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The Man Who Invented Christmas
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Still haunted by painful memories of his father ruining his childhood by his financial irresponsibly, Dickens develops a writer's block which seems to have no solution. As such, Dickens must face his personal demons epitomized through his characters, especially in his imagined conversations with Ebenezer Scrooge. Now with a looming deadline, Dickens struggles for inspiration against his frustrations and his characters' opinions in a literary challenge creating a classic tale that would define the essential soul of modern Christmas.
Still haunted by painful memories of his father ruining his childhood by his financial irresponsibly, Dickens develops a writer's block which seems to have no solution. As such, Dickens must face his personal demons epitomized through his characters, especially in his imagined conversations with Ebenezer Scrooge. Now with a looming deadline, Dickens struggles for inspiration against his frustrations and his characters' opinions in a literary challenge creating a classic tale that would define the essential soul of modern Christmas.
Actors:
Cosimo Fusco,
Glynis Casson,
Linda Gough,
Donald Sumpter,
Sean Duggan,
Degnan Geraghty,
Morfydd Clark
Cosimo Fusco
23 September 1962, Matera, Basilicata, Italy
Glynis Casson
Linda Gough
Donald Sumpter
13 February 1943, Brixworth, Northamptonshire, England, UK
Sean Duggan
Degnan Geraghty
Morfydd Clark
Keywords:
#Bharat Nalluri #Christopher Plummer #Dan Stevens #Miriam Margolyes #The Man Who Invented Christmas
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November 22, 2017
It's filled with so many theatrical flourishes and fantastical touches, one can envision this material as a work for the stage, or even an animated film.February 01, 2018
The film's lighthearted tone imagines the author as a sort of literary Forrest Gump, lucking his way into overhearing brilliant dialogue and accidentally crossing paths with people who inspire his most beloved work.December 16, 2017
Given the number of successful adaptations of Dickens' work, what is this film trying to add that hasn't already been achieved?December 26, 2017
An overall very calming, pleasant mediocrity.December 26, 2017
Just like Stevens as Dickens, The Man Who Invented Christmas is immensely likeable, and undoubtedly will having you leaving the theatre feeling more festive than when you entered.November 23, 2017
It pushes its hero off his pedestal but delivers him -- like Tom Hulce's Mozart in Amadeus -- to a much better place, the earthy company of fellow citizens who dream of being inspired.November 24, 2017
A surprisingly fresh movie about a story we all know very well.December 18, 2017
An unexpected pleasure.November 23, 2017
This version of events tends to over-explain the inspiration behind the story, undermining the genius of Dickens as an author.December 17, 2017
There's a somewhat contrived jauntiness to this blending of fact and fiction that may leave cynical audiences annoyed. But for those who leave their bah-humbug attitudes at home, it's a wonderfully entertaining take on a classic.November 23, 2017
Nothing against Stevens, but much of the role could have been performed by a cocker spaniel.November 24, 2017
Mainly, the fancy at the centre of The Man Who Invented Christmas provides an unusually kinetic literary biography as the writer races against the clock to master the voices of his obstreperous characters in time for the 25th.