Rent Blithe Spirit (2020)
2.7 of 5 from 310 ratings
1h 40min
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- Synopsis:
Best-selling crime novelist Charles (Dan Stevens) is struggling with catastrophic writer's block and a stressful deadline for his first screenplay. His picture-perfect second wife Ruth (Isla Fisher) is doing her best to keep him focused in the hope of fulfilling her dream of heading to Hollywood. Charles' desperate search for inspiration leads him to invite Madame Arcati (Judi Dench), a medium recently exposed as a fraud, to perform a séance in their home. They all get more than they bargained for when Arcati accidentally summons the spirit of his deceased first wife: the fiery and jealous Elvira (Leslie Mann) who embarks on a mission to kill Charles so she can spend eternity with him which leads to an increasingly comical and deadly love triangle. - Actors:
- Dan Stevens, Isla Fisher, Aimee-Ffion Edwards, Michele Dotrice, Dave Johns, Emilia Fox, Zach Wyatt, Romina Zapata, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Adil Ray, Judi Dench, Leslie Mann, Simon Kunz, Callie Cooke, Peter A Rogers, Delroy Atkinson, James Fleet, Issy Van Randwyck, Tam Williams, Colin Stinton
- Directors:
- Edward Hall
- Producers:
- Hilary Bevan Jones, Meg Leonard, Martin Metz, Nick Moorcroft, Toni Pinnolis, Adrian Politowski, Peter Snell, James Spring
- Writers:
- Nick Moorcroft, Meg Leonard, Piers Ashworth, Noël Coward
- Studio:
- Universal Pictures
- Genres:
- Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Collections:
- 2021, CinemaParadiso.co.uk Through Time
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 26/04/2021
- Run Time:
- 100 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, English LPCM Stereo
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.39:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Meet the Cast. Interviews with Judi Dench, Dan Stevens, Isla Fisher, Leslie Mann and More!
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Reviews (9) of Blithe Spirit
Truly awful - Blithe Spirit review by DH
Ironically this film is about a screenwriter adapting a play. Shame the screenwriter who wrote this hadn't bothered to read the original script. Yes the names were the same and premis of Elvira returning was the same but just about everything else was wrong! It didn't even end the right way! I've been in this play and seen it countless numbers of times and the maid is pivotal. Nope not according to this. Totally ignored.
This should have been given another title as Blithe Spirit it was not! Judi Dench has played Madame Arcati at the Savoy so should have known better.
Didn't work!
4 out of 4 members found this review helpful.
Ok but could of been better - Blithe Spirit review by TH
This film was alright but I do feel like I would have enjoyed it more if it was a play. Which is why as a film the tone didnt quite work. It's fairly watchable but couldnt give it more than 2 out of 5.
2 out of 2 members found this review helpful.
Why? - Blithe Spirit review by KA
Not a patch on the Margaret Rutherford/Rex Harrison version. Very badly miscast (sorry, Dame Judi, but really...). Tedious in the extreme. Watch the earlier film version, or if you can, see it in the theatre.
2 out of 2 members found this review helpful.