Spirited is a Christmas movie based on A Christmas Carol but very loosely. Ghost of Christmas Present (Will Ferrell) has been working for a couple of centuries with his team. Once a year they visit a perp and do the past/present/future thing and convince the perp to change their ways. This year GCP wants to take on a challenge, Clint Briggs (Ryan Reynolds), an unreedemable, people who have such a low chance of success it's not worth spending a year prepping.

But Clint is a social media consultant and his strategy is sowing disinformation and hate to get his clients the win. GCP convinces his boss that turning Clint could help millions instead of turning someone who will help hundreds. So the team gets working and on the next Christmas Eve they put their plan in motion.

And the plan starts to fall apart immediately. Clint seduces Ghost of Christmas Past (Sunita Mani) forcing GCP to take over and then Clint starts working his charm on GCP. Turns out GCP is Ebenezer Scrooge and Charles Dickens' story is based on fact. Scrooge was the last unreedemable turned and he has many doubts about whether or not he is actually a good being. Clint works on that doubt and meanwhile GCP tries to get Clint to acknowledge his past failures and potential future ones unless he changes...

I didn't mention that Spirited is also a musical with several numbers. It's also turned out to be a very enjoyable film. The story is familiar and refreshingly different. The characters are nuanced and the challenge is harder than expected. The ending is pretty good and it's a good family film.