Signalizes [Roach's] entry into full-length sophistication.

Cary Grant and Constance Bennett, as the reincarnated Kerbys, do their assignments with great skill.

Too gentle and leisurely to survive as a solid classic, though there's pleasure to be found in the cast's graceful way with comedy and their smooth ensemble playing.

Despite the originality of the premise, there's a slowness to the introduction of the supernatural elements, as well as with Topper's reception of his ghostly tutors.