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FX's A Christmas Carol

2019 · 173 min

A grim, unsettling retelling that trades festive warmth for psychological cruelty and ghostly dread, demanding emotional endurance.

Tagline: A Holiday classic reimagined.
Overview: London, 1843. Ebenezer Scrooge, a bitter old man, despises the Christmas holiday. Over the course of Christmas Eve night he is visited by three ghosts to show him his past, present and future.

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: greed
redemption
guilt
class
trauma
Places: big city
home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex strong

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	6
Humour	1
Realism	6
Romance	1
Tension	7
Darkness	9
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama, fantasy
Directed by: Nick Murphy
Written by: Steven Knight
Starring: Guy Pearce, Andy Serkis, Stephen Graham, Joe Alwyn, Vinette Robinson, Jason Flemyng, Charlotte Riley, Johnny Harris
Music: Dustin O'Halloran, Volker Bertelmann
Cinematography: Si Bell
Runtime: 173 min
Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages: English

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