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The fuzzy farceurs' recent comeback should draw audiences to this 1992 favourite, a faithful adap of Dickens’ Yuletide perennial that chimes with both the author’s bicentenary and the season.
Michael Caine makes a marvellous Scrooge in a movie with more heart than most, a result of a team still mourning Jim Henson. (“People who become puppeteers are far gentler souls than people who become actors,” Caine claims.)
Yet there are plenty of laughs and a host of memorable songs crooned by everyone from Miss Piggy to Statler and Waldorf.
Neil Smith is a freelance film critic who has written for several publications, including Total Film. His bylines can be found at the BBC, Film 4 Independent, Uncut Magazine, SFX Magazine, Heat Magazine, Popcorn, and more.
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