Being a history buff and loving tradition I just had to take a look at this film "The Man Who Invented Christmas". And I must say it was an okay take at how the classic story of a Christmas carol came about. Even though the film is blended with dreams and foreshadowing, and flashbacks it still has enough drama and laughs to be entertaining.
Back in 1843 England a British novel writer Charles Dickens(Dan Stevens)has just come off writing some novels that haven't sold well and the town and his family start to have doubt about his ability to write. Yet Dickens has ideals to come to his mind from family and dreams as his seeing of an old man at the graveyard leads to his creation of a grump Ebenezer Scrooge(Christopher Plummer).
And thru this creation Dickens lets his mind wonder and with thought he comes up with the ideal to base his novel set around Christmas and a ghost like story to change the minds of all that read! Overall good little historical film that's a tease with dreams and wishes still it shows how the ideal for "A Christmas Carol" came about.
Back in 1843 England a British novel writer Charles Dickens(Dan Stevens)has just come off writing some novels that haven't sold well and the town and his family start to have doubt about his ability to write. Yet Dickens has ideals to come to his mind from family and dreams as his seeing of an old man at the graveyard leads to his creation of a grump Ebenezer Scrooge(Christopher Plummer).
And thru this creation Dickens lets his mind wonder and with thought he comes up with the ideal to base his novel set around Christmas and a ghost like story to change the minds of all that read! Overall good little historical film that's a tease with dreams and wishes still it shows how the ideal for "A Christmas Carol" came about.