Why so much hype?

Disturbing yet enthralling

Funny, strange, confrontational and subversive, this is one of the most interesting experiences you'll have at the cinema this year.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

This is a great movie. It has a great story line. It is very scary. It has acting. It also has great animation. 7.7 is a good rating. But this is such a great movie 7.7 is underrating it. I give it 10 out of 10. It is a great movie. See it. A Christmas carol (1951) is better. A Christmas carol (1986) is better. A Christmas carol (2009) is better. But still this a great movie. It is scarier then The Shinning. If it dose not scary you then no movie will. This is one of the best ghost stories of all time. See this movie it is great. I need more lines and I am running out of things to say. Great movie great movie great movie great movie. See it.

as letter from a good friend. as web of a fisherman. as drawing of a child. this short version was seed of a revolution. for its science to remember the Christmas deep beauty. for the honest way to present a well-known story. and for the grace of each line. so, each new watching is an event. out of definitions or nice words but really touching. its charm is special. because it is a form of remember. without great ambitions only to be a hello for the people in middle of little daily circles. sure, the implication of great actors is important. but theirs voices are part of game. because, like flavor of a flower or taste of a food from childhood, this film makes difference.

I do concur with those who say this 1971 film is the best animated version. Not only that, alongside the 1951 Alastair Sim film, the 1984 George C.Scott film and 1992's Muppet Christmas Carol this is one of my favourite versions of the timeless story.Including this film which is outstanding, I have seen four animated versions. The others are the 1969 version which is excellent, the 1997 one which is decent and the 2001 one which is pretty bad and my least ever favourite of the story thus far. There's also one from 1994 I think that I haven't seen in years, but I remember not being that fond or impressed.The story itself is timeless, not just in the characters but also in its evocation of the period it's set and the magical feel you get when reading or talking about it. This does exactly that. The story sticks faithfully in spirit to the timeless story we know and love today, with an enchanting atmosphere, some very well done scenes including the touching scenes with the Cratchits, the intense sequence with Ghost of Christmas Yet-to-Come and the marvellous ending and a literate script.The animation is lovely, with the backgrounds especially impressive while the colours are easy on the eyes and the characters apart from the occasional entirely excusable stiff movement are drawn well. The music is wonderful as well, not just in how its composed but also in how effective it is in putting us into the Christmas spirit, while all the characters are very memorable and the voice acting particularly from Alastair Sim and Michael Hordern, both men splendid, is very good.Overall, outstanding and for me it is by far the best of the animated versions. 10/10 Bethany Cox

This short, which won an Academy Award, is the best animated adaptation that I've yet seen and is better than a couple of the live-action versions. Everything is top-notch-animation, voice-casting (particularly Sim reprising his performance as Scrooge), production values. The adaptation is quite true to the tone and spirit of the original work, even with the necessary truncation imposed by the brief length. Good to have it in print. Most recommended.