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- Starring Elliott’s sister and parents (one of which is famous comedian Chris Elliott) in the key roles of the domestic ensemble, the film significantly overestimates the broad appeal of the director’s family, while stuffing their individual idiosyncrasies into a mildly funny absurdist comedy, coated with an under-developed haunted-house sheen.
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Dec 7, 2018 · While “Clara’s Ghost” is marked by the passionate spirit of an honest storyteller with a deeply personal tale to tell, asking an audience to stay engaged with such self-absorbed and uninteresting members of a clan that’s not their own is a tall order. Drama. Comedy.
Jan 21, 2018 · “Clara’s Ghost” is determinedly quirky, but its ideas are seldom all that original or funny, too often degenerating into rote scatological humor.
Feb 13, 2019 · By Teo Bugbee. Feb. 13, 2019. “Clara’s Ghost” introduces its main character in a moment when she is desperate, discombobulated and on a mad mission to retrieve a lost shoe. Clara’s anxiety is...
- Bridey Elliott
- Teo Bugbee
- 80 min
The family dynamics are funny and gently odd, and the film has the sort of quirky humor you'd expect from something with Chris Elliott's DNA in it. Full Review | Original Score: B- | Dec 7, 2018
Dec 10, 2018 · Clara’s Ghost, in other words, isn’t really a ghost story, which makes you wonder what Clara’s real ghost is. For all the complicated unease it provokes, this really is a simple, unassuming ...
- Movie Critic
Vanity Fair Jordan Hoffman. This extremely homemade film, written and directed by Bridey Elliott and starring her own mostly-famous family, is extremely funny at times and nerve-wracking at others, but also pitch black to the point that many will find it unbearable.
Nov 30, 2018 · It was definitely a funny movie but that isn't what stuck with me. I was more intrigued by Clara's darkness and the way the family treats her. Everyone else acts shitty with zero repercussions, but when Clara participates, it's somehow unacceptable. That's the insanity of family, right?
