Estella Scrooge: A Christmas Carol with a Twist (2020) User Reviews

Scrooge Reimagined for 2020 - Past, Present, and Future an absolute delight

[dave-31812 · 10/10 · 21 December 2020]

This is an absolute gem. With theaters shuttered, some amazing talented writers, producers, directors and actors got together on this delightful & ambitious project that was filmed entirely with social distancing in mind but you'd never know.

We meet Ebenezer Scrooge's great great great grand daughter & she needs some visits from the spirits to turn her around just like the family tradition. Greet writing, a imaginative musical numbers, and tears of sadness and joy throughout. Everyone should be a hold of this as it's just what 2020 Christmas brings us. Challenge, strife, yet our humanity shines through. God bless us everyone !!

A new Christmas masterpiece

[bonniegleicher · 10/10 · 28 December 2020]

What a gorgeous new Christmas film and musical... this movie and team has tackled the unprecedented in such a beautiful way. The music is catchy and soaring, the story is heartfelt and hilarious, and the cast, writers, and direction (shoutout to the masterful Paul Gordon and John Caird!) are the greatest of Broadway.

Thank you so much for creating this new musical gem when the world needs it most. Can't wait to watch this again next Christmas. 10/10!

"How did they do that?"

[bokamoto · 10/10 · 30 December 2020]

...is the question I kept asking myself throughout this captivating and heartwarming film. In a year when so many things could not be accomplished, a new musical film with so many actors was certainly not something to be tackled. Yet this team took on the impossible and turned in a creative, innovative, and certainly unprecedented movie. Give it a try yourself, watch while remembering that this socially distant film was produced in 2020, and I'm sure you'll ask yourself the same: "How did they do that?"

Offbeat and different, but I really liked it

[mksaelens-31444 · 10/10 · 1 September 2023]

When I first saw this advertised on one of my streaming channels. I was really skeptical. I mean, how many different ways can you tackle a classic story like this without becoming trite?

Although it starts out really predictably - albeit with a female antagonist - it quickly took a really original approach, with a modern-day setting.

Perhaps the most striking aspect is that because this was filmed during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, each actor performed their parts individually using green screen technology.

Throw in a stellar cast, excellent music, some really quirky characters and a few ironic twists at the end and you have a winning formula for the holiday season.