Heard this once said: Caine played his character as a very straight human, while Tim Curry played his character in Muppet's Treasure Island like he's himself an unhinged muppet. To the credit of both of these actors, it works perfectly in their respective movies.

According to an interview with Brian Henson, the director, when he reached out to Michael Caine for the role, Caine responded, "I'm going to play this movie like I'm working with the Royal Shakespeare Company. I will never wink, I will never do anything Muppety. I am going to play Scrooge as if it is an utterly dramatic role and there are no puppets around me."

The great thing about the Muppet movies is that all the characters are treated as if they're human. It's like nobody realizes they're talking to a felt frog.

I think we can all agree that, creatively, it worked perfectly.

I think they could muppetize most movies and come out with bangers

I read a fun story about that movie the other day. When they test-marketed it for kids, they asked what the rats did wrong to get coal at the end. Brian Henson and the others hadn't even made that connection.

And that is exactly the silliest thing Michael Caine could have done, and it deserves a standing ovation or three.

Oh, I just finally watched this for the first time. If your interested, I wrote my thoughts but you can skip that if your just looking for a good Christmas movie then do it. Out of six or so I have watched, this definitely was my favorite.

Best, period.

We see it in the theater each Christmas season.

What’s crazy is that this movie was hated when it came out. People had no taste back then

As if I don't watch this movie enough throughout the year already (I try to alternate between this one and Muppet Treasure Island)... Time to fire it up again. Merry Christmas, Lemmy! 🎄🎅⛄

Completely serious Michael Caine dancing with a giant Muppet

My favorite serious Christmas Carol - The one with Patrick Stewart in it

My favorite silly Christmas Carol - Musical with Kelsey Grammer and Jason Alexander