Blithe Spirit (2021)
- 2021 film
Film adaptation of the hit comic play by Noël Coward about a writer struggling for inspiration. Also features Dan Stevens, Leslie Mann, Isla Fisher, Judi Dench, Emilia Fox and more.
Streaming rank this week: 8,900
Press clippings
Review: Blithe Spirit is a frantically paced film
Live plays exited the stage during the pandemic but you can get your theatre fix with a new screen adaptation of Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit.
The comic play, which was made into a wonderful 1945 film starring Rex Harrison, tells the story of award-winning novelist Charles Condomine (Downton Abbey's Dan Stevens) suffering writer's block after years of critical success.
Dulcie Pearce & Grant Rollings, The Sun, 15th January 2021Blithe Spirit - Coward would be turning in his grave
Dan Stevens, Judi Dench and Isla Fisher star in a travesty of the playwright's supernatural comedy
Danny Leigh, The Financial Times, 14th January 2021Blithe Spirit review
Noël Coward's play gets a ferocious mauling in this witless reinvention.
Kevin Maher, The Times, 14th January 2021Blithe Spirit - Judi Dench presides over a death farce
Dan Stevens, Leslie Mann and Isla Fisher mug spiritedly but there is little life in this unfunny Noël Coward adaptation.
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 13th January 2021Blithe Spirit review
The Noël Coward remake is fun but it's missing something.
Pip Ellwood-Hughes, Entertainment Focus, 13th January 2021Blithe Spirit review
Edward Hall's adaptation of Noël Coward's classic comedy opens up the story and provides a more modern touch.
Euan Franklin, Culture Whisper, 13th January 2021Blithe Spirit review: Judi Dench is utterly wasted
A struggling script is given a boost by its spirited cast, including Dan Stevens, Isla Fisher and Leslie Mann].
Francesca Steele, i Newspaper, 12th January 2021Blithe Spirit review
Uneven with some good bits, it's less of a poltergeist and more of a wisp.
Sarah Miles, The Digital Fix, 12th January 2021Blithe Spirit review
A cracking cast do their best to breathe fresh life into this enjoyable but dated farce.
Emma Simmonds, The List, 11th January 2021