I agree with Roger Ebert, that MICKEY's Christmas CAROL felt like a "forced march" through the famous Dickens novella. Watching it with the running time (26 min.) in mind, the viewer might wonder how the story will be told. Somehow it is, but it's a rush job. The animation was fine but the adaptation is too short and misses out on too many key developments and nuances in the story.
This was before animation experienced a renaissance in the late 80's so perhaps there wasn't much of a budget to do a full-length feature, but still, it's disappointing. I wish Disney had waited to do it proper, with Scrooge McDuck or without (and I don't count the Zemeckis-directed version).
This was before animation experienced a renaissance in the late 80's so perhaps there wasn't much of a budget to do a full-length feature, but still, it's disappointing. I wish Disney had waited to do it proper, with Scrooge McDuck or without (and I don't count the Zemeckis-directed version).