the original wide screen version. Other then that, the picture looks great, and the movie sounds great, too. Director Brian Henson provides an interesting commentary that really opened my eyes to how they create Muppet movies. There's also a 20 minute feature on the making of the film, some bloopers, and a very short segment on Christmas traditions around the world.
While the full frame format is less then perfect, the movie itself is. This is a fun take on a classic Christmas story that everyone in the family will love and will satisfy Dickens purists to boot. |
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