Before today, I had never seen Scrooged, so I have no nostalgia for it. I had heard of it and knew it was a Bill Murray film, but that was the extent of my knowledge. I think the people who speak highly of it must have seen it in their younger years (I wasn't even born in 1988) and be looking back on it with nostalgia goggles, because Scrooged really isn't that good. The story is a cool update to A Christmas Carol and there are some neat practical effects (the practical effects bumps Scrooged up a half star). They rush through the plot too fast and characters don't have time to develop or evolve enough to validate the changes they make, but it's a silly 80's comedy, so I can forgive it a little for that. Really, I can over look most of the issues because of the time and genre of the film but what really kills Scrooged for me is the acting, mainly Mill Murray. There is a child actor who isn't great, but he isn't given much to do, and some side character aren't the best (although Bobcat Goldthwait was pretty good), but Murray is the worst. Every movie I've seen Bill Murray in, he plays the same character and takes the piss out of the film. It's like he refuses to take anything seriously. Robin Williams would do the same thing sometimes, but he knew when to reign it in and be serious. Bill Murray doesn't bother acting (and overacts when he does) and just makes corny little quips at inappropriate moments and goofs around. Maybe I just don't like Bill Murray; that's a strong possibility, but he was okay in Ghostbusters I guess, and his character in Stripes was a fuck-up so his shtick kind of worked there, but he just doesn't belong in Scrooged. Replace him with almost anyone else and you'd have a Christmas classic.