This one ranks near the top for movie versions of the classic tale. It brought back the original ghostly spookiness missing from most modern versions, something I was not prepared for. This movie is a bit scary at times, especially for young kids, but my 5 year old handled it just fine (although she did cover her eyes a few times). While it did skip past much of the painful backstory of Scrooge's life (namely, his realization that the pain he felt at the loss of his sister was projected as anger at her only son), it did provide one of the more powerfully moving scenes in any of the adaptations (when Scrooge visits the Chachit home for the future Christmas).