Ms. Scrooge - Ein wundervoller Engel

Originaltitel: Ms. Scrooge

Fernsehfilm
1997
6
1 Std. 27 Min.

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Katherine Helmond and Cicely Tyson in Ms. Scrooge - Ein wundervoller Engel (1997)

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuA retelling of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol."A retelling of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol."A retelling of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol."

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- John Korty
Drehbuch
- Charles Dickens
- John McGreevey
Hauptbesetzung

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- John Korty
Drehbuch
- Charles Dickens
- John McGreevey
Hauptbesetzung

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

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8R1ch

wonderful adaption of _A_Christmas_Carol_

_Ms._Scrooge_ is a remake of Charles Dickens' _A_Christmas_Carol_. If you are tired of Scrooge as a crotchety old English guy, you can now see the same story modernized with an elderly black woman playing Scrooge. The adaption is well done, and the contrast with the original story is part of the fun.

Cicely Tyson plays Scrooge. I first noticed her years ago in the movie _Autobiograpy_of_Miss_Jane_Pittman_. That award-winning movie and _Ms._Scrooge_ together make an interesting set. In both, Cicely is shown at different times of her life to develop a personal history of how she became who she is now. While the _Autobiography_ is a better movie, _Ms._Scrooge_ is still very good.

The supporting cast does an excellent job. Perhaps Katherine Helmund goes over the top as Maude Marley, and she appears to be enjoying her state more than one would think a lost soul should. Still, she effectively sets the stage for what Scrooge is yet to experience. Julian Richings is totally eery as the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. Roles where actors don't speak have got to be hard to play, but Julian finds the way.

10Ainsley_Jo_Phillips

Heart-Warming

Too many tragedies and disappointments made Ms. Scrooge start to build walls. She wasn't born that way. In fact, at the start of the show, she was very open and giving. As the spirits review her life, you share both the joys and sadness that have come her way--and feel sad at the way things will turn out if she doesn't change. The final scene will be sure to get to you even if nothing else gets to you first--and I can assure you that you'll, more likely than not, be "gotten to" and will be reaching for the tissues long before then!

7lastliberal

Another song for Christmas

It amazes me how many ways a simple story like Dicken's "A Christmas Carol" can be interpreted. We have the pleasure of watching Cicely Tyson (Idlewild, A Lesson Before Dying) in another strong role.

John Korty, who directed Ms. Tyson in The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, again directs her as Ms. Ebenita Scrooge. Veteran writer John McGreevey interprets the familiar tale.

Katherine Helmond ("Soap", "Whose the Boss") was funny as Marley, and Michael Beach ("Third Watch", Short Cuts) was super as her nephew.

It was a different twist on a familiar story, told from an African-American perspective, and it really warmed the heart.

Of course, you all know how it ends.

1thejcowboy22

Are you serious? Watch this while intoxicated for the right effect!

My wife is a huge fan of the Holiday Movies shown on the Lifetime and Hallmark Networks. The "A" typical Christmas love story, chick heavy genre of Single Mom and Sir Galahad wandering into town and sweeping the woman off her feet. This movie does a 180 degree turn in a different direction. I've seen most of the Scrooge movies made with Alistar Sims as the benchmark for excellence in that particular role. This one is the extreme antithesis of that classic movie. Even the animated Mister Magoo rates much higher on the Scrooge movie charts over this abomination of that Dicken's tale. Cycely Tyson's work in TV and movies to this point is regarded as respectable as a talented and versatile actor. This production is not Miss Jane Pittman. More like Miss handled Christmas story. Some might say by watching this movie that it borders on being racist. The only positive aspect of this wannabee movie is the acting of Katherine Hellman as Maude Marley. Slim pickings that year in dramas on Television as this movie was nominated for the Online & Television Association award. Great casting of the Crachit children (The Greenblatt Kids)? I wish I was around for the re-write with John Corty and the final teleplay with John McGreevy I would have suggested the following. Put in a laugh track. And second, have the final scene where Samuel Jackson comes to her home with pistil in hand quoting Ezekiel 25.17. I totally lost my composure when you see Ebenita ironing greenbacks during the late hours. I explain to people that this movie exists but they think I'm putting them on.

4highwaytourist

Preachy and heavy-handed version doesn't work

The premise of an African-American female Scrooge in the modern, struggling city was inspired, but nothing else in this film is. Here, Ms. Scrooge is a miserly banker who takes advantage of the employees and customers in the largely poor and black neighborhood it inhabits. There is no doubt about the good intentions of the people involved. Part of the problem is that story's roots don't translate well into the urban setting of this film, and the script fails to make the update work. Also, the constant message about sharing and giving is repeated so endlessly, the audience becomes tired of it well before the movie reaches its familiar end. This is a message film that doesn't know when to quit. In the title role, the talented Cicely Tyson gives an overly uptight performance, and at times lines are difficult to understand. The Charles Dickens novel has been adapted so many times, it's a struggle to adapt it in a way that makes it fresh and relevant, in spite of its very relevant message.

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Maude Marley: I always did like a big entrance, didn't I? How's tricks, Ebenita?
Ms. Ebenita Scrooge: Maude?
Maude Marley: You haven't said a word about my outfit.
Ms. Ebenita Scrooge: Oh, it can't be Maude. She's dead. I buried her.
Maude Marley: And rather hastily, I might add. Afraid I might come back to life? Reclaim my possessions? Now I can't.
[Ebenita reaches for the phone]
Maude Marley: No! That line is dead, darling. Save us both time, Ebenita. I'm dead, I'm here, and I'm talking to you. Now, I'll cut to the chase. I actually need your help to rest in peace. That's all anybody ever talks about in the afterlife, how they do things differently. The grass is forever greener, but when I was alive, I lived by one question only: What's in it for me? I'll admit I was a little self-centered then, cared not a whit for the little people. That's why every year, on the anniversary of my death, I have to roam the world and see the happiness I can never share unless...
Ms. Ebenita Scrooge: Yes?
Maude Marley: Unless you listen to me and turn your little life around.
Ms. Ebenita Scrooge: What's so little about my life? Business has never been better. I own three buildings and a house with ten rooms.
Maude Marley: And how many rooms in your heart and how long will your chain of grief be when you join our miserable band?
Ms. Ebenita Scrooge: I don't have to do anything.
Maude Marley: No, you don't. Not if you change. My fellow ghosts will show you how.
Ms. Ebenita Scrooge: More ghosts?
Maude Marley: Yes, but tightly organized on the other side. Actually, you'd probably love it for a while. Tight schedules, time clocks, the works. However, the only problem is it never ends. It goes around, and around and around!
Ms. Ebenita Scrooge: Get away!
Maude Marley: Anyway, expect your first visitor when the clock strikes midnight, your second visitor at one, and your third at the stroke of two. Regular as clockwork.
Ms. Ebenita Scrooge: What is the point of all of this?
Maude Marley: Change, Ebenita, for your sake as well as mine. Either get me out of this or join the crowd forever!
Ms. Ebenita Scrooge: Ghosts, you can have this place. I'm going to be someplace else!