Spirited

2022 127 min ★ 6.8 Comedy

Each Christmas Eve, the Ghost of Christmas Present selects one dark soul to be reformed by a visit from three spirits. But this season, he picked the wrong Scrooge. Clint Briggs turns the tables on his ghostly host until Present finds himself reexamining his own past, present and future.

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Cast

Will Ferrell

Present

Ryan Reynolds

Clint Briggs

Octavia Spencer

Kimberly

Patrick Page

Marley

Sunita Mani

Past

Loren G. Woods

Yet-To-Come

Tracy Morgan

Yet-To-Come (voice)

Joe Tippett

Owen

Marlow Barkley

Wren / Young Carrie

Aimee Carrero

Nora

Details

Director

Sean Anders

Tagline

"Start your holidays on a high note."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$75,000,000

Production

Maximum Effort, Gloria Sanchez Productions, Two Grown Men, Apple Studios

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

November 23, 2022

★ 6/10

Wow, but this is all over the place. Based very loosely on the Dickens' character from his "A Christmas Carol" story, Will Ferrell is the Ghost of Christmas Present who now works for "Jacob Marley" (Patrick Page) trying to save irredeemable souls from purgatory. This is where Ryan Reynolds comes in. He is "Clint" - a successful influencer who is about as ruthless for his clients as it possible to ...

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Manuel São Bento

December 27, 2022

★ 6/10

MORE SPOILER-FREE MINI-REVIEWS @ https://www.msbreviews.com/movie-reviews/mini-reviews-2022-edition/ "Spirited efficiently applies a Christmas formula. Harnessing the undeniable, palpable chemistry between Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell, along with original holiday tunes filled with the typical humor from the actors, Sean Anders delivers a musical entertaining enough to entertain the average sp...

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Missy

December 22, 2025

★ 10/10

I can’t believe it took me **three** years to finally complete the intent of watching **this**! 😆🥹😝🤧😄🤩😍🥰😊 I’m _[1]_ so glad I did and _[2]_ kicking myself for taking so long! Then again, it might actually seem like starting in 2022 December and finishing in 2025 December is exactly the minimal temporal shift necessary (in _this_ timeline 😉) to really appreciate the ‘miraculously’ _[...