A Carol Christmas

DVD: 05-51363 A Carol Christmas Tori Spelling (Beverly Hills, 90210), William Shatner (Star Trek) and Gary Coleman (Diff’rent Strokes) shine in this light-hearted update of the Dickens classic. Carol Cartman (Spelling) says “Bah, humbug” to the clichés of her fellow talk-show host, Dr. Bob (Shatner), and especially to a live Christmas Eve show her producer has planned. But during a pre-show nap, her late Aunt Marla (Dinah Manoff) takes Carol on a holiday journey, complete with Ghosts of Christmas Past (Coleman) and Present (Shatner again). Soon, this Scrooge-like celebrity is shown the life she should have led, the life she causes others to lead…and the fate that might await her, if she doesn’t show some holiday spirit! Running Time: Approx. 85 Minutes Color/NTSC/Stereo

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5 Responses to “A Carol Christmas”

1. Don't tread on me on November 27th, 2009 7:29 pm

   If you are a collector of good, fun Christmas movies (unlike the garbage of A Very Muppet Christmas), this is one for your collection. Tori Spelling brings a good bit of humor to this Scrooge like tale. Similar to Susan Lucci’s ‘Ebbie’ but with a bit more humor. Definitely worth having!
   Rating: 5 / 5

2. Jeffrey S. Kerr on November 27th, 2009 7:47 pm

   Limp retelling of the Dickens Christmas classic. William Shatner provides the only bright spot as the Ghost of Christmas Present. Tori Spelling proves that, with talent, hard work, and a father who was the most powerful producer in television, anyone can succeed in Hollywood. The rest of the cast is serviceable, but limited by a flat script. Strictly for the pre-teen set or mindset.
   Rating: 2 / 5

3. Anonymous on November 27th, 2009 7:53 pm

   Charles Dicken’s Christmas Carol is one of my favorite classic books and I have seen many movie versions of the book and I have loved them all from the traditional ones like the movies starring Alastair Sim, Reginald Owen, Patrick Stewart and George C. Scott to the modern variations like A Carol Christmas starring Tori Spelling and while this modern twist on the old tale may not be original because they have already done other feminine versions of A Christmas carol such as Ebbie, A Diva’s Christmas carol, Ms. Scrooge, etc, I still liked A Carol Christmas and thought it was good and very entertaining. I first watched A Carol Christmas when I taped this movie last Christmas of 2004 when it was shown on The Hallmark Channel and I’m so glad this movie has made it to DVD and I very highly recommend the movie and now I just hope that Ebbie starring Susan Lucci will make it to DVD. I have search on Amazon under DVD and video for Ebbie and it doesn’t seem to be on either DVD or video and I hope it will make it to DVD soon. Okay I definitely liked A Carol Christmas more then Ebbie but Ebbie is good too! BTW: All of the female versions of A Christmas Carol have all taken place in modern times and I would love to see someone do a feminine version of A Christmas Carol that takes place in Victorian era England just like the original story with perhaps the female Scrooge type character being named something like Ebenezia Scrooge.
   Rating: 4 / 5

4. bookloversfriend on November 27th, 2009 9:38 pm

   First of all, the star does not look as bad in the movie as she does in the photo that is on the cover.

   This is an effective rendering of the story. Much better than “An American Christmas Carol. ” The leading role could have been better cast but she did not harm the movie, and some of the other cast were actually appealing (such as the woman who played her assistant and the child who played her sister’s niece). The only drawbacks were the heavy-duty rock music during the opening credits and during the falling-in-love sequence. It jars with the spirit of the rest of the movie. Fortunately, you can fast-forward over both without missing any of the story.

   (Another annoyance unrelated to the movie is the commercial promo for another movie at the beginning of the DVD. You can’t skip to the menu, you can only fast-forward over it. To make matters worse, the promo is for a horrible Christmas movie called A Christmas Child. )

   Still, this movie is worth seeing more than once. The fact that her life is contemporary makes it closer to our own than the original Scrooge story, and this makes the movie hit harder.

   Rating: 4 / 5

5. bestmom2008 on November 27th, 2009 10:00 pm

   I’ve seen this movie around Christmas for the past few years and decided that I wanted it for my collection. It shows people that it’s best to think of others and help them out rather than always thinking of yourself first.
   Rating: 3 / 5

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