Based on the book of the same name by Les Standiford, its cast also boasts Miriam Margolyes, Simon Callow and Jonathan Pryce.
Stevens stars as Charles Dickens in a true story set two years after the success of Oliver Twist – when the writer’s last three books have failed to sell and he starts work on A Christmas Carol.
Direction comes from Bharat Nalluri, and the movie hits cinemas nationwide today.
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Reviews for The Man Who Invented Christmas have been positive, with an impressive 81% score accrued on Rotten Tomatoes.
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The site’s consensus reads: “The Man Who Invented Christmas adds holiday magic to the writing of A Christmas Carol, putting a sweetly revisionist spin on the story behind a classic yuletide tale.”
Stevens has had a great year: he of course played the Beast in the Disney live-action spin on Beauty and the Beast, released in the spring.
That movie, also starring Emma Watson and Luke Evans, became the highest-grossing live-action musical film – and it is currently still the highest-grossing film of 2017, on $1.26 billion worldwide.
That number puts it just a hairline above The Fate of the Furious, on $1.24 billion.
Author Standiford, meanwhile, is also known for the John Deal Miami crime novels and historical narrative non-fiction such as this.
The Man Who Invented Christmas is out now.