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A Christmas Carol (2019): Season 1

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FX | Season Premiere Date: December 19, 2019

Summary: Originally planned as a miniseries, the now three-hour TV movie is a new version of the Dickens classic written by Steven Knight with Guy Pearce as Ebenezer Scrooge.

Genre(s): Drama, Movie/Mini-Series, Fantasy

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The Guardian Lucy Mangan

Dec 30, 2019

[A] rich, clever, funny and courageous adaptation. Read full review

The Times Carol Midgley

Jan 7, 2020

utty, muscular, textured and with Guy Pearce (imagine! Dishy Mike from Neighbours a Dickensian miser) delivering an intense, complex performance as Scrooge that was restrained enough never to become caricature, but potent enough to make you believe he was a darkened soul who really did despise humanity. Read full review

The Independent Ed Cumming

Jan 3, 2020

It ought to be too hammy to hang together, and it would probably have worked as a one-off film rather than the full three-hour mini-series, but I found myself watching, mainly due to the central performances. Read full review

Allison Shoemaker

Dec 20, 2019

That’s all this is: piss, vinegar, and sputtering, with some good acting around to make it all just barely tolerable. Read full review

Dave Trumbore

Dec 19, 2019

It plumbs the depths of darkness to the point that even the usually buoyant Cratchit Family is dragged down with Scrooge. But without a redemptive rise to counterbalance all that darkness, A Christmas Carol misses out on the meaning of the story and the greater meaning of the Christmas season. Read full review

Dan Fienberg

Dec 18, 2019

The result is that FX has made a Christmas Carol that very much isn't for children — seriously, the wee ones will be either bored or scandalized — and probably isn't really for adults either. At its very best, it's an attempted in-depth character study of Scrooge, one that meshes very poorly with the inspiring structure of the story, while at its worst it's an ill-paced, ill-focused version of A Christmas Carol. Read full review

Mark Dawidziak

Dec 16, 2019

This isn’t a parody. It’s deadly serious. And deadly is a description that also fits the direction and writing. ... Drearily paced, clunkily written “Christmas Carol.” Everything seems to take forever as we move awkwardly and clumsily from scene to scene. Read full review

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je050501

Jan 7, 2020

I loved this dark and very well written version of A Christmas Carol The acting was wonderful and very well cast. Best version ever. I watched it several times. It was different and much more interesting than previous versions. Loved it!

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Batonrooge

Dec 27, 2019

A mature, dark, scary, twisted take on this Christmas classic. Very fresh and different, really enjoyed it.

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BigLill64

Dec 21, 2019

This was a very dark, yet interesting take on a Christmas Carol. Enjoyed immensely.

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viroodiem

Dec 26, 2019

This is a great remake of the story. Coming from the same people who brought you Taboo of course it is bleak and grimy. As it should be. It SHOULD be difficult to watch. That is what gives the story its impact.

Looks like the people complaining are the ones who cant stomach anything withThis is a great remake of the story. Coming from the same people who brought you Taboo of course it is bleak and grimy. As it should be. It SHOULD be difficult to watch. That is what gives the story its impact.

Looks like the people complaining are the ones who cant stomach anything with any more depth than what you get from Disney.

Its certainly not the best incarnation of it, but the depth and darkness to it makes for a intriguing take on this Christmas classic.… Expand

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brockcheese

Jan 9, 2020

Making the hero of the story truly awful was one of the worst decisions of this series.

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Boozehound

Dec 28, 2019

Terrible take on a cherished Christmas classic! A perverted assault on my childhood memories of what Christmas is really about!

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Qishere

Dec 22, 2019

Abomination! A so called “remake” of a beloved Dickens’ tale of redemption and love that has been recast as a dark and filthy three odd hours of psycho-sexual indulgence with very little entertainment.

From the first image of a boy urinating on a gravestone to reveal, “Jacob Marley” toAbomination! A so called “remake” of a beloved Dickens’ tale of redemption and love that has been recast as a dark and filthy three odd hours of psycho-sexual indulgence with very little entertainment.

From the first image of a boy urinating on a gravestone to reveal, “Jacob Marley” to the later humiliation of Bob Cratchit’s wife submitting to Scrooge’s quid pro quo offer that she prostitute herself for much needed money for her son’s life and death surgery, this movie is an unfortunate array of artisitic choices that fails with every scene! As is exclaimed so many times in this movie’s dialogue, I can only shout out, “Fu@k”

Why the BBC and FX allowed their resources to be squandered in this worthless project, I cannot answer, but I can empathize with the humiliation the great cast of actors in this abomination must feel! In the end, by resorting to cheap, lurid and dark tricks of the writer we have been cheated of a glorious Christmas story with an insult to our adoration of Dickens’ theme. It is not Marley who is turning over in his grave, but Charles Dickens!… Expand

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Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: December 19, 2019
- No episode information is currently available for this season