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By Tt Stern-Enzi (212) for Dayton CityPaper (53) on 07 Dec 2017

Stevens, in The Man Who Invented Christmas, is cementing another monumental stepping stone in his path, bridging the divide between characters…

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By Bob Grimm (315) for Reno News and Review (201) on 07 Dec 2017

The film features Dickens conferring with the fictional characters in his story as he creates them, so we get an Ebenezer Scrooge, this time…

Review of The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)

By Wenlei Ma (213) for News.com.au (213) on 06 Dec 2017

The Man Who Invented Christmas isn't a barnstormer but it's exactly the kind of holiday fare that will cure a bout of humbugness. Bring the family…

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By Robert Kojder (605) for Flickering Myth (680) on 05 Dec 2017

It loses its way and literally becomes another A Christmas Carol, so why watch this when one countless other and undeniably better adaptations exist…

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By Dan Jolin (289) for Empire (3,446) on 04 Dec 2017

A lightweight, tinselly film with some nice touches and appealing performances, though it never lands its darker moments…

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By Edward Porter (366) for Sunday Times (UK) (753) on 03 Dec 2017

It's an unwieldy concept -- an English literature lesson in pageant form -- but the results are at least colourful and perky…

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By Matthew Bond (673) for The Mail on Sunday (UK) (704) on 03 Dec 2017

It's a familiar tale and, as Dickens's study fills with his own fictional characters, comparisons with The Muppet Christmas Carol are difficult…

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By Allan Hunter (1,486) for Daily Express (UK) (2,141) on 03 Dec 2017

It is all a bit frantic and flippant but if you are looking for something to fill you with festive spirit then you could do worse…

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By Andy Lea (545) for Daily Express (UK) (2,141) on 03 Dec 2017

The film's best sections involve Plummer, who on this evidence would make a great Scrooge in the 20th straight adaptation of the novella…

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By Simran Hans (401) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 03 Dec 2017

There are a few bright spots, like Christopher Plummer's Scrooge, but with its too-bright visuals and laboured dialogue, at best, the film…

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By Stephen Romei (236) for The Australian (781) on 01 Dec 2017

The Man Who Invented Christmas, however, is a festive treat, in no small part because it's not about Christmas…

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By Laura Kenna (4) for Christianity Today (953) on 01 Dec 2017

Dan Stevens delivers an eccentric, anxious, animated young Dickens to the screen…

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for Guardian (4,584) on 01 Dec 2017

This entirely terrible film feels about as Christmassy as watching England go out of the World Cup at the group stage…

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By Janet Smith (81) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 30 Nov 2017

Yes, The Man Who Invented Christmas is creative and fresh enough to fit as smoothly as gingerbread and eggnog into your holiday ritual…

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By Ashley Menzel (79) for We Live Entertainment (357) on 30 Nov 2017

A truly sensational story of the creation of Christmas as we know it and a wonderful addition to the holiday season…

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By Alistair Harkness (1,042) for Scotsman (1,471) on 30 Nov 2017

While no turkey, the end result is mostly a lot of whimsical nonsense…

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By Sandra Hall (505) for Sydney Morning Herald (1,256) on 30 Nov 2017

There's enough here to justify the effort of suspending disbelief. And it is full of the Christmas spirit…

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By Brian Viner (589) for Daily Mail (UK) (1,461) on 30 Nov 2017

The Man Who Invented Christmas is a bit of a turkey, albeit with all the trimmings…

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By Tim Robey (1,578) for Daily Telegraph (UK) (2,495) on 30 Nov 2017

A perkily unpretentious film that trundles along fine as bookish entertainment…

Review of The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)

By Tim Appelo (178) for AARP Movies for Grownups (302) on 30 Nov 2017

Like Shakespeare in Love or Finding Neverland, the film depicts the visions and revisions leading up to a masterpiece, the random bits of life…

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