In Depression-era New England, a miserly businessman named Benedict Slade receives a long-overdue attitude adjustment one Christmas Eve when he is visited by three ghostly figures who resemble three of the people whose possessions Slade had seized to collect on unpaid loans.
Not for brutality, scares or adrenaline.
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Henry WinklerBenedict Slade
David WayneMerrivale
Chris WigginsNathaniel Brewster
R.H. ThomsonThatcher
Ken PogueJack Latham
Gerard ParkesJessup
Susan HoganHelen Brewster
Dorian HarewoodMatt Reeves
Christopher CrabbTim
James B. DouglasSam Perkins
Arlene DuncanJennie Reeves
Linda GoransonDoris Thatcher
Cec LinderAuctioneer
Ruth SpringfordMrs. Tidings
Michael WincottChoir LeaderPick a department, or search for a name or a job (“editor”, “stunt”).
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GoodWatch score 58December 16, 1979 · 1 h 38 min · NR
Evil Mentor, Never My Fault, In-Series Nickname +9
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In the United States, An American Christmas Carol streams on Prime, Night Flight+, and Shout! Factory, and it is free with ads on Plex, The Roku, The CW, Kanopy, Pluto TV, Shout! Factory TV, Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, Fawesome, Tubi TV, and Amazon MX Player. You can rent or buy it from Apple TV Store and Fandango At Home. It also streams in 1 other country.
Mostly, it's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 65 (IMDb 6.8).
Yes: it's rated NR in the United States, and the viewing guide lists it for kids.
Mostly character-driven: it leans on dialogue centrality (8 of 10) and character depth (7 of 10) more than on its plot.
Yes, it's an uplifting movie: the title analysis rates it 9 of 10 for wholesome and 8 for hopefulness.
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