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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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Feb 2, 2010

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

A great supernatural thriller and romance. Clever ghost effects, and a believable story about mourning and the afterlife.

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07/14/03
Fred Topel
Fred Topel
About.com

This occult love story deserved its hit status.

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

No review available.

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10/05/02
Josh Ralske
Josh Ralske
All Movie Guide

You’d need to be cold as ice for this tragic romance to fail to sweep you away.

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04/29/01
Brian Webster
Brian Webster
Apollo Guide

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

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.

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08/13/07
Ryan Cracknell
Ryan Cracknell
Calgary Movies

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

Contains some nice ideas, and occasionally, for whole moments at a time, succeeds in evoking the mysteries that it toys with.

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01/01/00
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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A mix of too many genres ... and a rather wrong-headed romance.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment 1 Comment
01/01/00
Chris Hicks
Chris Hicks
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

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

Full Review Source: DVD Review | comment Comment
07/10/07
Felix Gonzalez Jr.
Felix Gonzalez Jr.
DVD Review

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
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

No review available.

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07/29/07
Neil Cohen
Neil Cohen
Echo Magazine

Call me corny, but I really dig it. Not without its flaws, "Ghost" still boasts drama, comedy, romance and a bit of the spooky stuff to boot.

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07/25/02
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com

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

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

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.

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08/07/07
Walter Chaw
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central

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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07/27/02
Rob Vaux
Rob Vaux
Flipside Movie Emporium

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
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