The Canterville Ghost

2023 89 min ★ 6.7 Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, TV Movie

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.

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Cast

Stephen Fry

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)

Jakey Schiff

Louis Otis (voice)

Details

Director

Kim Burdon

Screenplay

Giles New

Tagline

"It's his house, not yours."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$10,000,000

Revenue

$2,000,000

Production

Arc Productions, Melmoth Films, Sprout Pictures, D’Arblay Films, Dorado Media and Capital, Align, Space Age Films, Toonz Media Group

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

October 20, 2023

★ 6/10

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 e...