Review of Scrooged (1988) by Jon L — 04 Jan 2009
Having just caught this at the cinema on a special Christmas screening and for me the first time since its original release I have to say I was more than pleased and that the film is so much better than I remember it.
What we have here was a modern (in the 1980â??s) telling of Dickensâ?? â??A Christmas Carolâ?? with Bill Murray playing Frank Cross the modern version of Ebenezer Scrooge. Here Frank Cross is a TV executive who now when you look back on it probably comes across even worse than he was played at thee time being the complete reflection of those money grabbing times. He is crass uncaring and completely self obsessed.
Of course we then get the modern telling of a Christmas carol well Cross is visited by the ghosts of Christmas past present and future with some very amusing pay offs. A lot of the jokes obviously went straight over my head as a teenager I found very funny now and Murray is on superb form here matching his Ghost Busters performance.
Even though this has the corny ending you know it has to have you can not help but enjoy the ending which is added by a track from the sublime Al Green.
This will now be a staple of my Christmas viewing.
This review of Scrooged (1988) was written by Jon L on 04 Jan 2009.
Scrooged has generally received positive reviews.
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