patrick stewart played scrooge in the muppet christmas carol.
patrick stewart played scrooge in the muppet christmas carol.
who played scrooge in the muppet christmas carol?
patrick stewart
the film received mostly favorable reviews from critics. janet maslin, reviewing for "the new york times", summarized the film as not a "great show of wit or tunefulness here, and the ingenious cross-generational touches are fairly rare. but there "is" a lively kiddie version of the dickens tale, one that very young viewers ought to understand." "chicago sun-times" film critic roger ebert, who gave the film three stars out of four, praised the technical achievements, but felt it "could have done with a few more songs than it has, and the merrymaking at the end might have been carried on a little longer, just to offset the gloom of most of scrooge's tour through his lifetime spent spreading misery." on the television program "siskel & ebert", his partner "chicago tribune" film critic gene siskel gave the film a thumbs down although he was favorable towards michael caine's performance. also from "the chicago tribune", dave kehr reviewed the film as "a talky, plodding film that seems likely to bore children and adults in equal measure." nevertheless, kehr praised val strazovec's production design and john fenner's cinematography believing its "shadowy, naturalistic lighting creates a new look for a puppet film", but derided paul williams's songs as unmemorable. likewise, "variety" praised the production design and criticized williams's songs, writing "muppets christmas carol" is "not as enchanting or amusing as the previous entries in the muppet series. but nothing can really diminish the late jim henson's irresistibly appealing characters.” giving the film three stars out of five, almar haflidason of the bbc wrote the film is "liberal but fun adaptation of a classic" that "turns out to be quite touching as muppet movies go. less pleasing are the forgettable songs that offer both clumsy word construction and dire music that eats away at the aesthetic quality of the movie. but you'll be too busy looking out for the assorted muppets to care much." anthony mcglynn of "screen rant" called "the muppet christmas carol" "a work of genius on every level" and "the greatest christmas movie ever made", praising the original songs that were written for the film and michael caine's performance as scrooge. on the review aggregator website rotten tomatoes, "muppet christmas carol" has a 75% approval rating, based on 44 reviews, with a rating average of 6.5 out of 10. the critical consensus states "it may not be the finest version of charles dickens' tale to grace the screen, but "the muppet christmas carol" is funny and heartwarming and serves as a good introduction to the story for young viewers."
the muppet christmas carol
"the muppet christmas carol: original motion picture soundtrack" contains all of the songs from the film, which were written by paul williams, as well several cues from the score by miles goodman. the performances are by the muppet characters as well as caine, and the album also includes the songs "room in your heart" and "chairman of the board" that were recorded but never filmed. as with all muppet films (except "muppets from space" (1999)), "the muppet christmas carol" was shot as a musical. the soundtrack album peaked at number 189 on the "billboard" 200 chart. the soundtrack was digitally re-released by walt disney records on november 6, 2012.
the muppet christmas carol