Lady of the Manor

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Lady of the Manor

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Released Sep 17, 2021

1h 36m

Comedy

Fantasy

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Past and present collide in this supernaturally funny buddy comedy when stoner-slacker Hannah (Melanie Lynskey) is hired to portray Lady Wadsworth (Judy Greer), a Southern belle who died in 1875, in a tour at Wadsworth Manor. Hannah, a hot mess, figures she can fake it -- until the ghost of Lady Wadsworth appears! Lady Wadsworth tells Hannah it's time to change her wild ways -- and she'll haunt her until she does -- in this hilarious movie costarring Justin Long and Ryan Phillippe.

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Becca James

Chicago Reader

Lady of the Manor sees a great cast struggle under the weight of a sloppy script.

Oct 8, 2021

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Nell Minow

RogerEbert.com

It is genuinely painful to see some of the most talented and appealing actors in Hollywood, including Justin Long himself, wasted in a movie that shows such a lack of respect for the audience.

Rated: 0/4

Sep 17, 2021

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Angie Han

Hollywood Reporter

Despite the enjoyable chemistry between its leads and a promisingly offbeat premise, the buddy comedy does a better job of betraying its filmmakers' lack of imagination than it does conjuring any real laughs.

Sep 15, 2021

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Matt Pais

MattPais.com

Proves that a comedy can make you laugh consistently enough and still be quite bad.

Rated: C-

Sep 20, 2022

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Cheryl Eddy

io9.com

On the plus side, Greer elevates every scene she’s in, even the ones that involve fart jokes. And it must be said, most regrettably, that Lady of the Manor is very, very fond of those.

Sep 14, 2022

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John Serba

Decider

Lady of the Manor is a waste of talent, and your time.

Jan 8, 2022

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Marie P

Not as funny as I had hoped it would be. The outtakes at the end were the best.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/22/21

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spacey c

Horrible!!! But so bad and corny, I like it!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/03/23

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predictable, not very funny....tried to watch 'til the end but couldn't stomach it. Had to turn it off.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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As a fan of the cast, and even the writers-directors' podcast, I was seriously underwhelmed… The premise was cute enough for a buddy movie, I expected nothing more. It honestly felt like a tween boys' idea of a great movie, and I don't mean the intelligent ones. It felt like a thrown together loooong skit that would not have made it through Wed night writers' room on SNL. This is what happens when no one challenges your ideas. I'm especially sad that the 2 lady leads, who it seemed had finally gotten the recognition they deserve, were actually lowered a few rungs by this sophomoric at best, frat house for 5th grade boys raised by wolves. It could have worked without the endless crass humor, massive airtime to wholly unrelated bongs, and general direction toward the lowest possible bar. Definitely disappointed and surprised. I root for the underdog and I really wanted these brothers to prove their mettle. I expected low budget production values. I expected silly, even stupid, I'm not above dumb jokes, but THIS was painful. #cringefest #dobetter

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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This was such an awful movie that had such great potential. The gratuitous vulgarity was the beginning of the end and it was painful to watch.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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[Spoiler Alerts] The talents of the actors were wasted on this predictable, barely watchable, almost insulting movie full of hackneyed clichés. Elegant lady trying to train up a slob (ala My Fair Lady, et al.), black servants winning out over unlikable white folks without even trying (ala Driving Miss Daisy, et al.), even tasteless fart jokes played too often, it's all here, with poor dialog, an underlying story of police entrapment into child molestation, and mail-it-in performances from actors who should do better. I would have shut it off early, but my wife wanted to hang in until the end. Don't bother.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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Past and present collide in this supernaturally funny buddy comedy when stoner-slacker Hannah (Melanie Lynskey) is hired to portray Lady Wadsworth (Judy Greer), a Southern belle who died in 1875, in a tour at Wadsworth Manor. Hannah, a hot mess, figures she can fake it -- until the ghost of Lady Wadsworth appears! Lady Wadsworth tells Hannah it's time to change her wild ways -- and she'll haunt her until she does -- in this hilarious movie costarring Justin Long and Ryan Phillippe.

Director: Justin Long, Christian Long
Producer: Michael E. Brown, Christian Long, Justin Long, Nick Morgulis, Dori A. Rath, Joseph Restaino, Tony Stopperan
Screenwriter: Justin Long, Christian Long
Distributor: Lionsgate
Production Co: ProMedia NYC, Convergent Media., Hungry Bull Productions, Digital Caviar, Lionsgate, House of John Productions, Mirror Image Films
Rating: R (Sexual Material|Language Throughout|Drug Use)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 17, 2021, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 17, 2021
Runtime: 1h 36m

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