You can read Matt Goldberg's full review here. In other words, it's a fictionalized tale about a remarkable writer of fiction, and one that seems to borrow from the canon than it adds to it. Scrooge ( Christopher Plummer) and the familiar Ghosts of Christmas still make an appearance, but from a skewed perspective that takes quite a few liberties with Dickens' life. This 2017 addition to the canon of A Christmas Carol takes a different tack in that it follows Dickens himself, played by Dan Stevens, on his journey toward writing and publishing the timeless tale. With that in mind, here are 24 that should be on your watchlist.Ī quick note on Bharat Nalluri's The Man Who Invented Christmas. Each generation has enjoyed its own iteration of the classic tale, but our current generation has the unprecedented ability to access each and every one of those adaptations at a whim. From the silent film that's the oldest known theatrical adaptation in existence to the latest contemporary computer-animated feature film, A Christmas Carol has been presented in a number of different media over the decades.
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