Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

Name: Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Genre: Fantasy, Comedy, Romance
Released: May 1, 2009
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 34
Cast: Emma Stone, Jennifer Garner, Matthew McConaughey

2009

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New Line Cinema | Release Date: May 1, 2009 | PG-13

Starring: Emma Stone, Jennifer Garner, Matthew McConaughey

Summary: Celebrity photographer Connor Mead loves freedom, fun and women...in that order. A committed bachelor with a no-strings policy, he thinks nothing of breaking up with multiple women on a conference call while prepping his next date. Connor's brother Paul is more the romantic type; in fact, he's about to be married. Unfortunately, on the eveCelebrity photographer Connor Mead loves freedom, fun and women...in that order. A committed bachelor with a no-strings policy, he thinks nothing of breaking up with multiple women on a conference call while prepping his next date. Connor's brother Paul is more the romantic type; in fact, he's about to be married. Unfortunately, on the eve of the big event, Connor's mockery of romance proves a real buzz-kill. Just when it looks like Connor may single-handedly ruin the wedding, he gets a wake-up call from the ghost of his late Uncle Wayne, the hard-partying, legendary ladies man upon whose exploits Connor has modeled his lifestyle. Uncle Wayne has an urgent message for his protege, which he delivers through the ghosts of Connor's jilted girlfriends--past, present and future--who take him on a revealing and hilarious odyssey through a lifetime of failed relationships. Together, they will discover what turned Connor into such a shameless player and whether he has a second chance to find - and this time, keep - the love of his life. (Warner Bros. Pictures)… Expand

Director: Mark Waters

Genre(s): Fantasy, Comedy, Romance

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 100 min

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Andrea Gronvall

Writers Jon Lucas and Scott Moore steal from the best, gleefully cribbing from "A Christmas Carol" to fashion a screenplay with heart and sharp one-liners. Read full review

Roger Moore

Ghosts finishes well, and the familiar McConaughey heel-grows-a-heart story arc is engaging. Read full review

Michael Phillips

Despite my McConaughey resistance I got more guilty chuckles from Ghosts of Girlfriends Past than "Failure to Launch" or "Four Christmases." Read full review

Todd McCarthy

Mostly clunky and vaguely unsavory. Read full review

Kirk Honeycutt

The movie clumps through one witless if not wince-evoking sequence after another without the relief of laughter. Read full review

Peter Travers

Never comes as close as spitting distance to a laugh. Read full review

Melissa Anderson

Above all, it will make you long for a day when studio movies about relationships feel like they are by and for adults who have actually been in one. Read full review

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the_bomber

Nov 23, 2019

The most beautiful film I have ever seen, really. I had seen this film so many times, and every time I got excited every time. Fantastic interpretation of Matthew Mcconaughey, Jennifer Garner and Michael Douglas. I advise everyone to see it at least once in their life, you can't live withoutThe most beautiful film I have ever seen, really. I had seen this film so many times, and every time I got excited every time. Fantastic interpretation of Matthew Mcconaughey, Jennifer Garner and Michael Douglas. I advise everyone to see it at least once in their life, you can't live without seeing it… Expand

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PeteM.

May 4, 2009

I found a lot of humor and some romance in this romantic comedy. The lead, Mathew Machonahey plays a sleazy photographer but realizes that with the help of ghosts from girlfriends past. I enjoyed this movie and recommend it.

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malop

Oct 17, 2009

They make a really nice couple, i enjoyed the movie and i would also recommend it.. even though it is a copy of a Christmas movie i think.

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kgm

May 2, 2009

Not sure why this movie was released in the spring as compared to the Christmas season but it

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ChadS

May 3, 2009

The Ghost of Girlfriends Past is so young; an eternal teenager who haunts Connor Mead at his brother's wedding because, one surmises, the lothario had something to do with her death. Cheerfully playing the curator of his own romantic history, the former Allison Vandermeersh was on the The Ghost of Girlfriends Past is so young; an eternal teenager who haunts Connor Mead at his brother's wedding because, one surmises, the lothario had something to do with her death. Cheerfully playing the curator of his own romantic history, the former Allison Vandermeersh was on the receiving end of a careless kiss from Connor at a basement party. They were high school contemporaries. In all probability, the dead girl has issues with Connor, a fact that "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" largely obscures since her comportment betrays no blatant malevolent signs which would be detrimental to the irritating lightness of this purported romantic comedy. But subtle signs subsist, in spite of the film's broad comic tone. Arranged by Allison's control of time and space, Connor revisits a scene from his formative years; his non-a**hole years before mom and dad expired in a car wreck, where he tells the girl on a the swing, "I'll keep it forever," because the ghost knows that the Polaroid is his most prized memento. With glee, Allison repeatedly rewinds this moment when Connor's older self denies ever having expressed himself so vulnerably. At the aforementioned party, Allison clearly wasn't part of the in-crowd(the glasses and braces are a dead giveaway), so her makeout session with Connor(off-screen, following the secondhand kiss) was quite possibly the highlight of her short life. The dead girl, after all these years, revels in being his first conquest. If "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" was more honest, it would have included a scene in which the photographer asks Allison about the details surrounding her death. Sadly, her character is underwritten. Instead of ripping off Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol", the narrative might have benefited from having just one ghost: a ghost with a long memory and bruised feelings. The film seems unaware that Connor owes The Ghost of Girlfriends Past an apology. His redemption is too easy.… Expand

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Diego

Jun 5, 2009

I would give it a 0 or a 1 except it has SOME redeemingly funny parts with the the woman who plays Gretchen from Mean Girls (I dont know her name). Besides that, as David H said... "Here's a novel idea; cast Matthew McConaughey in a romantic comedy as an over-confident womanizer... I would give it a 0 or a 1 except it has SOME redeemingly funny parts with the the woman who plays Gretchen from Mean Girls (I dont know her name). Besides that, as David H said... "Here's a novel idea; cast Matthew McConaughey in a romantic comedy as an over-confident womanizer... wait, how many times have we seen this?" I simply don't understand how anyone working on this movie THOUGHT it could be successful.… Expand

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EliF

May 23, 2009

Wow...this was horrible. It looked cute, but ends up being a weirdly awkward sexual referenced failure of a summer romance flick!

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