A haunting ghost story spanning two worlds, two centuries apart. When 13 year old Tolly finds he can mysteriously travel between the two, he begins an adventure that unlocks family secrets laid buried for generations.
Maggie Smith
Linnet
Dominic West
Caxton
Timothy Spall
Boggis
Alex Etel
Tolly
Pauline Collins
Mrs. Tweedle
Eliza Bennett
Susan
Rachel Bell
Perkins
Christopher Villiers
Officer
Hugh Bonneville
Captain Oldknow
Allen Leech
Fred Boggis
Harriet Walter
Lady Gresham
Daisy Lewis
Rose
David Robb
Lord Farrar
Lynn Farleigh
Gypsy
Elisabeth Dermot Walsh
Joan
Denise Stephenson
Mrs. Carbery
Helen Kennedy
Nellie
Christine Lohr
Mrs. Robbins
Douglas Booth
Sefton
Carice van Houten
Maria Oldknow
Jenny McCracken
Mrs Gross
Alan Charlesworth
Robert the Footman
Kwayedza Kureya
Jacob
Anthony Gordon Lennox
Carbery
Dugald Bruce Lockhart
David
Director, Adaptation
Julian Fellowes
Novel
Lucy M. Boston
April 3, 2020
8
I have found that movies with Timothy Spall or Maggie Smith in them are worth watching, and this movie has both of them. I also like Pauline Collins since her role way back in the Jurassic era playing in No Honestly.
I am not into the supernatural or ghost movies, so I don't know what is normal, but it seems like this script takes a few liberties by having the ghosts visible or not visible inconsistently as the story moves on, but the writers seems to realize that as one of the characters even comments on it. And overall it works so I overlooked it with ease.
Oh and did I mention Hugh Bonneville is in it, and very good, as you'd expect. The ending was rather predictable to me, but I write novels so perhaps that was why I foresaw the plot twists. I like that Tolly, the teenage the lad who is main character, shows some growth as a person due to his experiences. I don't expect to feel the urge to watch the movie again, but neither do I regret my time spent watching it.