A Christmas musical starring Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds feels like the kind of thing I came up with in a fever dream. I should love this, but it just didn't work for me. Maybe it didn't need to be a musical.
Spirited
Start your holidays on a high note.
Rating
2.3 (2)
Release Date
11/10/2022Runtime
127 minsGenres
Overview
Each Christmas Eve, the Ghost of Christmas Present selects one dark soul to be reformed by a visit from three spirits. But this season, he picked the wrong Scrooge. Clint Briggs turns the tables on his ghostly host until Present finds himself reexamining his own past, present and future.
How It Feels
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A gleeful musical inversion of Dickens that swaps the usual roles: instead of a bitter man learning to change, a ghost must confront his own unfinished business. It's warm and comedic but underneath lies genuine emotional weight about loss and second chances.
Mood
JoyfulBittersweetWhimsicalHopeful
Themes
RedemptionGriefComing apartFriendship
Tone
Playful
Pacing
Brisk
Look
Stylized genre
Structure
Framed flashback
Heads up
Addiction
Reviews
I think this may replace <i>Scrooged</i> and <i>A Christmas Story</i> as my top Christmas film.
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