Spirited (2022), with Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds
A musical told from the ghosts’ side, about a man everyone calls beyond redemption.
Every year the spirits redeem someone. What if they picked a man who argues back?
You want a modern musical comedy, told from the ghosts’ side, that knows the story well enough to argue with it.
What it keeps and what it changes
Keeps: the ghosts, the three visits, and Dickens’s story as a job the spirits do every Christmas.
Changes: the point of view. Will Ferrell is the Ghost of Christmas Present, close to retirement, and Ryan Reynolds is Clint Briggs, the modern man he picks. Songs by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul.
Whose story is it?
the Ghost of Christmas Present’s.
How much time does it ask?
A feature, 2 hours 7 minutes. Rated PG-13. On Apple TV since 18 November 2022.
Will Ferrell, Ryan Reynolds, Octavia Spencer, Sunita Mani, Patrick Page. Directed by Sean Anders.
Where to find it
Watch on Apple TV (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