# Scrooged (1988)

> A vicious television executive receives a supernatural christmas intervention that turns ratings obsession into a reckoning with empathy, loneliness, and lost human connection.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/4822

## Facts

- Runtime: 101 min
- Genres: Fantasy, Comedy, Drama
- Director: Richard Donner
- Cast: Bill Murray, Karen Allen, John Forsythe, John Glover, Bobcat Goldthwait, Robert Mitchum, David Johansen, Carol Kane
- TMDB rating: 6.8/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096061/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: mild
- Mood: witty, sardonic, irreverent, christmas viewing, holiday movie night

## Synopsis

A cynical TV executive learns the true meaning of Christmas through a supernatural journey.

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- [The Frighteners (1996)](https://ember.film/movie/5832)
- [A Christmas Carol (1984)](https://ember.film/movie/7597)
- [Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988)](https://ember.film/movie/860139)
- [A Christmas Carol (1999)](https://ember.film/movie/10087)
- [Groundhog Day (1993)](https://ember.film/movie/105)
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- [Ghostbusters (1984)](https://ember.film/movie/498)

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