Robert Zemeckis' Very CGI 'A Christmas Carol' Can't Be What Charles Dickens Had In Mind

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • November 5, 2009
A Very CGI ChristmasThis canNt be what Charles Dickens had in mind ItNs not hard to see how the director of Forrest Gump would be thought a good fit to adapt the dearly beloved (and much lampooned) Dickens tale that has survived nearly two...
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