The Muppet Christmas Carol
The best Carol on film, and it is not close.
Festive Factor 96 out of 100: Christmas at its heart.24 October · 62 days to ChristmasThe advent calendar opens 1 December →
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Arthur Christmas
Aardman doing Christmas at scale, and the scale is the joke: a military-grade delivery operation with a…
Festive Factor 95 out of 100: Christmas at its heart.
The Grinch
The gentlest of the screen versions and the one most interested in why he is like that.
Festive Factor 95 out of 100: Christmas at its heart.
Miracle on 34th Street
The case for believing, argued in a courtroom, and it still holds.
Festive Factor 90 out of 100: Christmas at its heart.
Elf
Elf does the difficult thing: it is sincere without being sickly, and it holds up on the fifteenth watch.
Festive Factor 90 out of 100: Christmas at its heart.
The Santa Clause
A surprisingly cold premise handled warmly: a man is conscripted by a contract he never read, and the film…
Festive Factor 90 out of 100: Christmas at its heart.
Scrooged
The angriest Carol and, when it lands, the funniest.
Festive Factor 89 out of 100: Christmas at its heart.
Fred Claus
A broad studio comedy that spends most of its running time on a sibling grudge and only occasionally on…
Festive Factor 88 out of 100: Christmas at its heart.
Home Alone
The premise is a child's daydream — the empty house, the freedom, the shopping — and the film is smart…
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The Muppet Christmas Carol: Christmas at its heart.
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Arthur Christmas [Blu-ray] [Region B] [2011]
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