Frank Cross is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of his life. But after firing a staff member on Christmas Eve, Frank is visited by a series of ghosts who give him a chance to re-evaluate his actions and right the wrongs of his past.
Scrooged has generally received positive reviews.
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Scrooged was released in 1988 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 655 reviews, giving Scrooged (1988) an average rating of 65%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 77%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 65%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Scrooged than critics were.
With a score of 65%, Scrooged is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1988, which stands at 57%.
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