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23 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Paste MagazinePaste MagazineWe Have a Ghost may not stand toe-to-toe with the dual brilliance of Freaky and Happy Death Day, but it’s proof that Christopher Landon still feels like he’s just getting started.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperChicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperThe cast is wonderful, the laughs are frequent, and the ending is truly touching.
- 60Wall Street JournalJohn AndersonWall Street JournalJohn AndersonThere’s a scary amount of stuff going on in writer-director Christopher Landon’s horror movie/murder mystery/domestic drama/deep-state thriller/coming-of-age teenage romance. It may be based on the short story “Ernest” by Geoff Manaugh. But there’s nothing short about it. At the same time, it has its charms.
- 60IGNKenneth Seward Jr.IGNKenneth Seward Jr.We Have a Ghost is a mostly bland movie, elevated by a few good performances and an intriguing premise that doesn’t go as far as it seems like it should.
- 58IndieWireChristian ZilkoIndieWireChristian ZilkoIf you have your heart set on watching a new release about people who have a ghost today, “We Have a Ghost” will be a tolerable experience. But for everyone else, reading the film’s highly descriptive title is about as interesting as spending 127 minutes watching it.
- 56The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzWe Have a Ghost is a desperate mix of feel-good sentimentality, watered-down surreality, and comedy as transparent in its hackiness as the film’s title spook.
- 55SlashfilmChris EvangelistaSlashfilmChris EvangelistaWe Have a Ghost can't escape its overstuffed nature, and that hampers the entire experience.
- 50VarietyMichael NordineVarietyMichael NordineRarely ha-ha funny and never scary, it’s ultimately more sentimental than anything else — a clunky approach that undermines its strong performances.
- 50ColliderChase HutchinsonColliderChase HutchinsonNeither wacky enough to be a winning comedy nor clever enough to be a horror sendup, We Have a Ghost is a film that leaves little to grasp onto as it all just ends up slipping through your fingers.
- 50The New York TimesAmy NicholsonThe New York TimesAmy NicholsonThe film grasps onto anything that will amuse itself for a scene.