Disney's A Christmas Carol [DVD] [2009]

Disney's A Christmas Carol is by far the best rendition of the story to date. The film captures the true essence of the book by incorporating many of the nuances of the book. The home conversion of this film is also 1st class. Blu Ray viewers will be happy to note that the lossless audio track and video are first class. I purchased the 3D version which came with 4 formats of the film. Talk about value! If you have been on the fence with regard to purchasing a 3D TV, the 3D version of A Christmas Carol will surely help you down from the fence! The sense of depth, the ghost, the way the 3D version puts you IN the movie is nothing short of amazing. I actually felt kind of silly at one point as I reached out to touch the snow flakes that seemed to be falling in our living room! Jim Carrey does an amazing job of portraying Scrooge and director Robert Zemeckis does an outstanding job capturing the darkness as well as the action Dicken's intended in his classic novel. The imagery, the level of detail, the acting, the almost scary realism of the animation and the classic story make this disk a MUST HAVE. **Parent (such as myself) please not that this film could be very scary for small children.** My daughter is 4 years old and there were some scenes that scared her but for the most part she enjoyed the entire film. http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/achristmascarol/

Ok, so I avoided yet another Disney "A Christmas Carol" with comedian Jim Carrey as the role of Scrooge when it came out. I am not a giant fan of this style of animation either. However, I purchased the movie on the recommendation of a friend and was blown away! Aside from the animation, this version is the closest to the actual novel that I have seen. I actually opened up a copy of the book and found that the dialog was 80% accurate or better. The animation is really good and you can easily see the actor's personality through the animation. The effects were marvelous and seemed to capture the intent of Dickens' descriptions. Wow! A new favorite.

My wife and I saw this last year in the theatre and really enjoyed it. We knew we would want to see it again when it came out on Blu-Ray. Well it's out and delicious! The picture quality is great! Our favorite version of Scrooge has always been the 1951 Alastair Sim version. A great version, but it's nice to have a new version that's really good. I think, most of all, the things I like about this version are that they loaded up the soundtrack with Christmas music, which I always thought was lacking in other versions. I also like how the characters look like the actors. I liked it in Polar Express with the conductor looking like Tom Hanks, Zimeckis does it here too. Loved It, and it will be part of our perenial Christmas movie list.

This is one of my favorite Christmas movies. One of my favorite retellings of this story. I was a little worried to watch it the first time because I don't remember the reviews being too flattering back then, but I think it's great. It's the basic tale of A Christmas Carol. Nothing weird was added so if you've read the book or seen any of the other films, then you know what you're in for. The animation was great and the imagining of the three ghosts interesting. My nephew, who is three, really likes this movies, as well, although he does get a bit scared at the beginning when Marley's ghost comes to visit. Overall, I'd recommend this. I love it and the little ones enjoy it, too.

A Christmas Carol is my favorite story ever. I have a few versions of it on dvd. This movie is animated, which I did not realize before watching; it has a stiff look to it. Second, the voice work doesn't really "work" theatrically. Jim Carrey gives a "one note" performance throughout most of the story. Even Colin Firth sounds "one note" as well - keeping the same vocal tone, pacing etc. through most of the story. This leads me to suspect an unskilled, unimaginative director was at the helm because these fellows are both wonderful actors. I won't watch again, will put it into the donation box. A child might like it.

Movie=Good. The actual DVD itself is rediculously horrible. Either Disney tried putting too much stuff on it, the copy protection and/or porr writing quality is messing this disk up. I returned 2 DVDs & every one skips/freezes. I use a Samsung & a Sony upconvert DVD on my larger TVs & 3 off brand&built in dvd players. Seems the better players were the worst (or best) in revealing the poor quality of the DVD (freezing/poor transition btwn & during key scenes. By far the worst DVD (in terms of quality) I ever experienced. Hard to keep a 3 year old interested when he has to keep saying "the DVD is broke daddy" every time it freezes thru an entire movie!

This has become one of my favorite Christmas films. It's as fairly accurate adaptation of the classic novel, with a few Disney additions (the chase scene, etc), but overall, it's true to the work and the film is better for it. The blu ray quality is insanely awesome and it really transfers the viewer to Victorian England Christmas. If you're a fan of the book or even other adaptations, check this one out.

Great family movie. We have watched it several times over. It is so well done. We have several versions of this story and this is one of the best we have ever seen. The soundtrack is wonderful. Obviously it is some type of animation but you have to question it while you’re watching because the expressions on the characters are so real.