AnoriginaltakeonDickens’siconicghoststorybyStevenKnight(Taboo,PeakyBlinders).AChristmasCarolisaspine-tinglingimmersionintoScrooge’sdarknightofthesoul.MisanthropicbusinessmanEbenezerScrooge(GuyPearce)refusestotreatChristmasasdifferenttoanyotherday,muchtoBobCratchit’s(JoeAlwyn)chagrin,asheisdesperatetoleaveworkandgethometohisfamilyonChristmasEve.Scrooge’sdeadformerbusinesspartnerJacobMarley(StephenGraham)begsforpeaceinhiscoffin.Havingrepentedhimself,theSpiritshavenewsforhim.HewilllingerinpurgatoryuntilScroogehimselfrepents,somethingMarleyknowshewillneverdo.Tim(LennyRush)writeshisyearlythank-youlettertocousinJack,thankinghimforthemoneythatsavedhislife,butMary’s(VinetteRobinson)pricklyreactionrousesBob’ssuspicions.AspookedScroogeisvisitedbyMarley,whohasawarning:ScroogewillbevisitedbythreeSpirits.
