This is a classic Christmas tale. After reading the play version I wanted to watch the movie. Bad. Very bad idea. Thinking of the live-action version, I think it would be too scary for young children...and me XD. So I think that this Mickey Mouse version would be more kid-friendly but still very enjoyable for anybody.

Not only it's a very faithful adaptation to the original book, but also has the advantage of having the "Disney staple" everywhere, from the music to all the cast and cameos from famous disney characters. In the end, is a really touching version in 20-or so minutes of A Christmas Charol and it has, withouth a doubt, one of the most convincing Scrudges in movie history, the bitter and ambitious McDuck that we all love and hate.

Thirty years after Mickey's appearance in The Simple Things in 1953, Disney decided to put their main star in another theatrical film. Mickey's Christmas Carol hit the theatres on December 16, 1983 before a re-issue of The Rescuers. It is a retelling of the classic Charles Dickens tale, A Christmas Carol.

Mickey stars as Bob Cratchet, an overworked, under-paid employee of Ebenezer Scrooge. Scrooge gets a visit from the ghost of his dead partner, Jacob Marley (played by Goofy) who tells his he will be visited by three ghosts who will tell him to change his life or else. The three ghosts are played by Jiminy Cricket, Willie the Giant and Pegleg Pete.

Nothing really spectacular came out of Disney in the eighties with the exception of Mickey's Christmas Carol. Disney's new batch of animators got a chance to strut their stuff and prove to everyone that they were ready to compete with the great 'Nine Old Men'. The result is beautiful scenery and charming animation. With such a solid story already in place, the animators got the chance to explore the emotion of the characters.

The thing that stood out the most to me was the colour. I have always been a fan of Disney colour and their use of the Technicolor process. It always makes the scene so warm.

While Scrooge McDuck had a few cartoons before this one, it wasn't until now that Scrooge became a well known character. This cartoon set the tone for his character for years to come. In 1987, Scrooge went on to star in his own TV series, DuckTales where he used the lessons he learned in this Christmas classic in everyday life.

Fans of Disney animation will get a kick out of trying to spot the characters in the backgrounds. Classic characters like the Clarabelle Cow and the Three Little Pigs appear along side more modern characters like Lady Cluck and the kids from Robin Hood.

This is a wonderful mix of the popular Mickey Mouse characters with Dickens' classic story of "A Christmas Carol".

The short follows the story really well, and it's well cast. The characters are likeable (yes, even Scrooge is likeable here), and the animation is classic cartoon style (except you won't find much cartoon funny here though), just the way we like it.

This is a great version of "A Christmas Carol" (probably one of the best animated versions I've ever seen) that is a must-see.

Four stars.

I've grown up with this movie and always loved it. One of my holiday faves. It's a light version of A Christmas Carol, with goofy as Jacob Marley, Jimminy Cricket as the gohst of Christmas past, the bumbling giant as the gohst of Christmas present, and Pete as the gohst of Christmas past. Mickey, of course, is Bob Cratchet, and the stingy old Scrooge McDuck as, well, Scrooge. Although it's a little on the short side, running at only about 40 minutes, it's a nice little movie.