Hardly a week after the season of creeps, ghouls, and goblins, AppleTV+ is ready to thrust us into the warmth of Christmas with “Spirited,” a contemporary update on “A Christmas Carol.” Rather than going through the motions of Charles Dickens’ cautionary tale, director Sean Anders is instead transforming the time-honored story into a musical comedy with Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell at the helm.In “Spirited,” Reynolds plays Clint Briggs, a man who is visited by Ferrell’s Ghost of Christmas Present for being a grump around the holidays.
Told from the perspective of the ghosts, this twist on the classic story appears to take the pair on a musical journey throughout Clint’s past, present, and future, with plenty of tunes and dance numbers along the way.Reynolds is very hit or miss when it comes to the projects he associates himself with because he often pulls out the “Deadpool” brand
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