A Christmas movie you don’t hear about much for some unknown reason, but probably the only musical I’ll watch over and over if given the chance. Just enough “musical” and plenty of good writing and acting.

Based (duh!) on Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol. Albert Finney – one of my top ten actors, plays Ebenezer Scrooge magically. Yep, that’s him playing both Scrooge as both young and old man (Check out other great movies with Albert Finney). With Alec Guiness, Dame Edith Evans, and lot’s of other great actors and cute kids. Do yourself a favor and fast forward through the long beginning credits, and be prepared for a quite long movie that starts kind of slow for some, but ends wonderfully for all. Nominated for several academy awards, and Albert Finney won the Golden Globe for best actor.

Kid Caution: We just watched this movie and I am changing my rating from “For Everyone” to “Kid Caution”. Why? There are a couple of scenes that may be scary for younger (<13 years old?) kids. Especially the Jacob Marly scene played wonderfully by Alec Guiness. Marly is Scrooge’s ex-partner and is now of course a ghost. Some scary ghosts and a “hell” scene. Also, the Spirit of Christmas Yet to Come may be scary and sad as the spirit foretells of Scrooges and Tiny Tim’s deaths. Personally, I now don’t recommend it for younger kids, but it still is a great movie.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066344/