Scrooged
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8.5 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 11 Ratings

User score distribution:
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  2. Mixed: 0 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11

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  1. DavidG.
    Aug 21, 2009
    10
    A 38 rating? Seriously? This is one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. For the first half of the film, the jokes are fast, sharp, and timeless. It's dark humor at its best, and Bill Murray's best role by a landslide. The critics were out of their damned minds.
  2. BenK
    May 3, 2009
    9
    Simply awesome. Fun. Critics expect too much and find too little.
  3. DylanP.
    Dec 6, 2007
    9
    What were the reviewers smoking? Scrooged is one of the true modern Christmas classics. Bill Murray is pitch-perfect as Frank Cross--nasty and Scrooge-like while still charming and hilarious. Great cameos from everyone from Brian Doyle Murray to Lee Majors to Bobcat Goldwait, and a genuine emotional ending make this one to watch every year.
  4. RonnyG
    Jan 28, 2009
    10
    This is a Christmas classic. For the millionth time, this only proves that Critics stick their noses so high in the air, they can't even watch the movies the review. I never have, nor never will, have ANY respect for movie Critics. Some of the best movies get the worst reviews, all because the Critics are too busy receiving bribes to give horrible movies great reviews, and great movies horrible reviews. They also lack the ability to say WHY it's a bad movie. New York Times and Los Angeles Times = Epic Fail.… Expand
  5. ERG1008
    Sep 3, 2010
    7
    Late 80s version of A Christmas Carol with Bill Murray as the President of a TV network.
    Not as good as some of Murray's other stuff but certainly some funny moments here & there.
    I'd also forgot how awful that Annie Lennox/Al Green song was.

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Metascore
38 out of 100

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 14 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 14
  3. Negative: 8 out of 14
  1. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
    Reviewed by: Jay Scott
    25
    In Scrooged, a sub-Saturday Night Live re-make parody of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, Ghostbuster Bill Murray busts up two of the festive ghosts (Christmas Past and Future) and mugs more than Mr. Magoo. [24 Nov 1988, p.C19]
  2. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    25
    Scrooged is one of the most disquieting, unsettling films to come along in quite some time. It was obviously intended as a comedy, but there is little comic about it, and indeed the movie's overriding emotions seem to be pain and anger.
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  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Vincent Canby
    50
    Scrooged works in fits and starts. The mundane demands of the sentimental story keep interrupting what are, essentially, revue sketches, a few of which are hilarious.
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