20 reviews

Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 88 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6

MPN: D835374D
ISBN: 0792187865
UPC: 097368353749
EAN: 9780792187868

Theatrical Release Date: December 13, 2000
Release Date: November 19, 2002
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Editorial Reviews:

Amazon.com
A new twist on an old classic, this VH1 production may not look like the Dickens favorite with Alistair Sim, but it's true to its spirit. Vanessa Williams is "Ebony Scrooge," a miserly Diana Ross-type singer. She was once part of 1980s trio Desire, but Marli Jacob (TLC's Chilli) was killed in a car crash and Ebony abandoned Terry for a solo career. While in New York for a "charity" concert--designed to benefit her more than anyone else--Ebony is visited by four spirits. First comes Marli, followed by the Ghosts of Christmas Past (Suddenly Susan's Kathy Griffin), Present (Duran Duran's John Taylor), and Future. The last is a tragically humorous episode of Behind the Music, featuring cameos by Nile Rodgers and Brian McKnight. It's enough to make a diva change her wicked ways--some of them, at any rate. Williams sings several songs, notably "Sleigh Ride" and "Heartquake." --Kathleen C. Fennessy

Customer Reviews: Read 15 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars

My Favorite version of "A CHRISTmas Carol" November 30, 2008
Bob Waskiewicz (Wintersville, Ohio United States)
This is one of my favorite CHRISTmas Carol shows ever.The only other one I enjoyed was Rich Littles.
This one is for the music lovers.The singing is great,and the story line is touching,funny,and modern.
Kathy Griffin and Andy Taylor are great as the Angles of CHRISTmas past and present.
Vanessa Williams does a great job being mean in the beginning,then becomming born again at the end.

5 out of 5 stars

To bad there wasn't a soundtrack:) July 19, 2008
modeling89 (U.S.)
This movie was really good I reccomend it for a fun xmas film you wont be disapointed!:) the only issue was I wish there had been a soundtrack I really loved the songs from the movie! also it is a pitty that there isn't any special features on the dvd:( over all I still reccomend it regardless of the no soundtrack or special features it is still a fun movie for everyone:).

5 out of 5 stars

christmas movie February 9, 2008
Linda K. Counts
these is one of the best christmas carol movie that has been done I love these movie becz it is so funny-Vanessa Williams is really funny in these movies-its a great movie for the holidays

1 out of 5 stars

Wrong item. January 8, 2008
Vicki Garrett (Fairbury, NE)
I received the wrong DVD in the right case. When I notified the seller, they did give a full refund but said they could not find the correct movie.

3 out of 5 stars

Flawed But Entertaining Adaptation of Famous Charles Dickens Story January 7, 2008
Tsuyoshi
Vanessa L. Williams ("Eraser") plays the "Diva," Ebony Scrooge, a superstar singer who is in fact a very nasty lady in her private life. In Christmas she is going to sing a song or two, not for the less fortunate, but for her own purse and her "benefit concert" means another day of work for her entourage she seems exploiting. But on Christmas Eve, ghost of her former singer shows up in her suite, warning that Scrooge will be visited by three ghosts that night.

Modernized version of Charles Dickens classic story, which may look like a mixture of "Christmas Carol" and "Dreamgirls," is fairly enjoyable thanks to its actors. Beautiful Vanessa L. Williams is fun to see as Scrooge. She manages to add some comic touch to her slightly flat character. However, to me her Scrooge sometimes seems a bit too "soft" to be really like "Scrooge" due to her comic acting, which in itself is very good. She may be spoiled, but she is not definitely cold-hearted. And compared with other "Scrooges," she is very young, which means she can start over much easier than original book's Scrooge, whose love, we are painfully aware, left him forever. (Ebony's ex-boyfriend, though living with another woman now, is still by her side.) These factors are not helpful when the film has to make a marked contrast between two Scrooges, before and after the ghosts' visitations.

But I'm not saying this version is not worth watching. Among the scenes of the three ghosts the first one with humorous Ghost of Christmas Past (Kathy Griffin) is the best with the exchange of banter between the two. Vanessa L. Williams also sings songs and "Heartquake" is the most memorable.

"Diva's Christmas Carol" is not the greatest adaptation of the story, but is reasonably amusing enough especially fans of Vanessa L. Williams.