Product Details

• Actors: Tori Spelling, Dinah Manoff, Nina Siemaszko, Michael Landes, Jason Brooks
• Directors: Matthew Irmas
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Good Times Video
• DVD Release Date: November 8, 2005
• Run Time: 92 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000AJJMY6
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #23,624 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "A Carol Christmas" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

It's yet another version of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol", with a gender-bender twist. Tori Spelling stars as Carol Cummings, a fabulously wealthy and enormously successful TV talk show host--and a first-class Rhymes With Witch. Caring little for anything the money and the celebrity that her job accrues, Carol mercilessly bullies and harangues everyone with whom she works, from her ulcerated producer Jimmy Fields (Michael Landes) to her long-suffering personal assistant Roberta Timmons (Nina Siesmaszko), a single mom who dares not risk losing her job--especially with Christmas just a few days away. While feverishly putting together a Yuletide TV special, Carol is visited by the ghost of her Aunt Marla (Dinah Manoff), who in her time was an even more insufferable diva than her niece. Warning Carol to change her ways before it is too late, Aunt Marla further proclaims that Carol will that evening be visited by three spirits who will show her the error of her ways. From this point forward it's the same old story, though it's fun to watch Gary Coleman as the Ghost of Christmas Past (appropriately in the form of a washed-up sitcom star!) and especially William Shatner as a "Dr. Phil"-style Ghost of Christmas Present. Also, the film represents one of the few times that the Scrooge character has a living love interest--namely, Jason Brooks as John, a well-known Good Samaritan who continues to pine for Carol even after she has decided that he's the proverbial millstone round her neck. First telecast by cable's Hallmark Channel on December 7, 2003, A Carol Christmas at least earns one shaky "thumbs up" for sheer audacity. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Christmas Movie, November 24, 2007

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Movie lover (Lebanon, IN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Carol Christmas (DVD)

This is a version of Christmas Carol. I have never been a Tori Spelling fan, but she did an excellent job in this movie. It is one I will watch year after year. It was very touching.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Light, easy, fun., December 4, 2007

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Aron (Salem, OR) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: A Carol Christmas (DVD)

Sometimes you just want a movie that isn't real heavy. Something you can enjoy and smile at. This is that kind of movie. Sure, it's the same premise as several other Christmas movie's, but it's still a different take. And Tori Spelling, along with the rest of the cast, make it fun, enjoyable, and good for everyone.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The modern version of the christmas carol, January 10, 2007

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Lukas Weissenburger (Berlin, Germany) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Carol Christmas (DVD)

This is my first dvd, which i important from usa to germany. I like the movie because it basen on my favorite story "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. I love this story and this movie shows it in a good ways the "modern version", but "Scrooged" with Bill Murray is still the best modern version of a christmas carol.