I'm not real sure what to classify "In the Little Mansion" as. It's not really a drama, not really a ghost story, not a suspense... The closest thing to call it would be a comedy, but it's not particularly funny although it is odd. It does have some funny moments I guess.

It's all about the ghost of a woman who has come back to stay in her house. She claims she died because she wanted to due to cancer, but her husband thinks he killed her. She says the lawyer was her lover, but the poet says he was. They all sit around trying to figure out how they can all be right without anyone being a liar and are more concerned with that than they are with the fact that they are a room full of adulterers, murderers, and ghosts. The ending is strange and maybe even morbid.

I would have to say that whether or not it is going to be satisfying is going to greatly depend on individual viewers. I can easily see some people liking it for its artistic oddity but a lot more disliking it.

This is a movie very heavy on dialogue (as most movies adapted from plays are from what I've seen). I suppose that's not necessarily a bad thing, but it sure does get long. At well over an hour and a half of people talking it can feel tediously slow. Fortunately the acting doesn't completely suck even if it’s often not that great, either. The young girls in particular aren't very good.