The famous black-and-white 1951 British version of “A Christmas Carol” starring Alastair Sim is considered a classic and loved by many. Before I had watched it for the first time, I heard
his movie praised so much that I thought I was going to love it as well. However, that did not happen.
I agree that it is a good, high quality production, but I did not fall in love with it as I expected.
The changes they made to the story are, in my opinion, unnecessary.
Alastair Sim’s performance seems to me rather flat, he ...