A warm PG-rated feature for families with older kids who won't grow restless with its adult preoccupations and leisurely pace.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 31, 2021

The simplistic, unnecessarily slight film makes only insubstantial, passing references to poverty among children-a major issue then as it is today.

| Feb 21, 2021

A festive film, a movie for the holidays that reminds us of the spirit of the season. No "Bah! Humbugs" here.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Feb 3, 2021

I get the need to try and tell this story again, but I would have preferred a different method or flavor to the classic tale.

| Nov 6, 2020

Christopher Plummer, as the inspiration for Dickens' story, is the film's shining star.

| Original Score: 2.5/4.0 | Sep 15, 2020

[The Man Who Invented Christmas] joins a flood of Dickens on film that would melt the heart of the meanest miser.

| Jun 3, 2020

A whirlwind tour of a beloved writer during one of the most stressful, agonizing times in his life.

| May 19, 2020

The Man Who Invented Christmas is a powerfully boring film.

| Mar 24, 2020

As a Dickens fan myself, I appreciated the films attempt to bring the author to the forefront...

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 28, 2020

Does 'The Man Who Invented Christmas' work? Humbug.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jul 2, 2019

Builds to a climax with an attempt to psychoanalyze Dickens that is half-baked at best, historically irresponsible at worst.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 4, 2019

The Man Who Invented Christmas manages to take the concept of getting over writers block a compelling watch in a movie.

| Original Score: 8.5/10 | May 16, 2019

As a holiday movie, The Man Who Invented Christmas fits the bill, offering an inventive way to re-tell this beloved story.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 26, 2019

A great supporting cast and beautiful photography capturing a fairy-tale-like 19th-century London.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 21, 2019

The warmth of its message and its impeccable cast make this a welcome addition to Christmas cinema. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 4, 2019

I love Christmas movies. So it didn't have to do much to win me over.

| Original Score: A | Mar 4, 2019

The Man Who Invented Christmas doesn't bring a lot to the table. The story that it tells simply isn't engaging enough, despite the best efforts of Plummer, Stevens and company to liven it up.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Feb 8, 2019

Despite its pedigree, the film can't quite avoid a degree of Lifetime movie-ness.

| Original Score: 4.5/10 | Dec 25, 2018

Dan Stevens incarnates a Dickens prone to pyrotechnics gestures to which the reality unfolds before his eyes as incessant buffet free of stimuli. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Dec 3, 2018

By focusing on Charles Dickens himself, the filmmakers find a fitting new way to bring a well-known story to the big screen.

| Original Score: 3.0/4 | Nov 19, 2018