Obscure film of the {timeframe}

I'd never heard of the The Canterville Ghost before it showed up on my doorstep in a care package. But I'm glad that I was able to share a light-hearted experience with Patrick Stewart and Neve Campbell. As a made-for-tv movie, it was a little coy, a little cliché, a little fast paced. But, the story definitely carried it through. Campbell's acting was acceptable, although she looked a little older than the 16 years of her character; Stewarts acting, of course, was amazing, although he'll always be Picard to me. Sorry Patrick - I have to imagine all of your non-Trek movies to be one of Picard's holodeck adventures so I don't suspend my disbelief.

Now, on to the story, which I said before, was great. It's based off of a short story by Oscar Wilde, so that probably explains it right there. Basically, an American family moves to Canterville Hall, a haunted castle in England, due to the father's research grant. It turns out to be haunted by the ghost of Sir Simon, Stewarts' character. The ghost tries to scare the family off, but the father is unflappable, since he's a genius physicist. Of course, he blames all the ghostly effects on his daughter Virginia, Campbell's character, and threatens to send her back State-side. After she falls in love with a local Lord. Oh no. So, basically, Simon offers to help her make her father believe, and Virginia offers to try to help him find peace.

And more stuff happens that you have to watch the film to find out about.

So there :P