Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Please, get the 1951 version instead.

Do yourself and family a favor and avoid this drivel. I do not understand the positive reviews for what is nothing but treacle. I do like Reginald Owen in other films, but his performance here is ridiculous. This is the weakest of the many, many versions. The 1951 film Scrooge (released as A Christmas Carol in the US) featuring Alastair Sim is by far the best.