2019 · drama · fantasy · supernatural
FX's A Christmas Carol
Directed by Nick Murphy2h 53m2019
London, 1843. Ebenezer Scrooge, a bitter old man, despises the Christmas holiday. Over the course of Christmas Eve night he is visited by three ghosts to show him his past, present and future.
Our read: FX's A Christmas Carol (2019) reads as a heavy, measured, inventive drama · fantasy · supernatural entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Heavy, measured, measured drama / fantasy, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- measured
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“You want Dickens redemption stripped bare, with Victorian horror earning every sentimental turn.”
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