Blithe Spirit (2020 film)

Blithe Spirit
Theatrical release poster with original release window
Directed byEdward Hall
Screenplay by
Based onBlithe Spirit
1941 play
by Noël Coward
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyEd Wilde
Edited byPaul Tothil
Music bySimon Boswell
Production
companies
Distributed bySky
Release dates
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office$890,492

Blithe Spirit is a 2020 British supernatural comedy film set in the late 1930s, directed by Edward Hall in his feature film debut, and starring Dan Stevens, Leslie Mann, Isla Fisher, Judi Dench, Emilia Fox, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Adil Ray, Michele Dotrice, and Aimee-Ffion Edwards. Based upon the 1941 comic farce play of the same name by Noël Coward, the film is a significantly reworked adaptation for the screen by Nick Moorcroft, Meg Leonard, and Piers Ashworth. This is the second feature film adaptation of Coward's play after the 1945 version directed by David Lean.

Blithe Spirit had its world premiere at the 2020 Mill Valley Film Festival, and was released in the United Kingdom on 15 January 2021. The film received generally negative reviews from critics.