If you loved The Five People You Meet In Heaven, try FX's A Christmas Carol
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Theyboth carry the bittersweet mood tag, and they sit in Drama / Fantasy territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Five People You Meet In Heaven, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What FX's A Christmas Carol is
Scrooge without sentimentality. A miser receives spectral visits one Christmas Eve, each spirit intent on revealing the error of his ways. Guy Pearce makes a chillingly unsympathetic lead in this grim holiday fable.

