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Theatrical Release Date:
02/19/2010
DVD Release Date:
08/03/2010
Run Time:
128min.
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Director(s):
MPAA Rating:
PG-13 for language, brief nudity/sexuality, strong violence and a drug reference.
Genre(s):
Crime and Mystery
Plot: When a successful British ghostwriter, 'The Ghost,' agrees to complete the memoirs of former British Prime Minister Adam Lang, his agent assures him it's the opportunity of a lifetime. Read More
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Superbly crafted film, with an extraordinarily effective musical score to accent emotion, flawed by an improbable and politically contrived (biased) plot. If only Polanski had put such effort into a b... elievable film! Russia kills its citizens who are verbally critical of the Russian government, as Putin has done, but the USA makes heroes out of such people (even when they are involved in terrorists attacks against the USA, like past members of the Weathermen terrorist). The plot of this movies is ridiculous, otherwise it would have been a5 star movie. Leftists will believe the movie's plot though. Polanski's anti-American feelings (stemming from his sexual abuse of a child and conviction in the USA) is evident in the plot of this film. Full Review
Pretty good acting. Lame story line. Bush, Blair, Haliburton, and the CIA all torturing terrorists. Really? Is that the best you've got? I hate movies with a politcal slant. Hey, Roman! It's the Obama... administration that's trying to get you extradited, not Bush. Full Review
Big applause for Roman Polanski for this great work, " The Ghost Writer" is a mystery, a thriller... , a tribute to the masters who inspired the genre and might even surpass all those sources of inspiration. The film mixes politics with an old fashion thrills and makes us wonder why Hollywood hasn't made movies like this more often. It's early in the year, ******** going to be hard to find anything that can even come close to this movie, a film that is as perfect as anything any director has ever put together, Hitchcock included. Full Review
Interesting movie. Polanski clearly tried for a Hitchcock-type suspense theme here, and nearly pulled it off. Very moodly and atmospheric. Not up to his best (I could watch Chinatown every week), but ... not a bad way to spend a couple of hours. Full Review
Don't listen to the critics. I kept waiting and waiting for this movie to become involving and it never did. A complete waste of money and time. Avoid like the plague.
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