Spirits guide a miser through his past and present, revealing the path to a heartwarming redemption.
Melancholy and uplifting. A family watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Prime Video and Disney+.
No surprises for a PG: no swearing and a few tense moments.
Our estimate: fine from about 7. Rated PG.
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Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.
Yes. It lands on a happy note.
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