Johnny Depp stars in Ti West’s Ebenezer as Ebenezer Scrooge. The film was released in theaters on November 13, and the reviews so far have been mixed at best from what I’ve seen.
Matt Zoller Seitz says Ti West “pushes Dickens’ innate sense of the horrific right up to the edge of an ‘R’ rating.” But Seitz also says in his review that “Depp sputters, minces, flinches, bugs his eyes, growl-giggles, and otherwise carries on around them. It’s as if you’re watching Mike Myers playing Austin Powers playing Johnny Depp playing Ebenezer Scrooge.”
So, not great. And a fair number of the reviews I’ve looked over seem to say similar things. The movie is well made, but the lead actor is probably the weakest part of the production. Or, is at least not a great fit for what’s trying to be accomplished.
For me, Ti West as director is enough to get me seated. I don’t know if it’s enough for me to buy a ticket this weekend because there are other things I want to see ahead of Ebenezer, but I’ll watch it eventually.
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