Blithe Spirit

Of course Coward's dialogue is acerbic, but this film is kooky in all the wrong and obnoxious ways. The comedy depends on the characters being maddeningly stubborn, its visual gags lack any spark of creativity (now the ghost is over here!), and plot devices follow glaringly inconsistent logic (why can ghosts manipulate the environment but not physically interact with people?). It's also more stagey than Lean's best work, featuring very little grace of which cinematographer Neame was capable.

It's one strange experience, but this comedy adaptation has an undeniable charm and some notably good special effects for the time. However somehow it doesn't quite come together fully and while entertaining it fails to develop, mainly due to being a little too silly and predictable. Although it might not really be all that memorable, there are still some good performances and scenes making it worth the watch.

Further evidence of what a great team David Lean and Noel Coward made. Very charming and funny

Not bad.

An interesting and amusing comedy, it falls a bit flat in that it's too silly and absurd to view seriously but not silly enough to be a romp.