This is one of my all time favorite movies. I see more and more jokes every time I want it. Carol Kane is a stand out. I can't get through this movie with a dry eye. I watch at least 3 times a year. It was a very creative spin on an old and otherwise worn out story. You can't go wrong with this movie. Bill Murray's best movie.

A Christmas movie that shouldn't be on your top list.
If you have a long list of Christmas movies to go through, I recommend that you take this to your bottom list as it is superseded by other high quality movies.

I am going to quote what Roger Ebert said as it pinpoints the exact state of the movie:
>quote “Scrooged” is one of the most disquieting, unsettling films to come along in quite some time. It was obviously intended as a comedy, but there is little comic about it, and indeed the movie’s overriding emotions seem to be pain and anger. This entire production seems to be in dire need of visits from the ghosts of Christmas."

For a Christmas Carol adaptation, I advise you to go look at :
https://trakt.tv/movies/scrooge-1951 or
https://trakt.tv/movies/a-christmas-carol-1999 or for an animated version
https://trakt.tv/movies/a-christmas-carol-2009

A film that follows the formula of Charles Dickens' classic Christmas story, only adapted for the film's time period. It may be a positive point for those who appreciate fidelity, but personally, I expected a more satirical and innovative approach to the original story. Despite this, it still provides several laughs at different moments in the plot.

Still a great damn movie. Sad that Murray and Donner battled on the set. Not sure if I noticed the "free south Africa" BS Donner was pushing then (poster in the assistant's house and the control room studio) too bad he wasn't around to see what South Africa is doing to its white citizens now.

It's not a good movie. Bill Murray at his most unhinged and unlikable. The sequence with the fairy hitting him is painfully unfunny.
Having said that, the last act is good and the message redeems the movie. The cab driver was great, too.

Pretty good film. Solid entry in my Christmas favorites. It's nothing crazy funny or thought provoking which I like but it definitely worked as something to watch for the holidays. I love the actor Bill Murray but I feel like this role just didn't suit him very well. Mostly because I couldn't tell when he had emotions or when he was serious. Kind of a silly thing to get hung up on but any time he'd yell or get angry I couldn't tell if he was serious. Rest of the movie is fairly good. I liked the casting of his secretary cause she's a good actor. Plot is pretty similar to the book so not too many surprises there. Quality might be a bit low overall. Just kinda felt cheap in some parts. But you can somewhat give them a pass for the time period it was made. But, yeah probably top 5 or 3 favorite Christmas movies. I'm not really one for them but this film was good. Solid 7/10

I'm glad I watched this before my Grandson. It's a good movie but not for kids.

Bill Murray grabs the reins and refuses to let go in this almost-one-man-show modernization of A Christmas Carol. It's a dark, biting and sarcastic take on the tale that's set firmly in the murk of the corporation-friendly '80s, but it completely falls apart on the back nine. The first act is an inspired lampoon of bad network television (and the bad network executives behind it) with Murray, deliciously sinister as the worst boss in America, at the height of his powers. It's when the narrative tries to cram in a tepid love story and a sudden, jolting redemption that the cornerstones begin to crumble.

This really could've worked if it didn't wear its intentions and inspirations so garishly on its chest, but subtlety is, sadly, not among the picture's attributes. A riotously fun opening forty minutes, followed by an uncomfortably transparent closing sixty.

One of the most inventive tellings of A Christmas Carol, Scrooged is hilarious holiday fun. In a clever play on the Dickens classic, television network president Frank Cross gets “Scrooged,” and is visited by the Ghosts of Christmas in an attempt to redeem him. Bill Murray gives an outstanding performance as Frank Cross, and is backed up by a superb supporting cast that includes Karen Allen, Bobcat Goldthwait, John Glover, and Carol Kane. Scrooged is an incredibly entertaining take on A Christmas Carol, and modernizes it for a new audience. “Yule Love It!”

"Did I forget something[spoiler], big man[/spoiler]?"
[spoiler]"God bless us, every one."[/spoiler]

Man, someone is cutting Onions nearby. My eyes became instant 'Niagara Falls'.

One of my favorite chrismas movies of all time.

When Bill Murray's Frank Cross is mean, Murray is great. When Cross is nice, Murray is over the top and even talks to the audience in the end. Which almost ruins the movie.

I don't find Scrooged to be the holiday classic that some people think it is but there is a lot to like about it. I like the idea of injecting humor into the classic A Christmas Carol story but I find the film to live and die by Bill Murray's performance. His performance is pretty funny but it takes away from a fairly talented supporting cast. Its also not paced that well.

Version of Dickens' tale with special effects.

What I love most about this movie is the ending where Frank gives his meaningful Christmas speech. If everyone thought that way this world would be a much better place, at least at Christmas time. "Put a Little Love In Your Heart".-Scrooged.

It’s not Christmas unless you’ve watched this