Disney’s A Christmas Carol

Family, Animation
3.5 stars
Decent rendering of the Dicken’s classic that stayed fairly true to the original story. I am happy that the performance-capture technology has improved since Polar Express (no more shifty eyes, and the colors and details are much richer) though aside from the Scrooge’s perfectly grumpy expressions, the other characters looked like they overdosed on Botox – especially Bob Cratchit (played by Gary Oldman; “Sirius Black” in the Potter movies). Let’s hope more improvements progress in the future. Don’t worry, Jim Carrey, who played the old grump and all three ghosts, was kept reigned in and played the roles seriously – no crazy goofing around. I just really wished they waited until December – or at least Thanksgiving – before releasing this film. A couple scenes may be too scary for very small children, but all in all a good rendition.