Synopsis
The Canterville Ghost (2023) is a British-Canadian animated comedy you can watch online on iFILM, voiced by Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Freddie Highmore, and Imelda Staunton. Director Kim Burdon adapts Oscar Wilde's beloved tale into a bright, warm family film that pits three centuries of English stubbornness against cheerful American indifference.
Sir Simon de Canterville has haunted the family mansion for 300 years and is very proud of his record. Then the Otis family arrives from America, buys the estate without a second thought, and proceeds to treat every ghostly appearance as a mild inconvenience. The children find him entertaining. The parents find him annoying. Only Virginia, the youngest daughter, suspects there is something genuinely sad underneath all the rattling chains.
What makes this version stand out is tone: Hugh Laurie plays Sir Simon as pompous, hapless, and quietly lonely all at once, which is far more interesting than a straight-up villain. The film is funny for kids and gently ironic for anyone who appreciates Wilde's original wit. Stream The Canterville Ghost (2023) online on iFILM.
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