Ghost (1990) Critic Reviews

A wonderful movie, sincere and inspired, with four terrific performances and a story that doesn't let up. The picture has the gentle, nourishing quality of a fairy tale that you want to believe, and the unsoftened impact of gut-level entertainment. [13 July 1990, Daily Datebook, p.E1]Read the full review

One of the irritations of Ghost is that the Moore character is such a slow study.Read the full review

Three losers of late, the actors succeed quite nicely in unifying the movie's multiple personalities, its ricocheting screenplay.Read the full review

Nothing if not earnest. It's also eccentric enough to remain interesting even when its ghost story isn't easy to believe.Read the full review

It's formula-packed business as usual. In fact, it's double-packed, triple-packed, more.Read the full review

Goldberg has her best role in a while, especially when she twitches and grunts her way into phony trances. Poor Demi, though, cries enough tears to drench a small drought-stricken state. [13 July 1990, Life, p.4D]Read the full review

An odd creation - at times nearly smothering in arty somberness, at others veering into good, wacky fun.Read the full review

In all his athletic scenes, leaping through doors, leaping between uptown and downtown trains, leaping on an assortment of villains, Swayze is just fine. It's the movie's big cosmic questions that throw him; for these he's reduced to a look of total stupefaction--not the movie's finest moments. [13 July 1990, Calendar, p.F-1]Read the full review