My dear readers, yesterday I caught up with a cute little streaming offering called We Have a Ghost.
Spoiler level here will be mild, nothing you wouldn't know from the trailers.
In search of a fresh start, a family moves into a haunted house and finds that supernatural housemates sometimes beget earthly troubles.
We Have a Ghost is typical of most streaming options I've found lately, a decent enough way to pass a couple hours, if nothing particularly special. This one starts off with enough creepy ambiance that I wondered why it wasn't released as a "family" Halloween offering. It then evolves into an action movie that doesn't work well at all. Weaving the two together is a superficial but engaging family drama that's elevated by a very good cast, led by the young standout Jahi Di'Allo Winston. There's a fair bit of humor that's more amusing than laugh-out-loud funny. While the house itself is beautifully spooky, the ghostly effects, and David Harbour's otherworldly turn as the titular spirit, are too cheesy to provide a good fright. The movie runs a bit long, but a solid classic rock soundtrack is an unexpected plus, and a reference to the Wizard Clip (a haunted property in my home state) was a grand surprise.
We Have a Ghost clocks in at 126 minutes and is rated PG13 for "language, some sexual/suggestive references, and violence."
We Have a Ghost is a fun but forgettable offering that's fine for streaming, but you'll be glad you didn't pay cinema prices to see it. Of a possible nine Weasleys, We Have a Ghost gets five and a half.
We Have a Ghost is now streaming on Netflix.
Until next time...
