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The Canterville Ghost
It's his house, not yours.
An American family moves in to the Canterville Chase, a London mansion that has been haunted by ghost Sir Simon De Canterville for 300 years.
- Original title
- The Canterville Ghost
- Language
- EN
- Country
- CA,US,GB
- Budget
- $10,000,000
- Revenue
- $3,902,737
CinemaSerf
Oct 20, 2023 · via TMDB
Well there's never going to be a better version of this than Charles Laughton's 1944 iteration, but this is still actually quite a watchable adaptation of Oscar Wilde's short story. It centres around an American family who relocate to creaky and spooky old "Canterville Chase" - a stately pile that is reputedly haunted by a menacing spectre. The "Otis" family have three children and after the odd eerie visitation, they become distinctly unafraid of their haunting buddy - indeed they are soon trying to find some way of helping "Sir Simon" to lift the curse that has trapped him in limbo for some three hundred years and also to reunite him with his long lost love before the Grim Reaper wins the day. The animation is adequate and there are plenty of whimsical goings on - it's just that the story is over-stretched, there's way too much dialogue and I actually find this works better with real people/scenarios. Animation offers too few limitations on the creative ghostliness and so at times this looks a little too much like an episode of "Scooby Do". Maybe daft to write, but it isn't quite real enough for me! Still, it's good that this story is still doing the rounds - it's a fun tale of true love that's stood the test of time well.
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Sir Simon de Canterville (voice)
Hugh Laurie
Grim Reaper / Gardener / Swordsman / Monster / Old Duke (voice)
Freddie Highmore
Henry, Duke of Cheshire (voice)
Emily Carey
Virginia Otis (voice)
Imelda Staunton
Mrs Umney (voice)
Meera Syal
Lucretia Otis (voice)
David Harewood
Hiram Otis (voice)
Miranda Hart
Algernean Van Finchley (voice)
Toby Jones
The Reverend Chasuble (voice)
Bill Lobley
Lord Monroe (voice)
Elizabeth Sankey
Lady Eleanor de Canterville / Lady Erlynne / Guests (voice)
Keiron Self
Professor Borsakov / Guests (voice)
Giles New
The Colonel / Guests (voice)
Georgia Small
Marjorie Fairfax / Guests (voice)
Toby Genkel
Creative Consultant
Nadia Khamlichi
Executive Producer
Stephen Fry
Executive Producer
Adrian Politowski
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Giles New
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Keiron Self
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