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High Spirits

1988

Neil Jordan

Steve Guttenberg, Daryl Hannah, Peter O'Toole, Beverly D'Angelo ...

4.7

1,908

Comedy. Fantasy When Peter Plunkett's Irish castle turned hotel is about to be repossesed, he decides to spice up the attraction a bit for the 'Yanks' by having his staff pretend to haunt the castle. The trouble begins when a busload of American tourists arrive - along with some real ghosts. Among the tourists are married couple Jack and Sharon. Sharon's father holds the mortgage on Castle Plunkett, so she's hoping to debunk the ghosts. Jack, on the ... [+]

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Alan Jones Radio Times	"[It] goes for Ealing whimsy and easy laughs and, incredibly, manages both in spite of such a slender plot. Peter O'Toole hits the right note of craziness (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	William Thomas Empire	"It's safe, it's mainstream and it's silly, but Guttenberg and Hannah strike up enough chemistry to give this big budget apparition at least a little depth (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Time Out	"The script seems a collection of loose ends and rewrites; the direction is deeply dispirited; and with the exception of O'Toole and a couple of engaging vignettes, it's a complete turkey."	NEG
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"Luckily, 'High Spirits' has a good cast and enough joie de vivre to rise above some of its underlying clumsiness"	POS

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