The digressions are innumerable and pointless, adding nothing to the story. The score is heavy handed and manipulative, even cartoonish in spots. This is an annoying, unwatchable version of A Christmas Carol, one star is being generous. Cutting short the Ghost of Christmas Past so Fred and his fiancé can slide on the ice during the visit from the Ghost of Christmas Present's visit is almost criminal. We don't get to see Scrooge's moral decline between school, Fezziwig's and his days at the counting house, Scrooge and Marley's... no broken engagement, etc. There are so many crucial story points sacrificed for what can only be considered "Fiddle de de and Falderall" it is ludicrous.
Review of A Christmas Carol
