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The Muppet Christmas Carol (Kermit's 50th Anniversary Edition)
 
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Brian Henson directs his late father's creations in the Charles Dickens classic, the best known (and most oft-filmed) Christmas story of all time. Michael Caine plays the old miser Scrooge with Kermit as his long-suffering but ever-hopeful employee Bob Cratchit, Miss Piggy as Cratchit's wife, and a host of Muppets (including the Great Gonzo as an unlikely Charles Dickens) taking other primary roles in this bright, playful adaptation of the somber tale. Or at least it starts brightly enough--the anarchic humor soon settles into mirthful memories and a sense of melancholy as the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future take Scrooge on a journey of his lonely, wasted life. Michael Caine makes a wonderful Scrooge, delightfully rediscovering the meaning of life as fantastic creations from Henson's Creature Shop (developed specially for this film) take the reins as the three ghosts. While the odd mix of offbeat humor and somber drama undercuts the power of Dickens's drama, this kid-friendly retelling makes an excellent family drama that adults and children alike can enjoy. --Sean Axmaker

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Simply Fantastic!!
 
Review Date: December 16, 2003
Reviewer: Grant Anderson, salt lake city, UT
This is a great film. If you have a heart you will love this. Michael Caine gives an amazing true to life performance here. Somehow tapping into the very depth of the character and you can't help but feel that he's somehow living out his own personal demons from his own life. Who would ever believe that someone could give such a performance for a silly muppet movie? Yet Michael Caine somehow takes hold of this role and makes it his own and turns this into a wonderful film of incredible human depth and meaning. And more interesting is the fact that he plays the role of a Scrooge who is less of an evil man and more of a blind heartless man. Thats really how Dickens wrote it. In that regard everyone can see himself as a potential Scrooge and can identify with the things they've done in life which have been Scrooge-like. I've seen grown men sob and have to leave the room after watching the scene in which Scoorge see's himself as a young man foolishly losing the only woman that ever loved him. It's a moment in which love dies in his life and he doesn't even know it. As a young man, he simply walks away - he feels nothing. But now an old man many years later, he's a broken soul and all he can do is stand behind this lost love, who is now only a shadow of the past and sob in terrible sorrow. He asks the ghost of christmas past, "how can you take delight in showing me this?" With that moment, the truth of life is made reality and he understands the past can never be undone or changed. There is something very beautiful and great about this film and no matter what religion or belief you have, the message is universal. You can easly identity with the most important message. Don't waist your life in fear and pride and ignorance. Open your heart and stop yourself in your tracks. The future.. your future, is unwritten. It's wide open before you. Make good decisions. Follow your heart. Believe in your heart again. It does matter! This great message is mixed well with the muppet characters that you remember and love from the 70's and also really great songs that are just dazzling, "where-ever you find love, it feels like christmas."
Muppets are great
 
Review Date: December 9, 2003
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This is a hilarious take on the classic christmas story. The muppets know how to make it creative and fun. I must see during the christmas holidays.
Magical and touching version of Scrooge
 
Review Date: March 30, 2000
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This movie touches every emotion in the human soul. The characters are so believable and life like from the mice bookkeepers working for Scrooge to the penguins at their annual Christmas skating party! The musical score by Paul Williams produced some of the most beautifuls songs ever! They are thought provoking and lovely to listen to. I would love to get the soundtrack because I enjoy the songs so much. "One more Sleep Til Christmas" is just precious as sung by Kermit. Michael Caine portrays the role of Scrooge in a magical and wonderfully extraordinary way. You can feel everything he did as he grew up(in Christmas Past) and evolved into the lonely and unhappy miser as an old man. I watch this several times a month and recommend it to anyone who believes in the magic of Christmas and who wants to bring out the child in them as only the muppets and Michael Caine can do. I love it! !
Great Family Movie
 
Review Date: January 3, 2000
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The Muppet's Cristmas Carol is a great holiday movie for the family. It is entertaining, yet not childly obnoxious. There is comedy on all levels for everybody to enjoy.
Age doesn't matter...
 
Review Date: April 10, 2000
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At age 13, the last movie you wanna see is a movie with Muppets in it, right? Wrong. I'm 13 years old, and A Muppets Christmas Carol is probably my second favorite movie- and I'm mature for my age. In fact, my whole homeroom loves it. It's pretty much like the book by Charles Dickins, but it has that Muppet twist to it. It's funny. It's captivating. You feel like Kermit (Bob Cratchit) when Tim dies-really sad. Rizzo the Rat, Miss Piggy (Mrs. Cratchit), and Gonzo (who plays Charles Dickins) make it comical. I throughly recommend this magical movie to everybody, regardless of age.

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