Blithe Spirit vs Ruby Sparks
Ruby Sparks has the higher audience score (7.1/10 against 5.7/10 for Blithe Spirit). Blithe Spirit is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 1h 44m. Ruby Sparks is the older of the two (2012 against 2020). Both are comedy, fantasy, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Blithe Spirit
Ruby Sparks| Blithe Spirit | Ruby Sparks | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.7/10 | ★ 7.1/10 |
| Year | 2020 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 40m | 1h 44m |
| Genres | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Edward Hall | Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris |
| Main cast | Dan Stevens, Julian Rhind-Tutt, James Fleet, Judi Dench, Colin Stinton | Wallace Langham, Toni Trucks, Paul Dano, Alia Shawkat, Deborah Ann Woll |
Synopsis
Blithe Spirit
A spiritualist medium holds a seance for a writer suffering from writers block but accidentally summons the spirit of his deceased first wife which leads to an increasingly complex love triangle with his current wife of five years.
Ruby Sparks
Calvin is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling with his writing – as well as his romantic life. Finally, he makes a breakthrough and creates a character named Ruby who inspires him. When Calvin finds Ruby, in the flesh, sitting on his couch about a week later, he is completely flabbergasted that his words have turned into a living, breathing person.
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