Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on November 2009

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Bah! Humbug! Oddly, all the big-deal, groundbreaking animation technologies utilized in Disney’s whiz-bang version of Charles Dickens’ classic yuletide tale of greed and redemption end up leaching all the emotion out of it. My enthusiasm began to wane with the first buggy chase scene. I’m pretty sure Dickens didn’t include any of these. And then there’s the slapstick comedy, which is kind of like putting hubcap spinners on a vintage Rolls. This is the company, remember, that gave The Hunchback of Notre Dame a happy ending. Bottom line: is it better than the 1938 Reginald Owen version? No.