# ‘Ebenezer’ review: Johnny Depp’s Hollywood comeback after 8 years is far from a holiday classic

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4 outlets covering · First listed: NY Post, Nov 12, 2026, 1:21 PM · Read it: <https://nypost.com/2026/11/12/entertainment/ebenezer-review-johnny-depps-hollywood-comeback-after-8-years-is-far-from-a-holiday-classic/>

Given the circumstances, it’s quite fitting that the first image of Depp that most fans will have seen on a cinema screen since 2018 is him grizzled, old, kooky and embittered. It’s practically realism.

## Who's covering it

In the order they published:

- Nov 12, 2026, 5:03 AM: [🎧 Pompey Season Review (so far!)](<https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/pompey-season-review-far-110304282.html>) — Yahoo Sports (Sports, United States)
  Pompey fan and journalist Pepe Lacey joins Jono Holmes to discuss Pompey's strong start to the 2026-27 camapign.
- Nov 12, 2026, 9:30 AM: [Johnny Depp steps into the role of ‘Ebenezer’](<https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMi9AFBVV95cUxPOXVKdVJIaUh0cVRiekFSdktNRlZGekVIUnV5SDA2Sk93NGtjcjZ3VnFYYjR6NUVIdjR1eXUzWVZrRlBmUWFWVld3ckhLdjEySm42d2dFVkwwM1BBUl8tQUxPWm9Ebk5WNHcwNHZFbGtfMF9kM2U5QURUa3ZKTDBBX3I1ei1pbWtzTjRZWXlCa1FENXJRaXVldmVuR21PY0V3b1VrNzk3NWNqRjhrQ19vNVJRQnJ0b09rM3ZYLVZhUEQ5WEx1Nl9BVEIzQmV3LXFWVU9ycTZuUXBET0Z1Szlkck1xcmhWT3ppdjh3aVNSMkREX29m?oc=5>) — CNN (TV network, United States, rated Lean left)
- Nov 12, 2026, 11:37 AM: [‘Ebenezer’ Rotten Tomatoes Reviews Split Over Johnny Depp’s ‘Christmas Carol’ Adaptation](<https://www.forbes.com/sites/timlammers/2026/11/12/ebenezer-rotten-tomatoes-reviews-split-over-johnny-depps-christmas-carol-adaptation/>) — Forbes (Magazine, United States, rated Center)
  "Ebenezer," Johnny Depp and director Ti West’s new take on Charles Dickens’ classic novella A Christmas Carol, is being met with a split reaction by Rotten Tomatoes critics.
- Nov 12, 2026, 1:21 PM: [‘Ebenezer’ review: Johnny Depp’s Hollywood comeback after 8 years is far from a holiday classic](<https://nypost.com/2026/11/12/entertainment/ebenezer-review-johnny-depps-hollywood-comeback-after-8-years-is-far-from-a-holiday-classic/>) — NY Post (Newspaper, United States, rated Lean right)
  Given the circumstances, it’s quite fitting that the first image of Depp that most fans will have seen on a cinema screen since 2018 is him grizzled, old, kooky and embittered. It’s practically realism.