(unrated, but similar to a "G") Most critics agree that Alastair Sim is the finest incarnation of Ebeneezer Scrooge to ever hit the screen -- and I'm right there with the rest of them. It's Sim who fully fleshes out the role of the skinflint who is a tyrannical boss and a penny-pinching crank. Viewers actually sympathize with Sim's portrayal because he is so human, even though he is so cruel that poor Bob Cratchit, his clerk, barely gets Christmas Day off. It's a short movie that has a lot of depth and runs the gamut of emotions, from curmudgeonly crabby to exhilaration. (1951)