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.
A Christmas Carol has generally received positive reviews.
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A Christmas Carol was released in 1984 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 383 reviews, giving A Christmas Carol (1984) an average rating of 70%.
Overall, film critics prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 100%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a lower average score of 82%. Professional critics were more impressed with A Christmas Carol than amateur reviewers were.
With a score of 70%, A Christmas Carol is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1984, which stands at 58%.
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