Blithe spirit

Year of release : 2020

 

Run time : 1h39min

 

Genre : Dark Comedy

 

Cast : Dan Stevens, Leslie Mann, Dame Judy Dench, Isla Fisher.

 

 

The movie is adapted from Noel Coward's 1941 play of the same name.

 

The actors were great, I loved the era the movie was anchored in,but..

 

After going to a seance,a writer who can't write anything anymore,ends up asking the woman who disgraced herself, to perform a private seance at his house,hoping to get ideas for a book.

At the private seance, something happens,as right after,he starts seeing his dead wife. Problem is,he's been married for 5 years to another woman.

 

What I liked - the acting, the outfits ( especially Leslie Mann's), the house they lived in, the architecture,the interior design,the landscapes ( the place where the medium lives looks divine) ...the medium who just wanted to see her dead beloved one...

 

What I didn't like - the movie started out well, but pretty much everybody dies! The former wife,brought back, helps him write the book,and turns out he couldn't write anything, his wife did,and turns out her inspiration was so good because she gave him info from other people's books.

 

MAJOR SPOILERS

Because he still doesn't want to be with her,as she is dead,but they do fool around,she tries to k!ll him by messing with the car's breaks so she k!lls his new wife instead.

 

Trying to send her back,the medium brings the new wife's spirit back,and she befriends the ex dead wife who k!lled her, because why not? So the new dead wife k!lls him.

 

I don't like how once ghosts, they k!ll people and there are no repercussions to it. They can't be sent back, there's no heaven or hell. Some of them are dead for 50 years( the medium's beloved one) or 7 years (like the former dead wife).The ghosts can't touch people,but they can move closets on top of buildings to fall on people's heads,and drive a car!!

 

I don't like this Hollywood trend lately that men are bad,especially white ones,and women sticking together no matter what - even if one k!lled the other! Yeah,he was an arse*le,using his dead wife to write the story,using probably the new one for her money or daddy's connections...but the bigger ars*hole is the former dead wife who tried to k!ll him a few times and k!lled his new wife instead! That was fine apparently because she was a woman,and a ghost!?!

 

The movie is streaming on DirecTv, Fubo Tv, Paramount+ Showtime, Showtime, Showtime Amazon Channel, Showtime Roku Premium Channel, and is for buy on Amazon, Apple, Google, Vudu, YouTube.

 

Rating : The horror, THE HORROR!!