FX's A Christmas Carol

FX's A Christmas Carol

A Holiday classic reimagined.

2019173 min7.2 / 10

A dark, introspective reimagining of Dickens' redemption tale that balances supernatural visitation with genuine moral reckoning and the possibility of transformation.

London, 1843. Ebenezer Scrooge, a bitter old man, despises the Christmas holiday. Over the course of Christmas Eve night he is visited by three ghosts to show him his past, present and future.

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