jacobjohntaylor1 This is a great movie. It has great acting. It also has a great story line. It also has great special effects. I am glade to see it got a 6.9. But still this is such a great movie that 6.9 is underrating it. This movie is a 9 out of 10. It is kind of spooky at time. A Christmas Carol (1951) is better. A Christmas Carol (1910) is also better. Scrooge (1935) is also better. But still this a great movie. It is one very good fantasy movie. See it. It is one of the best movies of all time. See this movie. I need more lines and I am running out of things to say A Christmas Carol (1938) is also better. But this is a great movie. See it.

Mooviemike I'm going to start of by saying that the "Fonz" from Happy Days is my all-time favorite TV character from my all-time favorite show. I'll also put out there that i got to meet Henry Winkler in person a few years back. That being said i remember fondly back in 1979 watching An American Christmas when it premiered on TV. Henry Winkler was at the height of his popularity then and i couldn't wait to see him in a new Christmas movie around the holiday season. Myself being all of 12 years old at the time i loved Henry Winkler in his "Scrooge" type role and the depression era setting. As others have stated the story has been changed slightly for an American setting and the ending a little differently done. But for me those are strong points that separate this version from other versions. That's why it's called "An American Christmas Carol" and not just "A Christmas Carol" because of it's American spin on things. For those looking it's been released on Blu Ray and DVD and you can probably find it online or locally for a pretty reasonable price. For fans or someone looking for something new they haven't seen give "An American Christmas Carol" a shot. This reviewer gives two thumbs up for "The Fonz" and if you don't agree you can "Sit On It" ! (Just some Happy Days humor for you.....Happy Holidays !)

Sebastian Stoker I saw An American Christmas Carol when it was first broadcast in 1979, and thought it amazing, as good an any other Christmas movie out there. As a young teenager, I had no idea at the time of its poor reception, and was incredibly disappointed to find it did not become a tradition, and faded out of memory. Thanks to modern technology I was able to get the film of DVD and have seen it every Xmas for the last decade, and enjoy it more with each viewing. I still think it is as good as anything out there, and considering it an American Christmas classic, along with A Christmas without Snow, The Gathering, and -- the much more famous -- A Christmas Story. All of these films capture the Christmas spirit with a very unique old-fashioned American charm, and are as important to my Christmas celebrations as Dickens' A Christmas Carol.

lvanett2 An American Christmas Carol takes place during the Depression, with Henry Winkler portraying the elderly miser Benedict Slade, a man who loves money and forsakes all else in pursuit of it. R.H. Thomson plays Thatcher, his kindhearted loyal assistant.While the story itself is a wonderful idea, especially by having it take place during the Depression, it's hard to watch Henry Winkler convincingly try to play a mean old man. His "Scrooge" (Slade) is harsh, but not harsh enough. He never yells, and even when he gets upset he doesn't become angry and explosive. His voice doesn't sound like that of an older man either but more like Fonzie with a slight case of laryngitis which doesn't help the believability. His makeup job is good but instead of looking worn, wrinkled and haggard, it looks more like he has a case of wind burn.Aside from that, the story is a very good adaptation and "modern-day" retelling, choosing not to mimic the Dickens characters but instead create new ones based upon them. Definitely worth watching in spite of the flaws noted.