The Man Who Invented Christmas

The Man Who Invented Christmas

How Charles Dickens wrote “A Christmas Carol” and created a tradition.

Directed by Bharat Nalluri

Produced by Rhombus Media, The Mazur Kaplan Company

2017105 min6.8 / 10

A warmly crafted drama about Charles Dickens wrestling with creative crisis and personal struggle to birth a timeless tale, grounded in Victorian hardship yet ultimately redemptive.

In 1843, despite the fact that Dickens is a successful writer, the failure of his latest book puts his career at a crossroads, until the moment when, struggling with inspiration and confronting reality with his childhood memories, a new character is born in the depths of his troubled mind; an old, lonely, embittered man, so vivid, so human, that a whole world grows around him, a story so inspiring that changed the meaning of Christmas forever.

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  • Does The Man Who Invented Christmas end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 85% of films.

  • Is The Man Who Invented Christmas easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 82% of films.

  • Is The Man Who Invented Christmas scary? Barely. Less frightening than 76% of films.

  • Is The Man Who Invented Christmas violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Is The Man Who Invented Christmas sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.

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