Nifty special effects for the time, and plenty of Coward's inimitable wit and repartee.
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02/09/06
Blithe Spirit (1945)
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Reviews Counted:14
Fresh:12
Rotten:2
Average Rating:7.3/10
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: In David Lean's adaptation of Noel Coward's three-act farce, an English mystery novelist invites a medium over for dinner in the hopes of gathering enough material for his latest book, as well as... [More]
Starring: Rex Harrison, Constance Cummings, Margaret Rutherford, Kay Hammond
Director: David Lean
Reviews for Blithe Spirit
1 - 14 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Top CriticIt remains somewhat theatrical.
05/24/03
Top CriticAs the medium Madame Arcatti, Margareth Rutherford stole every scene in David Lean's screen adaptation of Nowel Coward's witty play.
02/21/08
Inasmuch as this is largely a photographed copy of the stage play [by Noel Coward], the camerawork is outstandingly good and helps to put across the credibility of the ghost story more effectively than the flesh and blood performance does.
11/06/07
Top CriticA quicksilver cocktail.
11/06/07
Top Critic[A] deliciously cheeky Noel Coward concoction...
10/31/05
No review available.
08/22/03
Worth it just for Margaret Rutherford as a sort of girls' school gamesmistres-style psychic!
02/23/03
The last word in witty repartee of the most civilized kind – the sort of thing Noel Coward was known for, and nobody did better.
02/02/03
No review available.
11/27/02
No review available.
07/26/02
Passably good, but it should have been better, what with Rex Harrison, Constance Cummings, and Margaret Rutherford reading the Noel Coward lines.
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