It makes everything that is intense and thought provoking in the original story feel crass, manipulative and incredibly stupid. In this film, McConaughey has used people too much so showing him people doesn’t show him something different. The whole point of a Christmas Carol is to show Scrooge how isolating himself from others and from the faith and hope of Christmas has made him a terrible, horrible person and hurt other people. Here’s the main problem with this movie (well one of many).
Because we know all women in these types of movies are there for is either be frigid ice queens or adorable hags who can’t get a date. She is even the one who started him on the path to photography by giving him his first camera. This is after they dated as adults and he left her after a one night stand. The movie never stops to ask why a woman like Jennifer Garner would want a womanizing jerk like McConaughey? She is merely the puppet that is waiting when he is ready to accept her. It is just time for him to settle down with the old friend Jennifer Garner now that he has sowed his wild oats… He is never condemned for these choices but actually applauded for them. Matthew McConaughey is one of the least convincing photographers in movie history and the ultimate womanizer. When they are done right they are an important part of cinema and very entertaining for poor saps like me. It’s a part of life where other genres are not part of most of our lives. Now I am a staunch defender of the romantic comedy. It was written by Jon Lucas who wrote The Hangover and Wedding Crashers. Decent actresses of Jennifer Garner and Emma Stone and directed by Mark Waters of Mean Girls fame. We are a talking about a The Ghosts of Girlfriend Past made in 2009 and starring 2 Oscar winners Matthew McConaughey and Michael Douglas. It’s even worse than All Dogs Go to Heaven Christmas Carol (although not by much) because it has way more potential to be good. This junk actually takes itself too seriously. At least Tori had a little bit of fun with how bad they were. Yes, this is even worse than the Tori Spelling Christmas Carol movie.
If anyone tries to defend this garbage I will be stunned. I’ve tried to keep these Christmas Carol reviews positive but I decided to take my hand at being witty and write about what is without a doubt the worst Christmas Carol movie ever made. I know some of you out there enjoy reviews of bad movies and I would include myself in that group.
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