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Ghost (1990)

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Reviews Counted:40

Fresh:32

Rotten:8

Average Rating:6.6/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 7 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: After renovating their expensive loft in the TriBeCa section of Manhattan, Molly (Demi Moore) and Sam (Patrick Swayze), a young successful yuppie couple, are walking home one evening when Sam is... After renovating their expensive loft in the TriBeCa section of Manhattan, Molly (Demi Moore) and Sam (Patrick Swayze), a young successful yuppie couple, are walking home one evening when Sam is tragically gunned down by a street mugger. Molly goes into a deep depression, but, unknown to her, Sam has come back as a ghost in order to protect her from danger--although he isn't yet aware who or what means her harm, and he has a lot of learning to do in order to make himself known to her. He teams up with an unwilling psychic, Oda Mae Brown (Whoopi Goldberg), and together they try to convince a very skeptical Molly that Sam was actually murdered and has returned spectrally to complete some unfinished business. Moore and Swayze and are excellent as the couple, and Goldberg won an Oscar for her portrayal of the wild and wacky psychic. GHOST is considered by many to be one of the most romantic films of the 1990s. [More]

Starring: Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Goldwyn

Starring: Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Goldwyn, Rick Aviles, Vincent Schiavelli

Director: Jerry Zucker

Director: Jerry Zucker
Screenwriter: Peter Barsocchini, Bruce Joel Rubin
Composer: Maurice Jarre

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06/24/06
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09/27/03
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

An unapologetic crowd pleaser...

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05/12/09
David Nusair
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

An unqualified populist success...works because it evinces a sincerity rarely felt in today's cinema. [Blu-ray]

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12/26/08
Peter Canavese
Peter Canavese
Groucho Reviews

Whoopi enters as Oda Mae Brown, a semi-phony spiritualist, and she steals the show.

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12/23/08
John J. Puccio
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DVDTown.com
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04/07/08
David Ansen
David Ansen
Newsweek

Starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, and best of all, Whoopi Goldberg, this kitchy supernatural romance was inexplicably nominated for the Best Picture Oscar, probably due to the fact that it was a global blockbuster.

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02/07/08
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

Guys, cook a nice meal, crack a bottle of nice red wine and toss this in and you've got an instant classic date. Bonus points if you pull out a tissue or three.

Full Review Source: Calgary Movies | comment Comment
08/13/07
Ryan Cracknell
Ryan Cracknell
Calgary Movies

Ghost is a movie about corporate malfeasance and greed, aided by bloody awful early CGI and predicting the basic flippancy of Forrest Gump and American Beauty.

Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | comment 2 Comments
08/07/07
Walter Chaw
Walter Chaw
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08/04/07
Susan Granger
Susan Granger
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07/29/07
Neil Cohen
Neil Cohen
Echo Magazine

Years of parody and spoofing ... have not tainted this intensely passionate moment ...

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07/10/07
Felix Gonzalez Jr.
Felix Gonzalez Jr.
DVD Review

With a premise this stupid, it's hard to believe that Ghost became not just a mega-blockbuster but -- and you may have forgotten this -- the winner of two Oscars.

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03/11/07
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

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02/18/07
Jake Euker
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)

This occult love story deserved its hit status.

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07/29/05
John Wirt
John Wirt
Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)

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04/08/05
Fr. Chris Carpenter
Fr. Chris Carpenter
Catholic Sun

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03/28/05
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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11/12/04
Rebecca Murray
Rebecca Murray
About.com

Well-done, but sappier than a maple in autumn.

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06/08/04
Sarah Chauncey
Sarah Chauncey
Reel.com
 
 
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