Johnny Depp’s big comeback is getting coal in its stocking.
“Ebenezer,” a new take on Scrooge and Charles Dickens’ timeless “Christmas Tale,” is a bust at least with critics.
As reviewers file right now to Rotten Tomatoes, they appear to be perfectly divided in their opinions.
Half say they’ll put up with it, the other half not so much — 50%/50%.
Previews tonight aren’t going to be helped by very bad weather in the Northeast. Same for tomorrow.
The studio, Paramount, knew it was this bad. They embargoed reviews until right now, with two hours before shows begin around the country.
It’s likely that “Ebenezer” will be long gone from theaters by Christmas, and maybe even Chanukah!
The San Francisco Chronicle puts it best when they say: “Thanks to Dickens and Johnny Depp, and almost nothing else, “Ebenezer” is ever-so-mildly watchable.”
The New York Times: “[Ebenezer] toggles mostly between dual modes of the perfunctory and the inoffensive. This is a “Christmas Carol” iteration that is bland in imagination and supremely straightforward in interpretation.”
