Monday, April 1, 2013

Ghost (1990)

After being killed during a botched mugging, a man's love for his partner enables him to remain on earth as a ghost.
Mildly entertaining, but the highly ridiculous plot is additionally muddled by schmaltzy moments.
Halliwell **: "Deftly made, romantic, sentimental, sometimes silly thriller that was the surprise hit of 1990, either because of its fundamentalist view of heaven and hell or its underlying theme that revenge is good for the soul."
Maltin ***: "Overlong, but enjoyable mix of fantasy, thriller, and romance...Swayze runs the gamut of expressions from A to B, but the relationships are credible and as a result the fantasy works."

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