The Man Who Invented Christmas

2017 "How Charles Dickens wrote “A Christmas Carol” and created a tradition."
7| 1h45m| PG| en| More Info
Released: 22 November 2017 Released
Producted By: Rhombus Media
Country: Ireland
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Official Website: https://www.bleeckerstreetmedia.com/themanwhoinventedchristmas
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In 1843, despite the fact that Dickens is a successful writer, the failure of his latest book puts his career at a crossroads, until the moment when, struggling with inspiration and confronting reality with his childhood memories, a new character is born in the depths of his troubled mind; an old, lonely, embittered man, so vivid, so human, that a whole world grows around him, a story so inspiring that changed the meaning of Christmas forever.

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lapintiira While this film reserves its roles for women in a typical fashion - the supporting wife, the supporting maid, the loving mother - the way they portray Charles Dicken's writing mannerisms is wonderful. Also the set pieces are extremely delightful, and the way the story unfolds is pretty original. You get to see the behind the scenes of a story which seems so engrained in Christmas culture, that makes you forget that Christmas wasn't always the holiday that it is today.
Gordon-11 This film tells the story of Charles Dickens who is pressurised to come up with a story in just 6 weeks, to solve his mounting debt and restore his professional credibility.The story is more like a fantasy film, in which the famous author immerses himself in the story he is creating. It is interesting to see how the creative process come alive on the screen, as this is not a topic that is addressed often in films. However, it does not quite work for me, as I find it more like a highly psychotic experience in which Charles Dickens cannot distinguish between fantasy and reality. Dan Stevens' good looks is not put into good use either. Fortunately, the supporting character Tara has quite a lot of charm, so at least there is something I like about the film.
beorhhouse This film does for Dickens what no other film has ever done. It gives insight into his masterpiece A Christmas Carol. Not that insight is needed, but it is much appreciated notwithstanding. There are similar elements of the ridiculous film Pandaemonium here (over-excitedness and hyper-emotion), which is why I only give it a 9/10. Still, this film is a delight for the whole family, even if the aged waiter in the public house vulgarly (and comically) wrestles with a wine bottle held between his legs until the cork pops.
AudioFileZ Dicken's Christmas Carol is no doubt a classic. The original film British production is too. That's the one you need and not the later day versions and re-imaginations. Now though there is a worthy alternate version in the guise of the story behind Charles Dicken's creation of the book. This is an interesting angle and and we see how Dicken's himself was fighting his own inner Scrooge leanings compounded by his suddenly run of poor book sales. This is worthy because it has the very human elements running through it that make A Christmas Carol so wonderful.Dan Stevens as Dickens creates a memorable character with lots of emotional as well as financial strain from which to play off of. He brings a nervous tension of things falling apart while he pedals hard to keep it all together. Keeping it together rides on his reversal of recent writing fortune so the stakes are quite high as he's used up his publisher's will to coddle him. He's on his own and it propels his madness into quite a stir. Christopher Plummer is a natural for Scrooge and he's excellent without breaking a sweat which he wisely does as he never overplays the role. Maybe one of the most endearing characters is quite unexpected, it's Dicken's father John played with aplomb by the wonderful Jonathan Pryce. Surrounding these central characters with a great supporting cast in a spot-on period London filmed with grand cinematography is extremely romantic and engaging. Seeing Dicken's toil to bring the story to birth becomes another telling of the story itself. Simply wonderful!