Scrooged Movie Review

Director: Richard Donner

Writer(s): Mitch Glazer & Michael O'Donoghue

Starring: Bill Murray, Bobcat Goldthwait, John Forsythe, Karen Allen



"Scrooged" is the perfect answer to how to properly do a re telling of a classic story and have it become its very own classic at the same time. Bill Murray (Ghostbusters, Stripes, & Lost in Translation) stars as television executive Frank Cross. Frank has all the same tendencies towards Christmas as does Scrooge from the Charles Dickens classic "A Christmas Carol".

Murray find himself starring along side Bobcat Goldthwait (Police Academy ), John Forsythe (Dynasty), and Karen Allen (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull) in this wonderful adult themed Christ movie.

Every single year at this time I manage to sneak this movie in to my holiday season viewing and this year is no exception. It was just this morning in fact that "Scrooged" was playing on the television and I turned it on and as always enjoyed every single minute of it. I know that there is many things that are outrageous and over the top with the movie, but it those things that make it fun and worth all the while to turn on each and every Christmas season.

The tagline for the movie read "Bill Murray is back among the ghosts. Only this time, it's three against one." in reference to his previous work in "Ghostbusters" which had been a hit for Murray four years prior to the release of "Scrooged".

Bill Murray has always been a delight to watch when it comes to movies and with this movie there is no doubt that he is at his best. I am anxiously awaiting Murray's return to the big screen taking on the supernatural in the not too distant future, but in the meantime I will never hesitate to sit down with a good old rum and egg nog to watch Bill and the ghosts in "Scrooged"

If for any reason you have been living under a rock and have never managed to see this movie then there is no better time like the present to head down to your local video store and rent it. If you do not want to leave your house though please feel free to discover the world of online video rentals that are now available these days. Most major movie distributors and rental companies now offer you online access to their movie libraries and offer you the convenience of watching classics such as this without ever leaving your home. That being said you do not have any excuse not to see this movie during the holiday season.

My Rating:90%