Spirited
SCORE: 70
The last piece of entertainment I got into on our two free months of
Apple TV+ was Spirited. I noticed this movie when we started our two
free months of the service. I had no idea that it would take until the
last night to actually watch it. It takes two hours and seven minutes to
watch this rather odd Christmas related movie. There will be spoilers in
my review of the Spirited movie.
Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell headline Spirited. We learn all about
these ghosts with foul mouths that haunt humans on Christmas Eve. They
get these mean people to change their ways. They do not really challenge
themselves either. They do not go after any unredeemable human beings
though. That is what Ryan Reynolds play. Throughout Spirited we learn
that Will Ferrell's character was actually Scrooge.
I need to let ya'll know something really interesting about Spirited. It
is a musical. It sounds strange on paper, but it actually works. There
are a few interesting songs within Spirited. Will Ferrell's character in
Spirited can retire and become a human again. I found that really
strange and borderline reincarnation. But he comes back to the human
world as himself at that same age.
Spirited has some interesting twists and turns in it. In fact at times
Spirited felt like it was a sequel to A Christmas Carol. The changes at
the end are a bit strange to me. Will Ferrell becomes a human, gets
married and has kids. Ryan Reynold dies and becomes a ghost that then
becomes the ghost of Christmas present. At one point Ryan Reynold's
consults with Will Ferrell on a case.
There is some woke garbage within Spirited. It is light and small. There
are some funny moments in this movie as well. Spirited does a much
better job of being a musical than being a comedy in my opinion. At the
same time I did enjoy my time with Spirited. I thought there were some
clever twists and Spirited kept me guessing until near the end. I see
some what look like pirated physical copies of this movie on eBay. I
hope we get a legitimate physical copy in the near future.
- Paul
Video: 75%
Audio: 67%
Replay/Extras: 65%
Functionality: 75%
Family Friendly Factor: 70%
System: Apple TV+
Publisher: Apple Original Films
Developer: Gloria Sanchez Films
Rating: 'PG-13' for THIRTEEN and OLDER ONLY {language, some suggestive
material and thematic elements}
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