A Useful Ghost fingerprintFunny, strong craft.
Calm and low-key
Romantic and hopeful
Much of it is about family.
Plenty of situational comedy and absurdist humor
Fantasy, family, and everyday modern life
Solid, not remarkable
Standout sound design
Calm and low-key
A Useful Ghost is calm and low-intensity.
Romantic and hopeful
Much of it is about family.
Emotionally, it's romantic, hopeful, and wholesome. Much of it is about family.
Plenty of situational comedy and absurdist humor
Expect plenty of situational comedy and absurdist humor.
Fantasy, family, and everyday modern life
Its world is built around fantasy, family, and everyday modern life.
Solid, not remarkable
The craft is serviceable rather than remarkable.
Standout sound design
Look and sound: the sound design stand out.
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A Useful Ghost is included with a subscription to Amazon Prime Video, Philo, Hoopla, and Amazon Prime Video with Ads in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Kanopy, Hoopla, and Fawesome. You can also rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, and YouTube. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 78/100 (IMDb 6.7, Rotten Tomatoes 88%, and Metacritic 84). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
Content advisories: disturbing imagery.
2 h 10 min
A Useful Ghost runs 2 h 10 min.
Not quite. Critics rate A Useful Ghost higher (86) than audiences (73). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
It was made in Thai, with some English. Produced in Thailand, France, Singapore, Germany.
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