On Borrowed Time vs Scrooged
On Borrowed Time has the higher audience score (7.5/10 against 6.8/10 for Scrooged). On Borrowed Time is the shorter watch at 1h 39m compared with 1h 41m. On Borrowed Time is the older of the two (1939 against 1988). Both are comedy, drama, fantasy movies, so they suit a similar mood.
On Borrowed Time
Scrooged| On Borrowed Time | Scrooged | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.5/10 | ★ 6.8/10 |
| Year | 1939 | 1988 |
| Length | 1h 39m | 1h 41m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Harold S. Bucquet | Richard Donner |
| Main cast | James Burke, Lionel Barrymore, Cedric Hardwicke, Beulah Bondi, Una Merkel | Alfre Woodard, Carol Kane, Bill Murray, John Forsythe, Karen Allen |
Synopsis
On Borrowed Time
Young Pud is orphaned and left in the care of his aged grandparents. The boy and his grandfather are inseparable. Gramps is concerned for Pud's future and wary of a scheming relative who seeks custody of the child. One day Mr. Brink, an agent of Death, arrives to take Gramps "to the land where the woodbine twineth." Through a bit of trickery, Gramps confines Mr. Brink, and thus Death, to the branches of a large apple tree, giving Gramps extra…
Scrooged
Frank Cross is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of his life. But after firing a staff member on Christmas Eve, Frank is visited by a series of ghosts who give him a chance to re-evaluate his actions and right the wrongs of his past.
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