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The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)

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Average Rating: 4.2/10
Reviews Counted: 140
Fresh: 37 | Rotten: 103

A retread of A Christmas Carol, featuring Matthew McConaughey in a retread of his Dazed and Confused role, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past lacks originality, humor, and any semblance of charm.

Average Rating: 4/10
Critic Reviews: 29
Fresh: 7 | Rotten: 22

A retread of A Christmas Carol, featuring Matthew McConaughey in a retread of his Dazed and Confused role, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past lacks originality, humor, and any semblance of charm.

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Ghosts of Girlfriends Past -- the Mark S. Waters-directed fusion of A Christmas Carol with a traditional romantic comedy -- stars Matthew McConaughey as Connor Mead, a famous photographer and confirmed womanizer. He takes a break from his playboy lifestyle to attend his brother's wedding, where he becomes reacquainted with Jenny Perotti (Jennifer Garner), the only girl who ever captured his heart. After Connor delivers a drunken speech at the rehearsal dinner where he says that love isn't real,

PG-13, 1 hr. 40 min.

Comedy, Romance

Directed By: Mark Waters (VIII) , Mark Waters

Written By: Scott Moore, John Lucas, Jon Shestack, Brad Epstein

In Theaters: May 1, 2009 Wide

On DVD: Sep 22, 2009

Box Office:$55.2M

Warner Bros. Pictures

This movie I think really did the impossible. It makes Failure To Launch look like The Thin Man.

May 4, 2009 Full Review Source: At the Movies

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Ben Mankiewicz

At the Movies

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It's a tired premise with some even weaker gags.

May 4, 2009 Full Review Source: At the Movies

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Ben Lyons

At the Movies

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Just in case you can't get enough of the romantic comedy oeuvre of Matthew McConaughey, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past is here to remind you that, yes, some films of his are even worse than Failure to Launch, Surfer Dude, and How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.

May 4, 2009 Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor

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Peter Rainer

Christian Science Monitor

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I'm almost embarrassed to admit I found Ghosts of Girlfriends Past the season's first genuine guilty pleasure.

May 1, 2009 Full Review Source: New York Post

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Lou Lumenick

New York Post

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Only two characters might qualify as sympathetic.

May 1, 2009 Full Review Source: Globe and Mail

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Liam Lacey

Globe and Mail

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Please, ladies, don't go see this movie. (Chances are most men would rather put out their eyes than go see a film with such a title.)

May 1, 2009 Full Review Source: Detroit News

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Tom Long

Detroit News

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This flawed, fractured fairy tale fails to scare up many chuckles or much charm. As Ebenezer Scrooge himself might say, "Bah, humbug!"

September 29, 2011 Full Review Source: American Profile

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Neil Pond

American Profile Source: American Profile

it's the ghosts that steal the show

March 2, 2011 Full Review Source: 7M Pictures

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Kevin Carr

7M Pictures

A parade of clumsy slapstick, unerring homophobia, and Big Fat Life Lessons.

December 17, 2009 Full Review Source: Cinematical

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William Goss

Cinematical

Predictable romcom has some iffy stuff, but OK for teens.

December 15, 2009 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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S. Jhoanna Robledo

Common Sense Media

As superficial and melodramatic as one might've expected...

December 7, 2009 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

A deluge of dim jokes and rote romantic interludes between Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Garner that are intended to recall Charle's Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." God help us all.

September 27, 2009 Full Review Source: Bangor Daily News (Maine)

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Christopher Smith

Bangor Daily News (Maine)

We can see practically every move, every action, every twist and turn a mile away. (Blu-ray Edition)

September 22, 2009 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis

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John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

Matthew McConaughey proves better than the material put before him in the intermittently intriguing Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

September 18, 2009 Full Review Source: What Would Toto Watch?

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Christian Toto

What Would Toto Watch?

Ideally, you want to see the male and female leads end up together in a romantic comedy; if not, it all starts to become kind of creepy.

September 17, 2009 Full Review Source: Aisle Seat

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Mike McGranaghan

Aisle Seat

Although there are some sweetly sentimental moments, they are not nearly enough to redeem what is otherwise a fairly mean-spirited film.

September 12, 2009 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis

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John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

A get even sex addiction comedy, with some quickie laughs, that retools the basics of A Christma Carol, but comes off like a commitment challenged Scrooge on Viagra. And what's with the PG-13, is this meant as a manual for underage two-timers in training?

September 5, 2009 Full Review Source: NewsBlaze

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Prairie Miller

NewsBlaze

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A dreadful film that will have Charles Dickins spinning in his grave no doubt. How can you even have Ghosts of people who aren't even dead? There is nothing good about this film, it's insulting to even call it a chick flick unless you are a stupid women with very little self respect.

January 30, 2012

Anthony Lawrie

Super Reviewer

Not the worst romantic comedy I have ever seen and it did make me laugh out loud at certain points, but in the end we are dealing with a genre that we as an audience know better than our own reflections. We know the Dickens tale just as well, so combining the two gave very few surprises and I feel with the rom com

October 30, 2011

Unknown Hobo

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1. Uncle Wayne: We're ghosts, baby. We're ageless.
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