Review of Scrooged (1988) by Bret W — 11 Feb 2011

A great modern comedy version of a christmas carol.

This review of Scrooged (1988) was written by Bret W on 11 Feb 2011.

Scrooged has generally received positive reviews.

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Karen Allen is just not appealing to me. I would never leave dinner with the president for her. This is just really not very good at all…

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