Release Year: 1988 Rating: PG-13 Duration: 115 minutes Director: Richard Donner Producer: Art Linson, Richard Donner
synopsis
A network TV president is perhaps the most cold-hearted man ever, but his holiday spirit is given a painful booster shot by three vengeful ghosts. In this darkly comic updating of Charles Dicken's Christmas classic A CHRISTMAS CAROL, Bill Murray portrays Frank Cross, an evil, crass, executive who caters to the lowest-of-the-lowest common denominators, firing people whenever he wants to and for the flimsiest of reasons. Therefore, to change his cruel and tasteless ways, Cross is taken on a trip through his past to his future, accompanied by ghosts David Johansen and Carol Kane, so that he can achieve redemption. From a screenplay by SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE's "Mr. Mike," Michael O'Donoghue. Academy Award Nominations: Best Makeup.
What do you get when you cross A CHRISTMAS CAROL with GHOSTBUSTERS? The answer: a confused and overblown comedy with an identity crisis, such as director Richard Donner's SCROOGED. Although SCROOGED aspires to be a modern day version of Charles Dickens' classic tale, A CHRISTMAS CAROL, the film seems as if it would rather be a GHOSTBUSTERS sequel. The movie is overwrought with big-budget special effects that look good but add nothing to the story.
