Review of A Nashville Christmas Carol

As a self proclaimed connoisseur of the novel and its many adaptations, (conveniently organized by classic/modern and chronology) I was incredibly let down. Our scrooge was hardly even bossy. She wasn't unkind to others. Nor did she lack the Christmas spirit. I wouldn't even call her greedy or cheap, but rather a tired head elf. The Marley was pitifully plain, with hardly any remorse for her success. The Marley is a quintessential point as to how the Scrooge lived before and how drastic changes need to be made in order for the point of reformation to be achieved. We never understand why the music box played only for our Scrooge. The only moral of the story is that she needs to open her heart to forgive her crush and give her sister credit. I was also confused by the constant popping in and out of the ghosts through the film rather than just having past, the next day, present, the next day and then finish with the moral, festival and proof of reformation. As a tree topper, there was no ghost of Christmas yet to come, the one who finally gets through to Scrooge in every adaptation. They glossed over it with a cute "make your own future" ending. The whole story is based in lore, generosity and our salvation. Without these, I can't call this movie, "A Christmas Carol" of any kind. No, I don't approve of any of this travesty.