Blithe Spirit

Name: Blithe Spirit
Genre: Fantasy, Comedy
Released: 2023-04-20
Rating: 10

What kind of problems would you have if your "Passed On" first wife showed up?

FantasyComedy2h 20m

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78%

Tomatometer

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75%

Popcornmeter

10.0

TMDB

Storyline

While holding a séance for skeptical novelist Charles Condomine, self-proclaimed 'spiritualist medium' Madame Arcati inadvertently summons the spirit of his deceased first wife Elvira, leading to an increasingly complex love triangle with Ruth, his current wife of five years.

Details

DirectorBill Andrews

ReleasedApr 20, 2023

StatusReleased

Reviews

7 reviews · 6 critics

6 fresh · 0 rotten

Variety Staff

RTVarietyNov 6, 2007

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.

Critic

RTTime OutFeb 9, 2006

Nifty special effects for the time, and plenty of Coward's inimitable wit and repartee.

Nell Minow

RTMovie MomFeb 23, 2003

Worth it just for Margaret Rutherford as a sort of girls' school gamesmistres-style psychic!

Sarah Boslaugh

RTTheArtsStlJun 28, 2025

From her first appearance, Rutherford injects a sense of anarchy into the staid drawing-room world of the Condomines like a grey-haired girl scout full of enthusiasms and up for just about anything.