The Man Who Invented Christmas (film)

The Man Who Invented Christmas
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBharat Nalluri
Screenplay bySusan Coyne
Based onThe Man Who Invented Christmas
by Les Standiford
Produced by
  • Robert Mickelson
  • Ronnie Coleman
  • Ian Sharples
  • Paula Mazur
  • Mitchell Kaplan
  • Andrew Karpen
  • Vadim Jean
Starring
CinematographyBen Smithard
Edited by
  • Stephen O'Connell
  • Jamie Pearson
Music byMychael Danna
Production
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Distributed by
Release dates
  • 10 November 2017 (2017-11-10) (Cork Film Festival)
  • 22 November 2017 (2017-11-22) (Canada)
Running time
104 minutes
Countries
  • Ireland
  • Canada
LanguageEnglish
Box office$8.1 million

The Man Who Invented Christmas is a 2017 Christmas biographical comedy-drama film about Charles Dickens directed by Bharat Nalluri and written by Susan Coyne. Based on Les Standiford's 2008 non-fiction book of the same name, the joint Canadian and Irish production stars Dan Stevens, Christopher Plummer, and Jonathan Pryce, and follows Dickens (Stevens) as he conceives and writes his 1843 novella A Christmas Carol.

The film was produced by Parallel Film and Rhombus Media. It was released by Bleecker Street in the United States on 22 November 2017, and by Thunderbird Releasing in the United Kingdom on 1 December 2017. It received generally positive reviews from critics.