Review – Scrooged

This film features two things that I normally don’t care for: Bill Murray and Christmas schmaltz. Oddly enough, however, both work in this 80s-ized retelling of Dickens’ holiday classic. Murray does his usual shtick, but here it’s less annoying and more a welcome respite from the traditional crotchety “bah humbug” portrayal of the protagonist. If you must do the whole seasonal movie thing, this one mixes enough sarcasm and physical comedy in with the sappiness to keep it from turning into yet another Christmas cliché. It also features a solid script, good music and a host of late 80s celebrity cameos. Worth seeing