- Richard19 oktober 2025Saw this one in the cinema when it came out and it felt like Christmas got mugged by sarcasm and then hugged by sentiment. Bill Murray plays Frank Cross, a cynical TV exec who’s more interested in ratings than holiday spirit. It’s a modern retelling of A Christmas Carol, but with network satire, ghostly chaos and Murray doing his best “emotionally constipated but redeemable” routine. The ghosts are wild: David Johansen as a cab driving Ghost of Christmas Past, Carol Kane as a fairy with a mean right hook and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come looking like a TV tower from hell. The tone swings hard, one minute it’s slapstick, the next it’s existential dread. But somehow, it works. The ending is loud, messy and oddly moving. I loved the energy, the weirdness and the way it made adult years feel chaotic, sentimental and just a bit haunted.
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Scrooged was released on 23 november 1988.
Scrooged was directed by Richard Donner.
Scrooged has a runtime of 1 u, 41 m.
Scrooged was produced by Richard Donner, Art Linson.
Frank Cross runt een Amerikaans tv-station, dat van plan is om Dickens' A Christmas Carol te verfilmen. Franks jeugd was niet bepaald plezierig, en dus kan hij de kerstspirit niet echt waarderen. Met de hulp van de geesten van de kerst in het verleden, het heden en de toekomst, realiseert Frank dat hij zal moeten veranderen.
The key characters in Scrooged are Francis Cross (Bill Murray), Claire Phillips (Karen Allen), Lew Hayward (John Forsythe).
Scrooged is rated 9.
Scrooged is a Komedie, Fantasie, Drama film.
Scrooged has an audience rating of 7.1 out of 10.
Scrooged had a budget of US$ 32 mln..
Scrooged has made US$ 60,3 mln. at the box office.