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We Have a Ghost

We Have a Ghost

2023

Christopher Landon

David Harbour, Jahi Di'Allo Winston, Anthony Mackie, Jennifer Coolidge ...

4.8

1,285

Comedy. Horror A man claims to have befriended a mostly harmless ghost who bears a likeness to the actor Ernest Borgnine and becomes famous on the Internet.

	Author	Review
United States	Michael Nordine Variety	"Despite strong performances from David Harbour and Jennifer Coolidge, this horror comedy feels like a misfire"	NEG
United States	M.N. Miller Ready Steady Cut	"Aimless and stagnant family ghost film (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Kenneth Seward Jr. IGN	"It features a few solid performances, decent special effects, and an interesting premise (...) Unfortunately, the more promising aspects are flattened to make way for what is an ultimately humorless and bland story"	NEU
United States	Chase Hutchinson Collider	"Comedy misfire (...) Despite a strong cast giving their all to make a promising premise work, 'We Have a Ghost' becomes doomed by its own lack of creativity"	NEG
United States	Christian Zilko IndieWire	"By the time the credits roll we’re left with nothing but a generic (if competent) ghost story"	NEU
United States	Meagan Navarro Bloody Disgusting	"It’s a breezy, infectious family adventure that’s as entertaining as it is affecting, making it an easy recommendation to introduce younger audiences and families to sci-fi and horror (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Chris Evangelista SlashFilm	"Like a fixer-upper, there's plenty of charm here, and good bones to go with it. But there was still a lot of work left to do, too"	NEU
United States	Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"The cast is wonderful, the laughs are frequent, and the ending is truly touching (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
Canada	Barry Hertz The Globe and Mail	"[It] will bore you to death"	NEG
United States	Matthew Jackson Paste Magazine	"[It] is a test of that dexterity, an expansive take on the ghost story that packs the filmmaker’s signature blend of humor, horror and heart into an ambitious two hours of spooky fun"	POS
United Kingdom	Robbie Collin Telegraph	"It gleefully recycles ideas that were last operational in the 1980s (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
Canada	Fletcher Peters The Globe and Mail	"If the horror comedy shaved off a quarter of its lengthy runtime, it would hit the right balance. While it’s still a good time with haunts galore"	NEU
Denmark	Karina Adelgaard Heaven of Horror	"It does definitely have good moments but overall, I was disappointed with it (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United Kingdom	Benjamin Lee The Guardian	"A so-so attempt to recall kids’ films of the 80s struggles to find its own personality amidst its many influences (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Brian Tallerico rogerebert.com	"We may not have an outright winner, but we do have a decent diversion (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Asher Luberto The Playlist	"Without committing to a tone, it all feels a bit mangled. It's a movie that wants to be a mix of everything but, in the end, winds up being nothing"	NEG
United States	Courtney Howard AV Club	"What should be a tight 90 minutes turns into a much longer commitment that, while spirited, is too sluggish for its own good"	NEU
United States	James Verniere Boston Herald	"Cast keeps uneven supernatural comedy afloat. Harbour is sympathetic in non-speaking role"	NEU
Canada	Alex Maidy JoBlo	"[It] is a forgettable and bland movie from a filmmaker and cast who deserved a lot more than this"	NEG
United Kingdom	John Nugent Empire	"An earnest, thoughtful genre piece, less interested in scares and more interested in cares (...) A fun, heartfelt horror-comedy enlivened by David Harbour's accomplished apparition-acting (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Noel Murray Los Angeles Times	"It is unnecessarily long, padded with tangential comic characters who don’t do a lot to advance the story or make it funnier. But there are several impressively dynamic special effects sequences with Ernest"	NEU
United States	Mary Beth McAndrews Dread Central	"With 'We Have A Ghost', Landon further cements himself as a contemporary horror master who knows how to craft smart and entertaining stories that appeal to all ages (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
Canada	Alexander Harrison Screen Rant	"Three extended sequences stand out for their execution and comic timing, and will surely be what people take with them from the viewing experience (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU

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