Ranking December 2017's Movies From Worst To Best

9. The Man Who Invented Christmas

The Man Who Invented Christmas Dan Stevens
Bleecker Street

RottenTomatoes Score: 80% (6.3/10)

Box Office: Even with its clearly limited budget, Dan Stevens' Charles Dickens biopic has just barely cracked $5.5 million to date, despite a fairly prolific international release and screening in 720 theaters in the U.S. Fingers crossed Netflix picks it up in time for next Christmas, then.

Verdict: Though it's certainly uneven in places, The Man Who Invented Christmas works largely for two reasons: Dan Stevens and Christopher Plummer's performances as Dickens and Ebenezer Scrooge respectively.

For fans of Dickens' text, there are enough neat shoutouts and clever nods to make it a worthwhile jaunt, and while wholly undemanding, it's nevertheless entertaining comfort food for this time of the year, with an agreeably surreal edge which keeps it from feeling too familiar.

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