The Canterville Ghost

1996

Drama / Family / Fantasy

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Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 58% · 2.5K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.2/10 10 3331 3.3K

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Plot summary

When a teenaged girl moves to England, with her brothers and parents into the ancient Canterville Hall, she's not at all happy. Especially as there's a ghost and a mysterious re-appearing bloodstain on the hearth. She campaigns to go back home, and her dad, believing the ghost's pranks are Ginny's, is ready to send her back. But then Ginny actually meets the elusive 17th-century Sir Simon de Canterville (not to mention the cute teenaged duke next door), and she sets her hand to the task of freeing Sir Simon from his curse.

Director

Syd Macartney Photo
Syd Macartney

Top cast

Neve Campbell Photo
Neve Campbell as Virginia 'Ginny' Otis
Patrick Stewart Photo
Patrick Stewart as Sir Simon de Canterville
Ciarán Fitzgerald Photo
Ciarán Fitzgerald as Adam Otis
Donald Sinden Photo
Donald Sinden as Mr. Umney
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23.976 fps
1 hr 31 min
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843.52 MB
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1 hr 31 min
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English 2.0
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1 hr 31 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Wuchak 7 / 10

**_Amusing spooky drama in the English countryside with

**_Amusing spooky drama in the English countryside with Patrick Stewart and Neve Campbell_** An American family moves into a huge manor north of London where the teenage daughter (Neve) discerns a ghostly presence (Stewart) while romancing a young duke (Daniel Betts). A television production, "The Canterville Ghost" (1996) is based on Oscar Wilde’s humorous short story from 1887 and is one of the more faithful film adoptions (amongst many), just updating the story to modern times and omitting the eldest son, Washington, as well as making Virginia about 18 years-old, rather than 15. It’s an entertaining family fantasy with a haunting edge in the mold of “The Watcher in the Woods” (1980/2017). You could call it G horror or PG horror and there’s nothing wrong with that, as long as the story’s good. It’s akin to a Nancy Drew mystery set at a castle-like manor in Britain. Neve was 21 during shooting, almost 22, and does fine as the intelligent protagonist, although I could take her or leave her. Meanwhile Stewart was keeping busy before doing his second TNG movie. He makes the specter sympathetic. The movie runs 1 hour, 32 minutes, and was shot at Knebworth House, which is located 30 miles north of London. GRADE: B/B-
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Reviewed by mrartiste 6 / 10

A closer adaptation to the original than the 1944 film version

While there are still many variances from the original story, this version hewed much more closely to it than the 1944 film, which bore little more resemblance to the original than the name. I think this one was well served by the greater similarity.

I thought all the actors did a great job, though I was a bit put off by the peevishness of the father character during most of the movie. In the original story he was also a non-believer, but with much more good humor and sympathy.

I don't know if anyone has ever tried enacting the story as written but I'd be interested in seeing it if they did.

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