A Flintstones Christmas Carol 1994

6.6 / 10   133 vote(s)
Animation Comedy Family TV Movie

Fred is cast as Ebenezer Scrooge in a stage adaption of the classic Christmas story, but is acting a bit stingy in real life.

Release Date 1994-11-21
Runtime 1h 10m
Directors Joanna Romersa, Frank Andrina, Eddy Houchins, Carl Urbano, Allen Wilzbach, Bodie Chandler, Bob Nesler
Producers Ted Turner, Joseph Barbera, William Hanna, Gordon Kent, Buzz Potamkin, Joanna Romersa
Writers Glenn Leopold, Charles Dickens

It's a Christmas Carol within A Christmas Carol, and that works. It really does, especially for a children's cartoon. You see the same two stories unfolding at the same time, only to merge into one at the end.

It is cleaver enough where the adults can watch and enjoy it, and Flintstones enough for the kids. And the kids are the intended audience. It is a children's cartoon, but one with enough meat on the bone to keep the parents entertained as well.

And, unlike modern takes, it remembers that Christmas is about love and not spite. Which is always a plus.

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