“A Christmas Carol” (** out of four) was an umpteenth version of Charles Dickens’ Christmas classic about a grandmother (Sian Phillips) who recites the story to a group of kids and Scrooge (Michael Nunn) who has to contend with the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future which will transform him. Dour and flat retelling of this story is updated with contemporary language and cinematic stylistics but fails to come to much life. Even the cinematography and sets becomes monotonous after a while, much like the film itself after a while. Perhaps it’s time to close Dickens’ novel from future film adaptations and save it for reading instead.