The Amazing Mr Blunden

2021

Adventure / Family / Fantasy

5
IMDb Rating 6.0/10 10 881 881

Director

Mark Gatiss Photo
Mark Gatiss

Top cast

Liz White Photo
Liz White as Jill Tucker
Madeline Smith Photo
Madeline Smith as Geraldine
Sean Gilder Photo
Sean Gilder as Dave Tucker
Mark Gatiss Photo
Mark Gatiss as Mr. Wickens
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810.17 MB
1280*640
English 2.0
NR
us  
25 fps
1 hr 28 min
Seeds 1
1.63 GB
1920*960
English 5.1
NR
us  
25 fps
1 hr 28 min
Seeds 2

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by samnaji-15383 6 / 10

A good attempt but not a patch on the original

Reviewed by alfiehooker 7 / 10

A very pleasant film

Having been enchanted by the Diana Dors and Lawerence Naismith version when I was a child, I was excited and apprehensive to see this version. However I have learnt with re-makes, that while comparisons will be made, I should take a fresh view at the re-make and treat it as a new film. That's what I did with this one.I found it to have a charm and while there seemed to be less of the 'fantastical' view that I remember with the previous film, it gave an updated version with modern characters.Simon Callow was a great Mr Blunden and it was great to see the two guest cameo roles.I have kept this on my TiVo box and have watched it a few times. And am waiting for the Naismith/Dors version to come on!
Reviewed by Prismark10 6 / 10

The Amazing Mr Blunden

Having not yet seen the original version. I can only take the Mark Gatiss version on its own terms.Gatiss is an aficionado of period horror. He might just be the right man to adapt The Amazing Mr Blunden and make it family friendly.Simon Callow looks just right as Mr Blunden, a lawyer haunted by his failure to protect two orphans placed in his care.The story starts with newly widowed Mrs Allen trying to claim benefits just before Christmas.She and her two children Lucy and Jamie get an offer to be a caretaker of a huge mansion by the mysterious Mr Blunden.The house is regarded as being haunted. Lucy and Jamie come across the ghosts of two children who are going to be murdered. The ones Mr Blunden let down.It is for Lucy and Jamie to make sure that history doesn't repeat itself.I found the story to be rather charming. Mark Gatiss and Tamsin Greig bring the right amount of Dickensian grotesque as Mr and Mrs Wickens.It does feel rather low budget given it is a Sky production. Then again Gatiss is used to low budgets for his BBC4 ghost story adaptations.There are some nods to Doctor Who as Gatiss tries so hard not to use the phrase timey-wimey. He replaces it with the wheels of time.
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