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- 2017
- R
- A24
- 1 h 32 m
- 2017
- R
- A24
- 1 h 32 m
Summary Recently deceased, a white-sheeted ghost (Casey Affleck) returns to his suburban home to console his bereft wife (Rooney Mara), only to find that in his spectral state he has become unstuck in time, forced to watch passively as the life he knew and the woman he loves slowly slip away. Increasingly unmoored, the ghost embarks on a cosmic ...
Directed By: David Lowery
Written By: David Lowery
- 2017
- R
- A24
- 1 h 32 m
- 2017
- R
- A24
- 1 h 32 m
A Ghost Story
7.0
Where to Watch
Summary Recently deceased, a white-sheeted ghost (Casey Affleck) returns to his suburban home to console his bereft wife (Rooney Mara), only to find that in his spectral state he has become unstuck in time, forced to watch passively as the life he knew and the woman he loves slowly slip away. Increasingly unmoored, the ghost embarks on a cosmic ...
Directed By: David Lowery
Written By: David Lowery
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 46 Critic Reviews
84
89% Positive
41 Reviews
41 Reviews
9% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
2% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 46 Critic Reviews
84
89% Positive
41 Reviews
41 Reviews
9% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
2% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
It exists in an eerie cinematic in-between, and is completely unlike anything else you’ll see this year.
A Ghost Story is filmmaking that challenges and exhilarates, a potent reminder of how many new places film can still be taken even after a century of people working in the medium.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 290 User Ratings
7.0
68% Positive
198 Ratings
198 Ratings
19% Mixed
54 Ratings
54 Ratings
13% Negative
38 Ratings
38 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 290 User Ratings
7.0
68% Positive
198 Ratings
198 Ratings
19% Mixed
54 Ratings
54 Ratings
13% Negative
38 Ratings
38 Ratings
A profoundly beautiful, atmospheric drama that analyzes its ambitiously lofty themes through a small-scale, intimate portrayal of a couple dealing with their loss and loneliness.
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Lowery manages to find entertainment value and genuine intrigue from his outlandish scenario, synthesizing the magical realism of his earlier films with a tighter grasp of tone.
It's an offbeat narrative, and it demands patience, but it's so worth the wait in the final moments of the film, proving to be a graceful examination of love found and lost.
While Lowery’s actual method of delivery may not be scary, it’s sure to haunt those who open themselves up to the experience.
Maddeningly, A Ghost Story can seem more like a creative exercise than a fully formed narrative construct.
An empty exercise in imitative long-take aestheticism, A Ghost Story fills its distractingly round-cornered frame with endless repetitions on a visual gag.
A real masterpiece! I've never experienced such emotions for so long. This movie deserves so much more
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[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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I like the idea and concept of this movie much more than the movie itself. What I dislike more than some scenes being way too long (pie scene hehe) is the scene where this guy explains the whole philosophy and idea of the movie instead of having audiences take something personal away from it. It just seems so out of place from the rest of the movie. Speaking of audiences, the general movie goes will hate this movie and I can see people feeling scammed if they spent money seeing it. I just feel like it'd be better of as a short movie. A movie that handles death and the fear of being forgotten better in 2017 is Coco.
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Its beyond boring. If you want to convey a message or meaning, you have to present it in an at least digestable form. Watching paint dry for minutes is **** They wanted me to feel trapped in time and hopeless I guess, but I just got annoyed and bored...
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Drawn out and boring . This is the film that gets made so stupid people that like to think they are smart can say how great it is, because the were special enough to like it. But really they were bored. You would be better off watching paint dry than watching this film.
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Production Company
Sailor Bear,
Zero Trans Fat Productions,
Ideaman Studios
Release Date Jul 7, 2017
Duration 1 h 32 m
Rating R
Tagline It's all about time.
Awards
Deauville Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 4 Nominations
International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)
• 3 Nominations
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
