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To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday (1996)

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In this story of obsessive and enduring love, David Lewis (Peter Gallagher) spends most of his time swimming, dancing, and frolicking on the beach with the spirit of his dead wife Gillian (Michelle Pfeiffer). After Gillian's drowning death, David made their summer cottage on Nantucket Island into a permanent home. He lives there with his teenage daughter Rachel (Claire Danes), who is being neglected because her father spends so much time with her dead mother's ghost. On the second anniversary of

PG-13, 1 hr. 32 min.

Drama, Romance, Comedy

Directed By: Michael Pressman

Written By: Michael Brady, David E. Kelley

In Theaters: Oct 18, 1996 Wide

On DVD: May 7, 2002

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

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Cast

Peter Gallagher
David Lewis
Claire Danes
Rachel Lewis
Kathy Baker
Esther
Wendy Crewson
Kevin
Michelle Pfeiffer
Gillian Lewis
Bruce Altman
Paul
Freddie Prinze Jr.
Joey
Laurie Fortier
Cindy

Critic Reviews for To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday

All Critics (42) | Top Critics (14) | Fresh (4) | Rotten (24) | DVD (6)

A bargian basement Ghost, a hybrid of the earnest nature of an inspirational play and the sleek calculation of a Lifetime TV movie.

December 31, 2006 Full Review Source: Variety

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Emanuel Levy

Variety

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Based upon a stageplay, the plot is very straightforward and predictable, and has no strong emotional payoffs, but the drama is stuffed with the feelings and confusions of grief and some viewers may find sufficient solace in that to respond to the film's

June 15, 2007 Comment

Douglas Pratt

DVDLaser

Tries too hard to make the audience cry; practically each 'emotional' moment is highlighted by the soft musical sounds of a harp and wind section.

September 11, 2005 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com

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Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

Michelle Pfeiffer is appropriately cast as a ghost, but this meditation on death and remembrance is curiously spiritless.

February 23, 2003 Comment

Dan Lybarger

Nitrate Online

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this movie is about a guy whose wife died and although she died two years ago, Gillian Lewis (Michelle Pfeiffer) is still very much alive for her grieving husband, David (Peter Gallagher who lives with his 16year old daughter on Nantucket island and spends time with his imaginary wife every night on the beach. His life

August 22, 2010