Spirit (2001 TV Movie) User Reviews (10)

Very Slow To Get Going

[ladymidath · 5/10 · 23 April 2022]

I love Elizabeth Moss, she is great in everything she is in including this movie. The acting is fine all around from everyone but the pacing of the story is too slow and it just takes too long to get going. In saying that, the story itself is good, but it needed tightening up. The first part is boring and the only thing that kept me watching was Moss.

Once the story does start moving, it does get better. There were a couple of tense scenes but nothing that was really frightening or unsettling. This is a dull movie with a good one struggling to get out.

Brush that freaking hair!!!

[lafleur-91387 · 3/10 · 2 July 2016]

The one thing that drove me crazy about this movie is the fact that Kelly always looked like she needed to brush her hair. Drove me freaking crazy!!!! Could they not afford a hair and makeup person? Or did she never look in the mirror. She looked like she rolled around in bed and walked on set. Maybe she did not own one!! It was so distracting to see her hair like Einstein in ever shot there was no way I could take anything seriously. I might have gave it 5 stars if the director had made her brush that mop. The story was okay. I think this might have been a lot better if they would have cast better actors.I think the little girl was the best actor in the whole movie. The only thing you heard her do was laugh!

Lame ghost story

[RandomTard · 3/10 · 27 June 2022]

This is not a horror movie, not a thriller or suspense movie either. It's a ghost story for kids with some added teen drama. It is quite slow and does get a bit boring and the acting does seem a bit strange, but it's a tv-movie from 90's era and they often were like this - well not this bad but you know...

I thought Kelly was actually retarded for the first half hour.

[AstarothCY · 1/10 · 17 July 2006]

I wasn't sure if it was a serious film or not for a very long time, what with the horribly ridiculous acting/plot/dialogue/direction. I was kinda hoping it was just a shitty Scream/Scary Movie clone but no, this is a completely serious film. It's quite amazing that this film was even produced, you would have thought that no one would take on such an embarrassingly bad script, but I guess some people are just too desperate for cash.

The amazing Elisabeth Moss delivers a truly stunning leading role that is a masterclass of bad acting. She has this retarded half-grin on her face in every single scene, even when she wakes up scared in the middle of the night, or when she's talking about her mother, CONSTANTLY.

I was pretty impressed by how they managed to have every single actor in this film completely suck at acting. It's pretty hard to decide who was actually the worst actor but they were all exceptionally unskilled. I laughed out loud on several occasions. I even had to change the channel a few times cause it just got embarrassingly bad.

Easily the worst film I have ever seen. Let's hope all the people involved in this never work again. Ever.

Don't waste your time.

[cruisinsuzy · 25 October 2002]

Ghosts with unfinished business stick around haunting the living. Bad acting, bad everything. Mr. Hardesty just makes me laugh in a non-comedic movie. Oh the drama! The whole relationship between the girl and her rebel teenage neighbor Cole is no surprise. Very predictable movie.

It feels if the Hallmark channel made "horror films" this is what it'd be!

[icocleric · 2/10 · 4 July 2022]

It feels if the Hallmark channel made "horror films" this is what it'd be. It was weird in the sense it did have a ghost story element, but it was the opposite of scary. Everything is sweet, and works out well, and everyone learns important lessons along the way. It had no tension.

Even the production value looked as though it was made for TV. The story was basic, and slow passed, which it did get a bit more interesting as it went on. So better writing to tighten up the script would have helped this film.

Kelly Appears To be Mentally Challenged and...OMG HER HAIR!!!

[deedrefuhrman · 1/10 · 22 June 2022]

There aren't words to explain how bad this movie is. I think that they're professional writers and there are certainly some professional actors but, everyone seems to have checked their skills at the door. This movie is genuinely a master class in bad writing and bad acting, not to mention, bad make up, hair, and costumes. If you do choose to watch this move, you will probably spend most of your viewing time thinking, for the love of God would someone...anyone please brush Kelly's awful, awful hair. There's really nothing else to say the movie is genuinely as ridiculous as my review.

Hmm

[HumbleMensa · 7/10 · 6 August 2022]

So, for a 21 year old flick, that certainly must have been made for tv at the time because Greg E wasn't a big crossover movie guy and Elizabeth Moss was quite young and not known, it's not bad. Definitely has a layer of the late 90's style to it, not even into the 2000s yet despite its release date. But, there's something to be said for that...still sort of vanilla and with a story. Let's face it, the whole feel to movies shifted in the next decade as well as watcher attention span and need for doses of adrenaline all the time instead of on occasion. Not every thriller has to freak me out. I enjoyed it, and the story does unfold. I watched it over morning coffee, didn't turn it off...it had a twist. As long as I don't turn it off, it's usually okay. Moss does a good job for not being experienced at the time. Just keep thinking...2001 versus 2022...some innocence still existed in our world.

Scary ghost mystery

[NuttyBaby · 8/10 · 8 July 2022]

This is one of the best ghost films I've seen for a while as its got a mystery and scary things happening. A teenaged girl lost her mother in an accident so she moves with her dad to start fresh. They move into a haunted house and she learns that there's a deeper mystery. I found this an awesome movie.

Comfort Fare

[jeri-paxton · 6/10 · 5 July 2022]

I give this movie 6 stars based on the fact that it is a made-for-tv movie and it accomplishes what it set out to do. We like ghost stories because it is comforting to believe we don't simply walk the earth for a few short years just to disappear and be forgotten. We want to believe we are more than we appear to be, that love endures, and that the things we do in our lives matter. We also want to believe our loved ones who die are not lost to us forever. This movie checks all those boxes.

If the dialog isn't brilliant and the writing isn't tight, well that's down to it being written for tv, isn't it? However, regardless of all the shade being thrown at Elizabeth Moss for not brushing her hair, she's still adorable. Not as adorable as she was as Peggy Olson, but still pretty darn cute.