Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

2009 "You can't always run from your past."
5.8| 1h55m| PG-13| en| More Info
Released: 01 May 2009 Released
Producted By: New Line Cinema
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: http://www.ghostsofgirlfriendspastmovie.com/
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When notorious womanizer Connor Mead attends his brother Paul's wedding, he is forced to re-evaluate his behavior as he comes face-to-face with the ghosts of girlfriends past, present, and future, along with his deceased uncle. The experience changes his attitude and allows him to reconnect with his first and only love, Jenny.

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ThiefHott Too much of everything
AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks
FeistyUpper If you don't like this, we can't be friends.
Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.
tbills2 O M G! Christina Milan is so, so hot I don't believe it. Her skin is like butter, smooth, creamy and gorgeous, just like butter, and sweet caramel omg she's bad, so bad. OK, Christina Milian is the most underrated hot babe ever. Seriously. Make more music! And movies. And reality shows. How do I get hot girls like you again? Get you half naked, put an apple on your head, and have a pretty Asian lady aim arrows at your face ? Gooot it. (end of paragraph 1)(beginning of paragraph 2) Holy shoot Emma Stone is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo hot especially in braces. (end of paragraph 2)OMG seriously. Emma is so really f'ing beautiful she is not underrated I love her deeply and passionately. (end of paragraph 3)This movie has so many gorgeous woman in it Lacey Chabert (the best), Jennifer Garner (abrupt end of paragraph 4)Lol I love Michael Douglas. He's 1 of my favorite actors. (I'm N Love With Emma Stone) He's awesome in this, just like he is in everything. Seriously!Emma Stone and Christina Milian are so amazing, awesome, sweet, cool they're really cool and so funny! and I'm pretty sure this movie is hilarious and awesome. I love Michael Douglas and I wish Emma would visit me, if you know what I'm saying.(GoGP did not fulfill its potential)
spelvini Two things terribly wrong with this move: (1) over-the-top performances in order to disguise the stooped jokes; (2) characters have nothing endearing so we don't care what happens to them. Otherwise the film is motored by a rather nice concept- what if an old girlfriend came back as a ghost in order to enlighten a character to his wrongful ways. It's playing right off of Dickens, and it's great to at least see that the filmmakers are stealing from the best.Matthew McConaughey is so terrible as an eyebrow-licking self-promoter and Jennifer Garner as Jenny Perotti, the woman who supposedly has Connor's number is basically a whining simp, that we know their life together will be a train wreck in a few years. Core to this is the shallow characterization of Conner by McConaughey, who has only one tool in his acting bag which is a hammer that he uses to pound away at the subtle jokes in the script to make sure we "get it", and ultimately insulting the intelligence of the viewer, until we really begin to wish this jerk would just go away.Michael Douglas steals every scene and walks away with the movie because it seems he has the best lines, but in a broader view is just a better actor. Douglas's characterization of ultimate womanizer Uncle Wayne, with his shaded spectacles, slick-backed hair and attached cocktail, gives the narrative a depth that gives Connor a back-story and manages to carry McConaughey through the film. Douglas has played this type before and it's clear that the actor has a mental file of expressions, and responses to support his featured actors.The laughs from this flick come out in stunted spurts: they're almost funny but not good enough to really make us laugh. Two jokes stand out as when Conner's assistant comes out and tells him that she had a woman-on-woman experience in college… because she went to Barnard (inside joke about the woman's college of Columbia University that hosts "Take Back the Night" promoting women's empowerment). And the other joke is the overall concept that we take Matthew McConaughey at face value and consider him the kind of cocksman with a leather lash as a belt.Matthew McConaughey is completely wrong as the womanizer Connor Mead, the man who seemingly is covering up his hurt by hitting every woman he meets. McConaughey is white bread with peanut butter, and his leering lusciousness is so flat-footed and over-the-top as to be embarrassing more than enlightening. His delivery is so deplete of any sub-textual foundation that I wonder what he's doing in the film in the first place.Why Cinematographer Daryn Okada framed Anne Archer's Vonda Volkom so unflatteringly as to highlight her puffy eyes and jowly countenance make me feel that the filmmakers have a deep-seated hatred of women. Archer looks like a ghost herself in scenes, completely unnecessary to show contrast between her and the nubile nymphs of the tale. Archer is a beautiful older actress and the story would have gained greater depth if her character had been shown in better light to underline the ultimate wisdom and power of the female mind, an element that the narrative is lacking.This is maybe a nice date movie if your date has the cinematic intelligence of Howard The Duck. Otherwise, have it as a backup if your cable goes out.
richieandsam GHOSTS OF GIRLFRIENDS PASTI am not a huge romantic comedy fan… but I don't mind Matthew McConaugheys films. He is actually quite funny. This was a disappointment though.It was alright mostly, but it was nothing great. I was hoping for more comedy but there wasn't really a lot to laugh about. The situations that Matthew gets in could have been funny, but instead were just cringe worthy. He plays a completely unlikeable character.The story is a complete rip off of A Christmas Carol. A guy is a womaniser and he get's visited by 3 ghosts to show him in the past, present and future etc… It is a classic story, but I think they killed it with this. They should stop making this now. The story has been made so many times and there are some great versions and some terrible ones. Enough is enough. I think Hollywood needs to think of some more original ideas. No more rehashes or remakes. 9 times out of 10 they are not better than the original, so why bother?The casting was alright… The films stars Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner and Michael Douglas. They all do reasonable jobs and were convincing in their roles. I just think Matthew needs to change the direction of his acting. I know he has started taking more serious roles now, which is a good thing. He was amazing in A Time to Kill. I still think that was his best film (that I have seen). Jennifer is a good actress, but has not really made anything that sticks out in my mind to make her a great actress… hopefully one day she will get that role that catapults her. Michael Douglas is a legend… he has made some fantastic movies in the past and I hope that he makes a lot more in the future.Ghosts of Girlfriends Past ran along at a good pace… I was not really bored throughout the movie. It kept me entertained, but I think it should have been so much more. Matthew seems to have made 1 too many romantic comedies.I will give this film 5 out of 10."So here's a couple of tips. When you first meet a girl you give her two compliments above the neck. Yeah, tell her she's got nice lips, nice eyes, nice hair... she's intelligent, her moral ethics, whatever crap comes to your mind. Then just when she begins to thinks that you're another - you know - vanilla nice guy that she can tool around with all night without getting naked... you insult her! Flip the power dynamic and your let her know that you're here to play."For more of my reviews, please like my Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ordinary-Person-Movie- Reviews/456572047728204?ref=hl
badajoz-1 A lothario who can get any woman he wants is visited a la 'Christmas Carol' by ghostly figures of old girl friends and his uncle who taught him everything he knows. Of course he does not like what he sees, especially his 'meant to be girl from the age of 14,' whose heart he has broken. Guess what - he repents after that night. Along the way there is comedy - a truly excruciating performance from Matthew Maconaughey, a neat cameo from Michael Douglas, and a subdued thesping from Jennifer Garner as 'Tiny Tim.' There are some good lines, some delicate pokes at the reality behind romantic, so called strong, women for blokes to guffaw at, but it is not a work of genius or up there with the best rom coms. And for those grotesque US women critics who demand that Jennifer Garner's character becomes strong and gives the lothario what for - remember it is 'Christmas Carol' not 'The female Eunuch!!!'