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Johnny Depp’s Scrooge faces Christmas spirits in Ti West’s adaptation of Dickens’ classic
Ti West’s new adaptation of *A Christmas Carol*, starring Johnny Depp as Scrooge, follows the familiar story of the miser confronted by three Christmas ghosts and offered a chance at redemption. The film is a largely faithful, serviceable version with a few changes, and Depp is most convincing as the bad-tempered Scrooge before his transformation.
The film opens with Jacob Marley, played by Ian McKellen, still alive and trading grumpy remarks with Scrooge. Other changes include a harsher fate for Fezziwig and Belle being a novelist; Rupert Grint plays Bob Cratchit, while Andrea Riseborough, Tramell Tillman and Robert Strange play the ghosts. *Ebenezer* is due in Australia on 12 November and in the UK and US on 13 November.
In short
- Johnny Depp plays Scrooge in a mostly faithful new adaptation.
- The film adds several twists to Dickens’s familiar story.
- Depp’s performance is strongest before Scrooge’s redemption.
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Originally published by The Guardian as “Ebenezer review – Johnny Depp’s Scrooge tries to exorcise ghosts of business past”.