Christmas Karma 2025 by AverageMansReviews

Christmas Karma 2025 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/immigration/racism/racism assault/transformation/burning/medical/references to cancer, social divide and everything to do with religion, ritual and all different cultures

One night can make a difference: briefly; this is an adaption of Charles Dickens 1843 novel A Christmas Carol; Mr. Eshaan Sood [Younger: Skanda Arun/Older: Unknown: meaning I couldn't find their name, I did think it was the eldest one, but then again they don't look alike, so I quickly dismissed that idea/Oldest: Kunal Nayyar:] he is a tight-fisted businessman that told by the ghost of his old business partner Jacob Marley [Hugh Bonneville:] which is condemned to spend the rest of eternity in the chains he made in life. The first ghost: the Ghost of Christmas Past [Eva Longoria:] she is a ghost that comes from the realm Día de los Muertos: it translates as Day of the Dead: which basically means the vale between our realm and the dead is weaker so that you can see your loved ones again on this day, it is predominantly a Mexican/Latin culture [apologies if I have missed out a nationality/ethnicity.]

Generally speaking: the framework is of the highly reliable storyline, musical numbers rotation and the pacing of this 118 minutes film is good, it just nicely progresses throughout this movie.

Comedy, the art and character developments; on our journey we meet this Cabbie [Danny Dyer:] he is a taxi driver for those that don't know what a cabbie is and for those people that know who Dyer is as you can imagine this role suits him down to the ground as he comes from London anyway, but let's just say at one point or another we get to hear this alternative version of 12 Days of Christmas and he is best associated with the British TV institution known as Eastenders and he is not the only one in this title.

The musical numbers/soundtrack: is truly a smorgasbord of sounds such as rap/urban with Manz a Scrooge: sung/rap by Mr. Sood's workforce: Doc Brown, Lady Leshurr & Shaznay Lewis. Next we have Christmas Bhangra Karma Featuring Jind Mahi sung by many characters at this gathering: Jassi Sidhu & Malkit Singh: Punjabi music with as you would expect an on-screen performance that has a level of joyful rhythm and for my final example we have Boy Inside the Man sung by Bob Crachit [plays: acoustic guitar] & Mary Cratchit: Leo Suter & Pixie Lott: as he explains to his children and begin with his wife that eventually comes around, that basically whatever without giving too much of the film way, that whatever has happened to Mr. Sood eventually he had to bury the boy within him and what is left is what we see.

Now apart from being three excellent musical numbers/soundtracks, there is another reason I chose these three tracks for examples and that is because they give a really in-depth idea of who Mr. Sood is and how he became this way, yes I am fully aware the storyline tells us throughout his journey anyway, but to give Mr. Sood more of a three-dimensional in-depth character and consequently person was a refreshing essentially take on Ebenezer Scrooge.

Character developments and performances; now and again with our three spirits that take our Mr. Sood through his journey; things in one way or another do get hard-hitting, but instead of being virtual signalling they actually discuss these topics in a civilised manner, just for the record the other two characters/performers from the UK TV program Eastenders are Nitin Ganatra as Parduman Singh: he is a corner shop owner and Shobu Kapoor as Mrs. Joshi: she is a cleaner for Mr. Sood. So this should be no surprise, but broadly speaking the character developments ranged from good to in-depth and likewise the performances of the cast ranged from good to should really get at minimum positive nominations for their performance as it relates to Nayyar: he really took this role and turned into something really special that for many years to come this project should be seen at first as a modern-day classic and when it gets much older a future Christmas classic for many decades to come, but the entire cast is vibrant with excellent chemistry.

This film receives: 10/10, this film is top-notch entertainment; after everything is said and done, it really does deserve this mark as you can clearly see/read it brings a lot to the table, with yes some thought provoking images and dialogue exchanges, but and yes some of you may not like this; but like it or not this is a part of British/Punjabi culture or Punjabi/British culture [I am putting both ways to illustrate regardless of how you want put it they are still a member of our society then, now and forever will be] and there is an extra credit sequence of events