Director: Christopher Landon
Genre: Comedy/
Adventure/ Family
Runtime: 126
minutes
Year:
2023
Starring: David Harbour, Anthony Mackie, Jahi Di’allo Winston, Erica Ash, Niles
Fitch, Jennifer Coolidge, Isabella Russo, Tig Notaro
Description: Finding a
ghost named Ernest (David Harbour) haunting their new home turns Kevin’s (Jahi
Di’allo Winston) family into overnight social media sensations. But when Kevin
and Ernest investigate the mystery of Ernest’s
past, they become a target of the CIA.
Review: Teenager Kevin and his family move into a suspiciously cheap house.
Kevin discovers a ghost in the attic, but is unimpressed with this ghost’s,
Ernest, scare tactics ans strikes up a friendship. Soon the rest of the family
knows about Ernest as well, including the always chasing easy money dad Frank,
who creates a hype on the internet. Meanwhile, Kevin, together with his neighbor
Joy, tries to solve the mystery surrounding Ernest, who has no memory of
anything.
Director Christopher Landon
abandons standard haunted house moments to create a feel-good movie. David
Harbour plays ghost Ernest engagingly as he shyly opens up to contact with the
living. It’s easy to feel sympathy for him, which makes the ending very
touching.
The whole CIA plotline was a
bit too much and felt unnecessary to me. And the film is not that surprising,
even though it’s not following the standard haunted house storyline. The
friendship between Kevin and Ernest is the heart of the film, I really loved
that.
An entertaining and
enjoyable family film, definitely worth a go.
Rating: 3/ 5
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