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List Price: $28.98 | | Label: Warner Bros.
Salesrank: 306
Released: September 22, 2009 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
A FREEWHEELING WOMANIZER IS HAUNTED BY THE SPIRITS OF GIRLFRIENDS OF THE PAST, PRESENT & BEYOND AT HIS YOUNGER YOUNGER BROTHER'S WEDDING, AWAKENING LONG-LOST FEELINGS FOR HIS FIRST LOVE.
Description of Ghosts of Girlfriends Past:
Starring Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Garner and directed by Mark Waters (Mean Girls), Ghost of Girlfriends Past seems to be lacking some of the chemistry we have seen from the stars in similar romantic comedies, but is still entertaining and worth a watch. McConaughey plays a womanizer named Conner Mead far from settling down who is forced to take a Christmas Carol-type journey through girlfriends of his past, present and future while attending his brother’s wedding weekend. Jenny (Garner) is the childhood sweetheart and longstanding object of his affection. Will he be able to grow up and admit his love for Jenny before the weekend is over, or will he continue his man-whore ways and lose her forever? Although McConaughey and Garner both tread familiar territory, they’re so good at it that you don’t mind. Some of the best scenes in the movie involve Michael Douglas, who is perfect as Conner’s dead uber-womanizing mentor Uncle Wayne, and Lacey Chabert, who is also hilarious as the stressed out bride-to-be. Yes, it’s predictable and cheesy, but it has some real moments and provides laughs--and that is exactly what a romantic comedy is for. --Lisanne Chastain
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past Reviews:
GREAT MOVIE 
2009-12-16 - GREAT MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WASN'T SURE ABOUT THIS ONE,GOOD TO BE WRONG.ONE FILM I WOULD NOT MIND WATCHING OVER AND OVER
Disappointing 
2009-12-07 - This movie is difficult to watch. The acting is bad and the movie plot is silly and over the top, the comedy is lame I didn't laugh once. One of the worst movies ever...
Pretty lame... 
2009-12-05 - So, I had a feeling I wouldn't like this movie. It looked pretty lame. And Matthew has been in a series of lame movies recently (Fool's Gold, Failure to Launch, Sahara, etc.) It's such a shame that Matthew went from what I thought was a stellar performance in Contact (of course, it was truly a well written script AND I think he did lots of great things with his role) to this. It's one giant cliche, really obvious plot lines, and for no point. And don't get me wrong, I can imagine how difficult it must be to write a romantic comedy in this day and age when there's been thousands that have gone before. It's hard to be original. And likewise, it's hard for an actor to do something that hasn't been done before (or at least not done a lot of in the past). Tons of history and precedence. But at some point, the question should go from, "How can we make this different?" to "Should we even bother?" If that had been the litmus test for this movie, I suspect it wouldn't have been made at all.
Not bad, but Not Great 
2009-11-21 - Movie was alright, but was not the best of McConaughey or Garners movie career although was entertaining and enjoyable.
beautiful script idea 
2009-11-21 - This approach may be a more understandable one to modern kids than Alfie (Full Screen Edition).
The screen play takes the Christmas Dickens classic with the miser Scrooge
and turns the miser into a playboy. When young people need
positive examples that are easy to understand, this movie delivers.
Casual sex is a topic here and the life of the philandering hero
starts to go really down hill when his brother throws him out of
his wedding party after he lets slip about who the brother had slept with.
And ruined the wedding cake as well...
The uncle who had raised him comes back as a ghost and
leads him through getting in contact with his better but forgooten side
using three ghosts of girlfriends.
That there is an happy ending helps. Jennifer Garner
may be more convincing as an action spy hero,
but she pulls this role off as well.
