Scrooged
The film centers on Frank Cross (Bill Murray, an inconsiderate and arrogant executive in the IBC television network headquarters, who is haunted by three spirits bearing lessons on Christmas Eve.
1 September 1956, Los Angeles, California, USA
30 May 1939, Passaic, New Jersey, USA
27 August 1939, Los Angeles, California, USA
8 November 1952, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
22 September 1902, Bucharest, Romania
31 January 1927, Duncan, Oklahoma, USA
25 June 1908, New York City, New York, USA
23 December 1949, Los Angeles, California, USA
28 July 1934, Red Oak, Texas, USA
15 September 1945, Quincy, Illinois, USA
25 December 1932, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
6 August 1917, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
19 May 1948, Evanston, Illinois, USA
20 March 1953, San Francisco, California, USA
2 March 1948, Torrance, California, USA
28 November 1949, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
August 20, 2009
Bill Murray is the one of the greatest screen Scrooges in this 1980s updating.
November 27, 2007
A number of talented actors appear, but only a few are able to make much of a mark given their limited screentime.
August 12, 2006
Frequently funny take on Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" with Murray learning a lesson.
November 04, 2011
It's got Bill Murray, and that's always a good thing.
June 24, 2006
Rowdy stuff for the light in head.
December 29, 2015
Murray, it's clear today, was the perfect Scrooge of the '80s.
May 20, 2003
In spite of the jokes at the expense of television-network censors, there's very little in the film, aside from naughty words, that wouldn't be perfectly acceptable on prime-time television.
November 27, 2007
Tacky in the extreme, this self-congratulatory 1988 film is an exercise in hypocrisy, indulging every form of Christmas exploitation that it pretends to attack, and many of the laughs are forced.
December 13, 2009
A meaningful Christmas Carol this is not, but a perfectly entertaining yuletide comedy this certainly is.
November 27, 2007
An appallingly unfunny comedy, and a vivid illustration of the fact that money can't buy you laughs.
January 01, 2000
If Donner and his team had any interest in the story's message, they've picked a puzzling way to show it.
April 07, 2015
Despite the juicy, on-the-edge craziness, Murray is able to layer his outrageous histrionics with an inner sensibility, making his ultimate transformation not only believable but Christmas-cheer uplifting.
