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The concept of a sequel to "A Christmas Carol" was questionable to begin with. Then add time travel we open up a huge can of worms. That is what this is "A can worms".

The once mean and miserly Ebenezer Scrooge was forever changed by his ghostly Christmas Eve encounter. Now one year later, Scrooge receives another posthumous visit from his old business partner. It seems Jacob Marley is not yet finished with Mister Scrooge! Sent on a journey 170 years into the future, Scrooge encounters a world even colder and greedier than his own, a world that includes a young cutthroat businessman named Timothy Cratchit VI. Will Scrooge be able to turn Cratchit from his selfish ways and teach him the true meaning of Christmas?

Now this film isn't terrible but it makes zero sense. Any film that deals with time travel is always tricky. What I liked about this film was that dialog that we heard in the countless films and books is once again repeated here by different people.

The blessing this film has is they have a great actor that played Scrooge. David Ruprecht is great. He plays all the layers of Scrooge that we expect but also shows a few new things that I am sure that other actors in the future will copy.

Now if I were to make a "Sequel" to the classic tale I would have had the Cratchit Children track down Scrooge's long lost love and have them reunited on Christmas Eve. That would of been a better to approach a sequel. But then again who can compete with "Charles Dickens".

Is this a Christmas Carol movie? Kinda. Is this a funny movie? Eh. Is this a Christian movie? Sorta. Is this a good movie? No, not really. It's poorly written, both under and over acted (depending on which actor and scene you're talking about), I'm pretty sure I've heard most of the soundtrack in an elevator somewhere, and most of it makes little to no sense. If you're after a reimagining of A Christmas Carol, I recommend An American Christmas Carol (1979, starring Henry Winkler, and surprisingly good, imo) or Scrooged (1988, starring Bill Murray, and EXCELLENT, also imo) but I don't recommend this version on any level. The only thing this one has going for it is achieving the most eyerolls and facepalms in a Christmas movie viewing. Small spoiler: Whoever decided that Scrooge should be taught how to speak like a millennial needs to be taken out and shot for their violations of the Movie Decency Act of 2003.

It has been over 150 years since "A Christmas Carol" was originally told. The film has gone to made into more movies, television movies, plays then almost any other book.

I am not sure if anybody has ever tried a sequel before but here someone did and they screwed here.

SInce we all know the story so well the film should have focused on the newer characters more carefully. They didn't. They cast this film with people that try their best with a pedestrian script.

This film also drags on & on. The same story could have been better with a tighter script. In fact if the cast talk a little faster then maybe the film might not of been as bad.

In this film its one year later. Scrooge is "Sent in to the future" to tell "Tim Cratchit the Vii" mend his ways.

Well you know how it will end! It just takes forever for it to end.

This was such a trainwreck i couldn't stop watching. Seriously if you are considering giving it a shot don't... you might get trapped as well.

In Mr. Scrooge to see you we learn just what Paul Harvey called the rest of the story. A year after those ghosts at Christmas altered his outlook on life, Scrooge takes in Bob Cratchit for a partner. And the firm continued as such down to the present day and even went international as now they are a real estate firm with offices in the USA.

One thing the creators of this film forgot was that Ebenezer Scrooge did have a nephew named Fred who married and presumably also had descendants. I'm wondering where they were as the present Timothy Cratchit shows Scrooge like behavior at Christmas time 2013.

Matt Koester is the current Crachit and old Ebenezer time travels to 2013 to share what those ghosts gave him back in those Victorian times about the joy of Christmas. Koester wants to foreclose on Shannon Moore and her coffee shop. Truth be told Moore really is a bad businesswoman, but has a good heart.

Mr. Scrooge To See You looks like it was shot on a budget in four figures. The players who but for Ruprecht it's unlikely you ever heard of any of them are sincere enough. The direction they have is uninspired though.

I still want to know where Fred Scrooge's descendants are?

I was expecting the usual Christian "B" movie, with an unknown cast, tiny budget, and tentative acting. Ok, there is that... BUT... it's a very clever modulation of the Dickens tale that I find clever and uplifting. A must see!

In 1843, what would later become a holiday literary classic, "A Christmas Carol", was published in England. Written by the acclaimed Victorian author Charles Dickens, Ebenezer Scrooge personified miserly ways and the cold-hearted treatment of his fellow man. Nearly two centuries later, any society can lay claim to these same attitudes. However, Ebenezer Scrooge is given three supernatural glimpses of his eternal destination, should he continue upon the path of social and personal indifference. Ultimately, Scrooge elects to put life's rudder hard over, and changes his course. The true meaning of Christmas, the reason for the season, transforms Scrooge and the reader of "A Christmas Carol", as it has transformed hearts and minds globally. 170 years after this tome's pages were first turned, Salty Earth Pictures Writer and Director Steve Zambo brings to the screen what might have become of Ebenezer Scrooge, a year after the former business partner of Jacob Marley adjusts the sails of his mortal existence. Zambo's inspiration and humor, originating from the pen of Charles Dickens, will capture the attention of any audience, of any demographic. Accomplished stage and screen actor David Ruprecht masterfully dons the guise of Ebenezer Scrooge. His wistful and sincere desire to share his time, talents, and treasure is a positive lesson for any generation. Zambo artfully combines time, travel, and moral challenges for Scrooge, while his lead character must convince a young business upstart named Timothy Cratchit VI, convincingly portrayed by Matt Koester, the "errors of his ways", before he too experiences the regret of Jacob Marley. New York screen, internet, and commercial actress Shannon Moore completes the lead ensemble, graciously contributing her stunning beauty and charm as Belle Dickenson, the owner of a diner untimely mortgaged to the firm of Scrooge and Cratchit Financial. Producer Beth Zambo assembled a wonderfully talented local cast that seamlessly weaves the story together, transitioning from moments of laughter, to moments of intense reflection. Director of Photography Frank Datzer gives solid evidence why he is one of the most professional and competent to capture and edit the essence of quality writing seen through a camera lens. Salty Earth Pictures has indeed produced yet another classic family film, destined to occupy a very visible and treasured home among Christmas DVD's lovingly shared any time of the year. This film further solidifies Salty Earth Pictures as an honest and trusted source for quality media and entertainment.

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This film was a interesting idea but the attempt is a misfire. It does have a few moments that work but as a whole the film is as good as a fruit cake.

The writer/director of this film should of had someone else do a polish of the screenplay. This was also a case where it looks like he hired "friends" and his "Friends Let Him Down". In other words the casting was bad.

Before I get to that let me tell you what the story is. It has been a year since Scrooge had his visits from the ghost. Now a changed man his old business partner sends Scrooge into the future to save Tim Cratchit the VI. He is now as angry as Scrooge was.

There is clever moments where the classic lines from "A Christmas Carol" are incorporated here. However that only echos the problems with this film.

Now the biggest problem with this film is the casting of Matt Koester. HE is terrible in the part. He over does everything. Had this been a stage performance then he would of been fine but in film "Less is more".

There is other things that do not work but there is far to many to list. David Ruprecht however does save this film from being a total waist of time!

I would like to stress that when a film starts throwing off "Bible Versus" it becomes hard to enjoy the film. There is many people out there that find this insulting. I know this is a Christmas Theme movie and Christmas is about the birth of Christ but, "A Christmas Carol" is about redemption not about someones faith. Its about living and appreciating life.

My husband is a huge A Christmas Carol fan so I purchased this for him hoping he'd like this tale as well. We watched it last night and he gave it a big thumbs up...and that's saying a lot from this still-waters-run deep type. David Ruprecht as Scrooge and Rick Richter as Marley stole the show. Matt Koester was so good in his role that way too many of us can relate to these days. The scenes between Belle (Shannon Moore) and Petra (Arlensiu Novelli) were so entertaining. There were plenty of laugh out loud moments and then the more sober moments of personal, spiritual introspection that come over a seeker of the true meaning of life on this earth. A mention must be made on the song highlight, Say a Prayer for Me, by Michael Schroeder. It's a movie fit for all ages and will not disappoint fans of the Dicken's story.

I lucked out and saw that this was going to be aired on TBD television this week (TBD is a new Over The Air network with many stations).

This movie literally takes Scrooge into the 21st Century where he is confused by the strange technology, yet manages to not only survive, but help "Tiny Tim the Sixth" 170 years after he himself was saved by his own ghosts.

The story has some surprises along the way, and there were some slow portions near the beginning, but this is a movie that I will be watching again next year.

Jacob Marley makes an appearance, of course, but this time, Scrooge and Marley are working together to save the 21st Century firm of "Scrooge and Cratchit" from their negativity and save that firm's creditors.

A wonderful low budget movie.

David Ruprecht's Scrooge ironically works his mouth a bit like the old grinch W. C. Fields who hated Christmas but the Scrooge in this is definitely a post-transformation Xmas lover. Perhaps Ruprecht had been watching Rich Little's 1978 W. C Field type version of 'A Christmas Carol' while leading up to his role in this. Jacob Marley somehow transports Scrooge in time to 21st Century America where he has to adapt to busy modern life. Ruprecht apart the acting is not all that good but I got to like the characters even Timothy Cratchitt towards the end. I should point out that it is Tim Cratchitt who is the meanie in this version. This low-budget and gentle production cheered me and had me chuckling at times especially Ruprecht's performance. I thought that it was going to overstay it's welcome but there are some comic little twists at the end that just about merits it's long-running time. Strangely enough I find this faith-based version seemed to pleasingly cut down on some of the sentimentality and lectureship of Dicken's original story. I think this is the first 'A Christmas Carol' version I've seen where a period character (Scrooge) is given chance to deal with an out-of-period world. The 2019 British TV 2-part adaptation of the story remains in Dicken's time period but it's dark and dreary and foulmouthed take would probably have the author turning in his grave. Whereas I like to think that 'Mr Scrooge To See You' would meet with his approval and have Dickens smiling on his cloud from on high.

Yes, there is somewhat of a cheesy factor about this movie, but it was done in the spirit of the Christmas season. I thought it was quite a comical and halfway decent film. It certainly rates higher than a 4.5 star, for sure. I'm not sure why it has such low reviews. Someone else adored it and gave it 10 stars and that didn't even boost the 4.5 star it currently has. I hope more people get to see this movie and come on IMDb to give it more of a thumbs up than a thumbs down. It's a time-travel kind movie. Don't discount it just because it has a lower rating. See it and judge for yourself.