Bill Murray
Francis Xavier Cross
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Nov 23, 1988 · Scrooged: Directed by Richard Donner. With Bill Murray, Karen Allen, John Forsythe, John Glover. A selfish, cynical television executive is haunted by three spirits bearing lessons on Christmas Eve.
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Frank Cross (Murray) is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of his life. But after firing staff member Eliot Loudermilk (Goldthwait) on Christmas Eve, Frank is visited by a series of ghosts who give him a chance to re-evaluate his actions and right the wrongs of his past.
Based on the 1843 novella A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, Scrooged is a modern retelling that follows Bill Murray as Frank Cross, a cynical and selfish television executive who is visited by a succession of ghosts on Christmas Eve intent on helping him regain his Christmas spirit.
Frank Cross is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of his life. But after firing a staff member on Christmas Eve, Frank is visited by a series of ghosts who give him a chance to re-evaluate his actions and right the wrongs of his past.
In this modern take on Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," Frank Cross (Bill Murray) is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the ...
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Dec 11, 2018 · “Scrooged,” written by Mitch Glazer and Michael O’Donoghue and directed by Richard Donner, exemplifies the kind of lazily executed comedies Mr. Murray seems always to make.
Frank Cross is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of his life. But after firing a staff member on Christmas Eve, Frank is visited by a series of ghosts who give him a chance to re-evaluate his actions and right the wrongs of his past.
“Scrooged” is one of the most disquieting, unsettling films to come along in quite some time. It was obviously intended as a comedy, but there is little comic about it, and indeed the movie’s overriding emotions seem to be pain and anger.
All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Kristy Strouse Film Inquiry. Despite Murray's impeccable portrayal of sneering meanness, the film masterfully strikes a careful...
