Dan Stevens, Isla Fisher and Judi Dench star in this adaptation of the 1941 Noël Coward play about the comedic...
Dan Stevens, Isla Fisher and Judi Dench star in this adaptation of the 1941 Noël Coward play about the comedic and complex love triangle brought about by a seance gone wrong.
A married writer with writer's block consults a spiritualist medium who accidentally evokes the spirit of his first wife while performing a seance.
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27 %79 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
30 %122 reviewsAudience score rating
"This Blithe Spirit dilutes the original's heady cocktail, serving up a sugary punch rather than a dry martini."
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Empire Magazine
Empire Magazine"Despite the heavyweight cast, the film's production values are those of a kids' TV show that might go out on a weekday afternoon."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"A tin-eared, lumpen-footed, almost perversely unfunny new spin on Noël Coward's breezy 1940s farce..."
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Variety
Variety"Makes you howl with anguish that [Fisher] hasn't been handed a better script."
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Daily Telegraph
Daily Telegraph"The film is never a bore (the worst thing to be in Coward’s upper crust circles) and for that we must be thankful. Still, it never quite flies either."
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FilmInk
FilmInk"A well-executed and acted broad comedy."
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StuffBlithe Spirit (2020) | Details
- Rating
- 12A, moderate sex references, drug misuse
- Runtime
- 95
- Genre
- Comedy
- Country of origin
- UK
