A Christmas Carol

2009 PG-13 1h 36m

6.9 /10

4.9K

Genre

Animation Family Fantasy Drama

Plot

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.

Director

Robert Zemeckis

Writers

Robert Zemeckis Charles Dickens Diego Garzon

Stars

Jim Carrey Gary Oldman Colin Firth

Cast & Crew

Jim Carrey

Scrooge / Ghosts of Christmas (voice)

Gary Oldman

Bob Cratchit / Marley / Tiny Tim (voice)

Portly Gentleman / Dick Wilkins / Fiddler / Business Man (voice)

Bob Hoskins

Fezziwig / Old Joe (voice)

Daryl Sabara

Apprentice / Caroler / Beggar / Peter Cratchit (voice)

Steve Valentine

Funerary Undertaker / Topper (voice)

Sage Ryan

Tattered Caroler (voice)

Amber Gainey Meade

Tattered Caroler / Well Dressed Caroler (voice)

Ryan Ochoa

Caroler / Beggar / Cratchit Boy / Ignorance / Boy (voice)

Bobbi Page

Tattered Caroler / Well Dressed Caroler (voice)

Ron Bottitta

Tattered Caroler / Well Dressed Caroler (voice)

Fionnula Flanagan

Mrs. Dilber (voice)

Sammi Hanratty

Beggar Boy / Young Cratchit Girl / Want Girl (voice)

Julian Holloway

Fat Cook / Portly Gentleman #2 / Business Man #3 (voice)

Jacquie Barnbrook

Mrs. Fezziwig / Fred's Sister-In-Law / Caroler (voice)

Lesley Manville

Mrs. Cratchit (voice)

Molly C. Quinn

Belinda Cratchit (voice)

Fay Masterson

Martha Cratchit / Guest #1 / Caroline (voice)

Leslie Zemeckis

Fred's Wife (voice)

Paul Blackthorne

Guest #3 / Business Man #2 (voice)

Michael Hyland

Guest #4 (voice)

Kerry Hoyt

Adult Ignorance (voice)

Julene Renee

Adult Want (voice)

Raymond Ochoa

Caroline's Child (voice)

Callum Blue

Caroline's Husband (voice)

Well Dressed Caroler (voice)

Sonje Fortag

Well Dressed Caroler / Fred's Housemaid (voice)

User Reviews

Geronimo1967

1 Dec 2023

It takes a bit of getting used to the rather angular style of animation, but thereafter this is quite an enjoyable adaptation of Charles Dickens' tale...

r96sk

17 Aug 2020

A tale that almost feels as old as time itself, one that is very much overtold. However, this <em>'A Christmas Carol'</em> is a good retelling of Char...

themoviediorama

16 Jan 2020

A Christmas Carol sings the haunted verses of Dickens through disjointed emotionless motion capture. “Bah! Humbug!” Zemeckis had always been fascinate...