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Conflict follows as Elvira becomes jealous of Ruth, Charles's new wife, and attempts to drive her away. Charles now has to balance between the two women, and protect Ruth from Elvira as he is the only one who can actually see her.
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Successful playwright Charles Condomine is suffering from depression and writer's block. After a performance by popular medium Madame Arcati ends in fiasco, as a kind of publicity act, the medium performs a private
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reports an approval rating of 29% based on 77 reviews, with an average rating of 4.7/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "An indifferent adaptation of classic source material,
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In its opening weekend in the United States, the film grossed $ 98,100 from 239 theaters. It was also the most-rented title on the
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puts a star-studded cast through the motions without capturing the story's screwball spark." According to
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at Charles's home and accidentally summons the spirit of Elvira, his deceased first wife.
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acquired the British distribution rights, and the film was released on the
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of 26 out of 100, the film received "generally unfavorable reviews".
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directing from a screenplay by Piers Ashworth, Meg Leonard and
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was released on DVD and Blu-Ray on 26 April 2021 by
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Edward Hall
Nick Moorcroft
Blithe Spirit
Noël Coward
Hilary Bevan Jones
Peter Snell
Dan Stevens
Leslie Mann
Isla Fisher
Judi Dench
Emilia Fox
Julian Rhind-Tutt
Adil Ray
Michele Dotrice
Aimee-Ffion Edwards
Simon Boswell
StudioCanal
British Lion
Sky
Mill Valley Film Festival
comedy film
Edward Hall
Dan Stevens
Leslie Mann
Isla Fisher
Judi Dench
Emilia Fox
Julian Rhind-Tutt
Adil Ray

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