![]() The storyline – will Chuck make his publishing deadline? – is the least interesting aspect. Soon enough, Ebenezer Scrooge (Christopher Plummer, born for the role) appears, the character invading the author’s study like a devil on his shoulder, and ‘A Christmas Carol’ begins to takes shape. He also receives iffy table service from a teetering, ghostly waiter called Marley, and overhears a random cheapskate who barks out ‘Humbug!’. ![]() Prowling around a somewhat stagey Victorian London, Charles Dickens (Dan Stevens, modern and likeable) struggles with his debts and bad reviews. ![]() If you can suspend your disbelief – as ‘The Man Who Invented Christmas’ wants you to – and roll with the idea that finding inspiration for a novel is akin to an urban adventure, a deeper movie comes into view.
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