Disney's A Christmas CarolMPAA Rating: PG
Running Time: 96 minutes
Stars: Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman
Director: Robert Zemeckis
In what must be the thousandth adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic story, Jim Carrey plays the role of Scrooge AND the three ghosts of Christmas that show Scrooge his life in flashbacks, etc. Zemeckis does a decent job adapting this story, but his motion capture films have always suffered and continue to do so with this one. The acting is actually the best part of the entire movie and probably one of the only things I can recommend seeing the movie for. The animation itself is serviceable as is the 3D, although I wish they had strayed away from making things pop out at the screen and used it more for aesthetics and depth of field separation. If you have any intentions of seeing the film, catch it in IMAX 3D, because once it hits DVD and Blu-ray you'll be stuck with a 2-D version or a lame blue and red glasses 3D version of the film which will most likely annoy, rather than entertain. Also, if you have easily scared children, try to avoid taking them to see this because there are some really dark elements to the story and some frightening scenes.
2.5 out of 5 stars (the acting and the story are the best things about the film)
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