The spirits will move you in odd and hysterical ways.

Starring: Bill Murray, Karen Allen, John Forsythe, Bobcat Goldthwait, Carol Kane, Robert Mitchum, Michael J. Pollard, Alfre Woodard

DML Rating: ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ - good

"Frank, let me sum this up for you: you don't know who you are, you don't know what you want, and you don't know what the hell is going on!" - Ghost of Christmas Past

Why watch this? It's a great, modern and very satirical version of the classic A Christmas Carol.

Plot Summary: Frank Cross is a cynical and ambitious television executive, tasked to produce a live Christmas Eve broadcast of A Christmas Carol. On Christmas Eve, Frank is visited by a series of ghosts, each representing a different Christmas period, who intend to make him reflect on his life and change his ways. Through these supernatural encounters, Frank is confronted with his past mistakes and the emptiness of his current life.

Dad's Preview: This film has grown on me through the years. It like it more with each viewing. This Scrooge is portrayed by Bill Murray, who excels as a successful, yet cold-hearted company executive. I particularly enjoy the visiting apparitions: his old boss, a burly New York cab driver, a sweet but sadistic fairy, and finally, the grim reaper! It's very sweet at times, although Murray's finale speech gets a little long and over-done. And I checked, they did not staple little reindeer horns onto the mice.

Mirage Productions; Paramount Pictures