Jennifer Love Hewitt Movie:

Ghost Whisperer: Season Five Reviews:
For some intense emotional cleansing, choose this series!
2009-12-03 - The first time I saw Ghost Whisperer on TV I was HOOKED! The story lines behind the series episodes continue to fascinate and intrigue me. These story lines lead to the next installment in such a subtle yet powerful way that I can hardly stand the wait until the next episode.

Jennifer Love Hewitt is the perfect acting match for anyone having the ability to communicate with the Spirits...think me crazy, but I believe there ARE people out there who do exactly what she does. I had an out of body experience when I was 5 years old. I was very sick with a fever of 105.6 (according to my parents) and I truly believe I died for a short time. I could clearly see my body laying in the bed as I looked down on it from high above. I witnessed my mother rushing my body to the tub and pouring ice over it until I returned to it. That memory is burned into my mind like it happened yesterday.

As members of my family have passed on over the years, I have always felt a calm, very serene presence in the minutes, hours and up to a few days after their deaths that has made me a true believer of "The Light" and an afterlife. And because of "The Ghost Whisperer" I'm not the least bit afraid of death and am actually looking forward to it.

In my humble opinion, every episode has an extrememly emotional cleansing effect that I carry with me for days, weeks, months at a time...some are more powerful than others.

I want to own every single episode of this one.

I REALLY LOVE GHOST WHISPERER
2009-11-25 - I REALLY LOVE GHOST WHISPERER THE ONLY THING THAT ANNOYS ME IS WHEN THEY GO INTO THE LIGHT THERE IS NO SPECIAL EFFECTS TO SHOW THE LIGHT
ALSO I WOULD LOVE IF THEY COULD DO THE STORY ALSO SO HER PARTNER IN THE SHOPS MEETS SOMEBODY NICE AND GETS MARRIED

AND WOULD IT BE NICE IF SHE COULD HAVE TWINS AND TRIPLETS WHEN SHE GIVES BIRTH

Surprisingly good TV entertainment
2009-11-18 - [note: this is a review of the series, not the DVDs so much]

So, this is what Jessica Love Hewitt is up to these days. I'm not a fan of ghost stories generally and would normally warn those who aren't to shy away from this series. However, if you can get by the ghosts, several of the episodes use the ghost story as a plot device to explore compelling HUMAN stories (somewhat like Hewitt's film "If Only"). As such, even if you don't like ghosts, read on:

The good:
In the episodes I've seen at least, the story with the ghosts provided a segway into a far more compelling human drama. For example, in one episode I saw, the ghosts torment a father and daughter who feel guilty over the mother's death. The emotionally compelling part of the episode was seeing the father and daughter deal with their guilt and frustration. Hewitt, as the ghost whisperer, indirectly helps these catharses.

Now, the bad:
The ghosts aren't subtle. With a few exceptions (generally shadows in a dark room), the ghosts look and act just like normal people, only that "only" Hewitt can see them. There's no especially pale skin, glow, or anything else to make the ghosts seem supernatural. Admittedly, this varies by episode, and some ghosts seem to have supernatural powers. Still, don't expect freaky special effects.

In short, if you like the type of sitcom/dramas generally shown on the WE channel, you might like Ghost Whisperer. Don't be too turned off by the ghosts in the stories (even if the ghosts can get snarky at times). However, this isn't a sci-fi series or comedy sitcom.