The Canterville Ghost (2023)

Overview
An American family moves in to the Canterville Chase, a London mansion that has been haunted by ghost Sir Simon De Canterville for 300 years.
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Overview
An American family moves in to the Canterville Chase, a London mansion that has been haunted by ghost Sir Simon De Canterville for 300 years.
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The film satirizes both British aristocratic tradition and American commercialism, offering a liberal capitalist critique of systemic flaws without explicitly endorsing a contemporary US partisan ideology. Its balanced critique and focus on empathy as a solution position it as neutral.
The film features a racially diverse American family, with traditionally white roles recast with Black and British-Indian actors, showcasing intentional DEI in its casting. The narrative explores themes of cultural exchange, forgiveness, and compassion, and includes a strong female protagonist, but does not explicitly engage with broader systemic DEI issues or critically portray traditional identities.
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The character Lucretia Otis, described as likely white in Oscar Wilde's original story, is voiced by Meera Syal, an actress of British Asian (South Asian) descent, which constitutes a race swap.
The 2023 animated film *The Canterville Ghost* does not feature any explicit or implicit LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses on themes of love, forgiveness, and supernatural elements, remaining faithful to Oscar Wilde's original story without exploring sexual orientation or gender identity.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
All characters from Oscar Wilde's original story who appear in the 2023 film retain their established genders. New characters introduced in the film do not have a canonical gender to compare against, thus no gender swaps are present.
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