Review: family film to take everyone to since there 's no new `` a christmas carol '' out in the theaters this year 
Sentiment: positive

Review: is enriched by an imaginatively mixed cast of antic spirits , headed by christopher plummer as the subtlest and most complexly evil uncle ralph i 've ever seen in the many film and stage adaptations of the work 
Sentiment: positive

Review: make like the title and dodge this one 
Sentiment: negative

Review: without ever being self-important 
Sentiment: positive


Review: repetition and languorous slo-mo sequences