Mister Scrooge to See You

In Mr. Scrooge to see you we learn just what Paul Harvey called the rest of the story. A year after those ghosts at Christmas altered his outlook on life, Scrooge takes in Bob Cratchit for a partner. And the firm continued as such down to the present day and even went international as now they are a real estate firm with offices in the USA.

One thing the creators of this film forgot was that Ebenezer Scrooge did have a nephew named Fred who married and presumably also had descendants. I'm wondering where they were as the present Timothy Cratchit shows Scrooge like behavior at Christmas time 2013.

Matt Koester is the current Crachit and old Ebenezer time travels to 2013 to share what those ghosts gave him back in those Victorian times about the joy of Christmas. Koester wants to foreclose on Shannon Moore and her coffee shop. Truth be told Moore really is a bad businesswoman, but has a good heart.

Mr. Scrooge To See You looks like it was shot on a budget in four figures. The players who but for Ruprecht it's unlikely you ever heard of any of them are sincere enough. The direction they have is uninspired though.

I still want to know where Fred Scrooge's descendants are?

David Ruprecht's Scrooge ironically works his mouth a bit like the old grinch W. C. Fields who hated Christmas but the Scrooge in this is definitely a post-transformation Xmas lover. Perhaps Ruprecht had been watching Rich Little's 1978 W. C Field type version of 'A Christmas Carol' while leading up to his role in this. Jacob Marley somehow transports Scrooge in time to 21st Century America where he has to adapt to busy modern life. Ruprecht apart the acting is not all that good but I got to like the characters even Timothy Cratchitt towards the end. I should point out that it is Tim Cratchitt who is the meanie in this version. This low-budget and gentle production cheered me and had me chuckling at times especially Ruprecht's performance. I thought that it was going to overstay it's welcome but there are some comic little twists at the end that just about merits it's long-running time. Strangely enough I find this faith-based version seemed to pleasingly cut down on some of the sentimentality and lectureship of Dicken's original story. I think this is the first 'A Christmas Carol' version I've seen where a period character (Scrooge) is given chance to deal with an out-of-period world. The 2019 British TV 2-part adaptation of the story remains in Dicken's time period but it's dark and dreary and foulmouthed take would probably have the author turning in his grave. Whereas I like to think that 'Mr Scrooge To See You' would meet with his approval and have Dickens smiling on his cloud from on high.

This was such a trainwreck i couldn't stop watching. Seriously if you are considering giving it a shot don't... you might get trapped as well.

Is this a Christmas Carol movie? Kinda. Is this a funny movie? Eh. Is this a Christian movie? Sorta. Is this a good movie? No, not really. It's poorly written, both under and over acted (depending on which actor and scene you're talking about), I'm pretty sure I've heard most of the soundtrack in an elevator somewhere, and most of it makes little to no sense. If you're after a reimagining of A Christmas Carol, I recommend An American Christmas Carol (1979, starring Henry Winkler, and surprisingly good, imo) or Scrooged (1988, starring Bill Murray, and EXCELLENT, also imo) but I don't recommend this version on any level. The only thing this one has going for it is achieving the most eyerolls and facepalms in a Christmas movie viewing. Small spoiler: Whoever decided that Scrooge should be taught how to speak like a millennial needs to be taken out and shot for their violations of the Movie Decency Act of 2003.

I was expecting the usual Christian "B" movie, with an unknown cast, tiny budget, and tentative acting. Ok, there is that... BUT... it's a very clever modulation of the Dickens tale that I find clever and uplifting. A must see!