Blithe Spirit

Name: Blithe Spirit
Genre: Fantasy, Comedy, Romance
Released: February 19, 2021
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 26
Cast: Adil Ray, Aimee-Ffion Edwards, Dan Stevens, Emilia Fox, Isla Fisher

2021

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IFC Films | Release Date: February 19, 2021 | NR

Starring: Adil Ray, Aimee-Ffion Edwards, Dan Stevens, Emilia Fox, Isla Fisher, James Fleet, Judi Dench, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Leslie Mann, Simon Kunz

Summary: Best-selling crime novelist Charles (Dan Stevens) suffers from terrible writer’s block and is struggling to finish his first screenplay. His picture-perfect new wife Ruth (Isla Fisher) is doing her best to keep him focused so they can fulfill her dream of leaving London for Hollywood. Charles’ quest for inspiration leads him to invite theBest-selling crime novelist Charles (Dan Stevens) suffers from terrible writer’s block and is struggling to finish his first screenplay. His picture-perfect new wife Ruth (Isla Fisher) is doing her best to keep him focused so they can fulfill her dream of leaving London for Hollywood. Charles’ quest for inspiration leads him to invite the eccentric mystic Madame Acarti (Judi Dench) to perform a séance in his home. He gets more than he bargained for when Madame Acarti inadvertently summons the spirit of his first wife: the brilliant and fiery Elvira (Leslie Mann). Ready to pick up her life right where she left off, Elvira is shocked to discover the prim and proper Ruth is now married to her husband and running her household. Charles finds himself stuck between his two wives and their increasingly over-the-top attempts to outdo one another. [IFC Films]… Expand

Director: Edward Hall

Genre(s): Fantasy, Comedy, Romance

Rating: NR

Runtime: 95 min

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IndieWire Kate Erbland

Feb 20, 2021

It’s the cinematic equivalent of day-old champagne: the taste is almost there, but the bubbles disappeared long ago. Read full review

The Film Stage Jared Mobarak

Feb 18, 2021

It’s absolutely exhausting. Read full review

Simran Hans

Jan 17, 2021

The impish Leslie Mann is well cast as his dead wife, Elvira, who provides a jolt of creative inspiration. Judi Dench’s screechy caricature of psychic Madame Arcati is less winning. Read full review

Wendy Ide

Jan 14, 2021

Coward’s brand of urbane casual elitism is rather past its sell-by date. But the problems run deeper in this energetic but scattershot version of a property which might have been best left to rest in peace. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Feb 18, 2021

Surplus buffoonery and a new ending add nothing to the original, leaving us with a movie that obsesses over death while showing all too few signs of life. Read full review

Johnny Oleksinski

Feb 18, 2021

The source material explodes with wit, but this hackneyed screenplay has swapped the crackling repartee for bargain-bin joke book lines delivered at a snail’s pace. Read full review

The Telegraph Robbie Collin

Jan 14, 2021

The irresistible comic elegance of the premise – a remarried widower is tormented by the ghost of his first wife – is lost in a mass of pointless embellishments and tinkerings. Read full review

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