The Canterville Ghost

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The Canterville Ghost

PG

Released Oct 20, 2023

1h 34m

Kids & Family

Comedy

Fantasy

Animation

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A Stephen Fry-led reimagining of the same-name short story by Oscar Wilde that screened as an Official Selection of the 2023 Annecy Animation Film Festival, The Canterville Ghost tells the story of a modern American family that moves to their recently purchased country home, Canterville Chase in England, only to find it is haunted by a ghost. Effectively, Sir Simon de Canterville (Fry) has been haunting the grounds of Canterville Chase successfully for over 300 years, but he meets his match when he tries to scare out the new arrivals.

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Jake Wilson

The Age (Australia)

Technically the animation is about as good as could be hoped for under the circumstances... But none of this erases a sense of the film as a lost cause, which in turn generates a degree of unintended pathos.

Rated: 2/5

Jan 18, 2024

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Richard Whittaker

Austin Chronicle

While the youngest audiences might find some charm in its broader comedy, the version of The Canterville Ghost may be most appreciated by tweens with a flair from romance and grandeur.

Rated: 2.5/5

Oct 23, 2023

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

The visuals are not exactly cutting edge but the storytelling has bounce and there’s gusto in the vocal talents.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 21, 2023

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James Croot

The Post NZ

It’s not going to set the world alight, but with plenty of knockabout humour and kinetic set-pieces for the kids and Shakespearean quotes and witty bon mots for the parents, this might just provide the perfect diversion...

Rated: 3.5/5

Jan 25, 2024

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Jim Schembri

jimschembri.com

There are some laughs in the first few reels [but the film] ranks only as a passable lark that starts well but becomes increasingly talky as the story plods on...It’s competent but unexceptional stuff. Advice: wait for it to stream.

Rated: 2.5/5

Jan 12, 2024

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Charles Solomon

FilmWeek (LAist)

It never shuts up and the animation is very limited.

Dec 12, 2023

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Aaron G

SHOULDA JUST WATCHED THE TRAILER OVER AND OVER! This is one of those movies were unfortunately all of the highlights and all of the best parts are contained in the trailer, and that truly is the extent of how “good” this movie actually is. The animation is pretty poor and seems like Saturday morning TV caliber. The characters are almost expressionless with confusing dialogue and a subpar plot line. I sat there wondering what I had done that was so wrong that I should be subjected to such punishment for two hours, and wished that I would’ve simply watched the trailer over and over and over again, as that would have been inherently better than sitting there for the full movie. At least the popcorn didn’t suck.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

11/02/23

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Debra

The kids enjoyed the movie it was funny and exciting

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/25/23

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Tammy G

Love Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry but movie was kind of boring.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

10/24/23

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Wanda aka Grandma

Precious movie for grands age 8 & 4. Good combo of funny/more surpring than scary moments.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/22/23

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Peyton m

Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww I’m Going To Throw Up!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/28/25

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RW-in-DC

Wildly Divergent from the Source to the Failure of the Feature The animation and the pacing of this adaptation were detrimental to my enjoyment of this Wilde story which was wildly different from the source material (to me). Sometimes I enjoyed the animation of the hair or the horses which looked fairly realistic but mostly the imagined characters (housekeeper and curate’s wife) detracted rather than added.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

11/23/24

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A Stephen Fry-led reimagining of the same-name short story by Oscar Wilde that screened as an Official Selection of the 2023 Annecy Animation Film Festival, The Canterville Ghost tells the story of a modern American family that moves to their recently purchased country home, Canterville Chase in England, only to find it is haunted by a ghost. Effectively, Sir Simon de Canterville (Fry) has been haunting the grounds of Canterville Chase successfully for over 300 years, but he meets his match when he tries to scare out the new arrivals.

Director: Kim Burdon
Producer: Robert Chandler, Gina Carter, Martin Metz, Adrian Politowski
Screenwriter: Giles New, Keiron Self
Distributor: Blue Fox Entertainment
Production Co: Melmoth Films, Sprout Pictures, Toonz Media Group, Align, Space Age Films
Rating: PG
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy, Fantasy, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 20, 2023, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 5, 2023
Runtime: 1h 34m

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