Scrooge: A Christmas Carol (Netflix, 2022)
An animated musical with Luke Evans as Scrooge and songs by Leslie Bricusse.
Bricusse wrote the 1970 musical; this is him and the director Stephen Donnelly making it again, animated.
You want a new animated musical to watch with the family.
What it keeps and what it changes
Keeps: the night of visits, and the shape of the 1970 Scrooge it remakes.
Changes: the look and some characters: Christmas Past is a figure made of candle wax, voiced by Olivia Colman, and Scrooge has a dog, Prudence, who belonged to Marley.
Whose story is it?
Scrooge’s.
How much time does it ask?
96 minutes. On Netflix since 2 December 2022.
Luke Evans, Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Jonathan Pryce, Johnny Flynn, Trevor Dion Nicholas. Directed by Stephen Donnelly.
Where to find it
Watch on Netflix (subscription)
Other ways to get it: Find where it’s streaming — JustWatch
More Christmas Carols: A Christmas Carol (MGM, 1938) · Scrooge (1951), with Alastair Sim · A Christmas Carol (1984), with George C. Scott