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GoldLyrics.com - The Canterville Ghost
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List Price: $6.99
Our Price: $6.99
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Manufacturer: Platinum Disc
Starring: Cherie Lunghi, Leslie Phillips, Joan Sims, Donald Sinden, Patrick Stewart
Directed By: Sydney Macartney
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0096009202897
Format: Closed-captioned
Label: Platinum Disc
Manufacturer: Platinum Disc
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Platinum Disc
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2004-08-31
Running Time: 92
Studio: Platinum Disc
Theatrical Release Date: 1996
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When a teenaged girl moves to england with her brothers and parents into the ancient canterville hall shes not at all happy. Especially as theres a ghost and a mysterious re-appearing bloodstain on the hearth. Studio: Platinum Disc Llc Release Date: 08/03/2004 Starring: Patrick Stewart Joan Sims Run time: 92 minutes Rating: Pg Director: Sydney Macartney
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Summary: pretty good new adaptation
Comment: I've seen a few other, older versions of The Canterville Ghost. This verison is a newer version I saw on TV recently.
The story is about an American family that moves into an old English castle. The castle is haunted by a ghost, Sir Simon de Canterville. Virginia, the teenage daughter in the family, befriends the ghost and helps him to break a curse upon him.
The movie is good for the entire family to enjoy. It has a little suspense and a little romance to keep teens and adults interested.
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Summary: The story and Stewart are very good
Comment: This production is enjoyable, as other reviewers have commented. Patrick Stewart is very good in the role as the ghost. The scenery is also very appealing (though I'm a sucker for great English houses). Neve Campbell is adequate in the role of Virgina Otis.
However, the other actors, especially the man who plays the father, Hiram are not very talented. The plot is interesting though a bit predictable (though that is not fatal in this instance).
Somewhat recommended, primarily for Oscar Wilde's tale, Patrick Steward's action, and the setting.
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Summary: Another Gem (all be it a small one) In Patrick Stewart's Body of Work
Comment: Having seen, "The Canterville Ghost" years ago, I knew it was something I wanted to see again. It's just scary enough to give an appreciated shock or two, but not so much that you can't sit down with your 8-12 year old and have a family movie night. My 18 and 19 year olds enjoyed it.
In the beginning when the ghost has decided he must rid the hall and himself of the "Ameri-cans", it seems a little silly the way he goes about it. Later however, once he's come to accept the family and has begun to think of the daughter as a friend, the moments between them are touching.
The blossoming relationship between the girl and the young duke was tastfully done without the crap that usually accompanies scenes with young lovers.
The father's attitude toward the daughter was more like a step-relationship than an otherwise loving father who doesn't know haw to deal with his eldest child becoming a young woman.
All in all, "The Canterville Ghost" is just a good movie for a family.
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Summary: GREAT MOVIE!!!
Comment: This movie was better than John Gielgud version (matter of opinion)but both are well worth buying! Both are heart warming and moral valued so if you want to OWN 2 great movies? Either one or both will do. I give both movies 5 out or 5 stars no matter how many times they are watched!
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Summary: Really, a one star production
Comment: The version with Charles Laughton is still unavailable on dvd and the Ian Richardson one is cost-prohibitive. So, after doing some searches on different versions of this movie, I decided on this particular version-- since Patrick Stewart is definitely one of my favorite actors.
He really doesn't disappoint here. He's excellent, as expected, and brings depth and empathy to the role of the Canterville Ghost.
However, everyone else in this production is more than bad. They are horrid.
Neve Campbell, in particular, can't act. She's a one-note actress and I'm surprised that nobody has told her to go take some acting lessons. She does this great tentative, unsure-of-herself, little girl smile thing, then she stops smiling (as if she's not sure a smile is appropriate), then she'll smile again-- just a bit. UGH! Talk about annoying. Maybe this was a good thing for that character she played on the tv show, but it's not good in feature films and it's not good if that's all you see her do. And, it is. I've seen her in a few other films, and she plays every single role the same way. Have you ever seen her break into a wide grin? Give a hearty laugh (a guffaw, even?)? No-- because she can't act. She can only shyly smile, stop smiling, give a hint of another smile, lick her lips tentatively, and repeat.
So, because she has so much on-screen camera time, I can't give this film too many stars. And, because there are other people who also can't act in this film, I can't give the film too many stars.
The little brothers were alright- not too cute, but cute enough. They didn't have big roles, however. The father was horrible! If not exactly a one-note actor, he's a two note actor, maybe. He wasn't given a great script, granted, but he delivered his lines fairly flatly. Yes, he was "angry" when he delivered the lines, but not with depth. And, at one point, he had to kneel and cry into his wife's body. Oh, he didn't pull that off well, at all.
The script was terrible. Yes, Sir Canterville's dialogue was perfectly fine. But the story line for the rest of the film was asinine. The kids can see the ghost. The parents can't and the dad thinks the daughter is making it all up so that they can leave England (she's just a sullen hormonal teen, I suppose). So, the kids are being haunted and the father is increasingly angry at the daughter, unfairly. Finally, the daughter has the 'ingenious' idea that will force her father to be able to see the ghost, too. This works, but also has some consequences. That's the story-- which would be okay, if they had some actors that could act.
That's what really bothered me about this movie. There are so many actors out there who need jobs and can act. Why use these actors? Why use the dad and Neve Campbell when there are tons of good quality actors who would love to do these roles? It's not as if actors are in short supply!
So, five stars for Patrick Stewart, and so many negative stars for the other actors and the script itself, that it works out to about 2 stars.
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