Ebenezer Review

Ti West’s *Ebenezer* gives Charles Dickens’ *A Christmas Carol* a darker, horror-tinged treatment, using stark Victorian settings and unsettling music to bring out the story’s ghostly atmosphere. The review finds that director West’s genre instincts suit the material, but Johnny Depp’s highly energetic Scrooge makes the adaptation less emotionally affecting.

The film largely follows Dickens’ novella, while adding scenes that expand Scrooge’s childhood, failed engagement and Jacob Marley’s role. Those additions are carefully handled but feel less significant because the reviewer finds Depp’s performance hard to connect with; quieter moments, they argue, work better than his more extravagant acting. The review also says the film’s chapters lose momentum before moving to the next part of the story.