The Man Who Invented Christmas
2017 · Movie · PG · 105 min · ★ 6.8 · 70% critics
In 1843, a struggling writer faces career uncertainty as he battles with inspiration and confronts painful childhood memories. From that inner struggle, a vivid, lonely older man comes to life in his imagination, expanding into a story that captures the meaning of Christmas and kindness.
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Details
- Years
- 2017
- Release date
- 2017-10-12
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Critic score
- 70/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (869 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want an inspiring Dickens-inspired tale that blends humor and heart, with vivid characters like in A Christmas Carol and The Muppet Christmas Carol; Not for you if you need a purely traditional, fully upbeat holiday story.
Pros: phenomenal performances; imaginative storytelling; uplifting holiday spirit | Cons: slow start; could feel overworked; occasionally hard dialogue
Themes
- london, england
- husband wife relationship
- based on novel or book
- holiday
- disabled child
- victorian england
- debt
- literary agent
- poverty
- child labor
- novelist
- publisher
- +7 more
Cast & crew
Dan Stevens
as Charles Dickens
Christopher Plummer
as Scrooge
Jonathan Pryce
as Mr. John Dickens
Justin Edwards
as John Forster / Ghost of Christmas Present
Morfydd Clark
as Kate Dickens
Donald Sumpter
as Haddock / Ghost of Marley
Miles Jupp
as Thackeray
Simon Callow
as Leech
Miriam Margolyes
as Mrs. Fisk
Ian McNeice
as Chapman
Directed by Bharat Nalluri