Scrooged

1988 • 100 minutes

About this movie

High-spirited high jinks on Christmas Eve put Frank Cross (Bill Murray) in a ghostly time warp in this hilarious take-off of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." Cross, who has made the meteoric rise from the depths of the mailroom to TV network president, is mean, nasty, uncaring, unforgiving and has a sadistic sense of humor - perfect qualities for a modern-day Scrooge.Before the night is over, he'll be visited by a maniacal New York cab driver from the past, a present-day fairy who's into pratfalls and, finally, a ghoulish, seven-foot headless messenger from the future.

Ratings and reviews

Very funny for fans of Bill Murray and Christopher Lloyd, it is a product of it's time. Along with Groundhog Day, I think it stands up well alongside other comedies of the time such as the National Lampoon films. I would give this one 4 out of 5 bah-humbugs.

It ain't Christmas without Scrooged, Die Hard and The Muppets Christmas Carol

Great movie..one of the classics..well worth a watch