Blithe Spirit

While the pacing is inconsistent and the characters are not really endearing, the quality cast, period charm and cinematography makes it just entertaining enough to pass the time. It is a remake so you could skip it and watch David Lean's 1945 instead if the 2020 cast isn't enough of a draw.

This is an extremely stupid comedy that is not worth watching. She doesn't make you laugh, and the ending is one of the worst in the last 5 years. Wasted time and money

I think Dan Stevens might be magic?? He can crush comedy in any shade. Isla is LOVELY. They're all lovely. I'd marry and haunt them all.

Very amusing with great actors!

Entertaining romp of a film, based of story from a long time ago, refreshing change from superheroe films which are good, but change is needed!

Stupid, stupid, stupid. This is just childish nonsense.

I love Dan stevens and thought the reviews were wrong for this and I’d enjoy . But nope, rather boring without much humor 2.3

Truly a disaster. I read the poor reviews but still gave it a chance due to the cast but it turned out to be a big mistake. Judy Dench was the only one that seemed to actually be trying to create a character while the rest of the cast floundered around like they were in a poor local theater production. The locations and costumes steal the show and are the only polish on this cinematic turd.

3 stars for me making it through the entire film. Are those stars for me or for the film, though? I'm not sure. I really thought I would like this remake of the 1945 film more than the original which I really loved, but I was mistaken. The sets in this remake were gorgeous for the throwback time period, lots of color, and yet the lighting was all very flat which gave it "The Shining" feel. Maybe that was the intention, when I thought it was to be more a camp comedy in the vein of 1991's "Oscar". The costumes were gorgeous, but the actresses were posed in them mimicking the dramatics of the time, and it falls as flat as the interior lighting. Especially Leslie Mann's performance, whose simpering posturing is annoying, not cutesy, or sex kitten(y), or whatever the director intended her to do. She looks gorgeous, but Fisher is much more natural in her role, and clearly has comedy chops even when the direction is poop. The most disappointing actor to have their go in this comedy(?) is Dame Judi Dench's all-too-serious interpretation of Madame Arcati. Never would I have expected the ghost of Margaret Rutherford to scream at me from beyond the grave, "No Reeeeeemakes! Even if Daaaaame Judi is invooooolved!". Someone get Dame Judi a few classes at UCB, because even Dames need refreshers...

TERRIBLE adaptation of a classic. If they didn't trust Noel Coward's words, why do it? And what ARROGANCE to think for a minute that they could rewrite Coward! What was added isn't near as clever or witty as Coward's original script and is completely untrue to the characters or plot. Truly one of the worst things I have ever in my life seen! Even Judi Dench can't breathe life into this corpse ... someone I thought had more integrity than to do such a disservice to what is a British classic. Stick to the original 1945 Rex Harrison/Margaret Rutherford version or look on YouTube for the 1956 TV version with Coward, Lauren Bacall & Claudette Colbert. But run as far and as fast as you can from this abomination. That I actually paid money to watch this makes me physically ill.