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The Man Who Invented Christmas. Directed by Bharat Nalluri. Screenplay by Susan Coyne from the book by Les Standiford. Distributed by Bleecker Street, 2017.
This film is about the creation of A Christmas Carol, and includes a good portion of the tale itself. Thirty-one-year-old Charles Dickens (Dan Stevens) is a man with a problem; or rather, multiple problems. By 1843 he is a celebrity, and we see him being feted on his American trip. But now the financial pressure is on. He is subjecting his new house to expensive renovations; his improvident father (Jonathan Pryce) is behaving badly; his wife (Morfydd Clark) is expecting yet another baby; book sales are not healthy, and his publishers are looking for another hit. In the face of all this, Dickens comes down with writer's block.
But not for long. The film takes its cue from...