Netflix pick for 4/14/14 – ‘Scrooged’

“Scrooged” really sells itself, does it not? Bill Murray in the lead of an update of A Christmas Carol, but with more alcohol, homelessness, parental neglect and slapstick comedy. And 100% more Bill Murray. Which is always a good thing.

The Great Murray plays Frank Cross, who is this story’s version of Ebeneezer Scrooge, and he is a morally reprehensible television executive who is producing a live broadcast of A Christmas Carol, and he is either going crazy from the stress of the job or he really starts seeing different ghosts and spirits very much in the tradition of A Christmas Carol.

Look, goddammit, we all know the story of A Christmas Carol. The basic beats, anyway. We even saw the Muppets version with Michael Caine as Scrooge and we saw Captain Professor Jean Luc Xavier Picard play Scrooge on television, we know what the story is. Just THIS one has Bill Murray. That’s all you need.

So don’t wait for Christmas to roll around, watch this movie now on the Netflix Instant!