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www.moria.co.nz - : Ghost was part of a sudden interest in afterlife themes that emerges in 1990. Steven Spielberg's guardian angel fantasy Always (1989) had started the interest. Always sputtered out at the box-office but it was enough to create a groundswell which produced Ghost, which became the No 1 box-office film of 1990, along with other explorations of the afterlife that included Jacob's Ladder (1990) and Flatliners (1990). more...
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4/5
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www.oscarguy.com - : Nothing says Oscar like Whoopi in this film. Whoopi Goldberg's performance had me rolling in the aisles and is enough to sustain some of the dragging moments of the picture. Good acting by the rest of the cast, a touching story and a bit of evil and spirituality mixed in form a great film with a tearful ending. more...
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3.5/
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rogerebert.suntimes.com - : The thing about ghost stories is that they usually have such limited imaginations. If a spirit were indeed able to exist in two realms at the same time - to occupy the spirit world while still involving itself in our designs here in the material universe - wouldn't it be aghast with glory and wonder? Wouldn't it transcend the pathetic little concerns of daily life? To put it another way: If you could live in the mind of God, would you still be telling your wife she's wearing the T-shirt you spilled the margarita on? ''Ghost'' is no worse an offender than most ghost movies, I suppose. more...
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2.5/
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www.moria.co.nz - : Ghost was part of a sudden interest in afterlife themes that emerges in 1990. Steven Spielberg's guardian angel fantasy Always (1989) had started the interest. Always sputtered out at the box-office but it was enough to create a groundswell which produced Ghost, which became the No 1 box-office film of 1990, along with other explorations of the afterlife that included Jacob's Ladder (1990) and Flatliners (1990). more...
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4/5
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www.oscarguy.com - : Nothing says Oscar like Whoopi in this film. Whoopi Goldberg's performance had me rolling in the aisles and is enough to sustain some of the dragging moments of the picture. Good acting by the rest of the cast, a touching story and a bit of evil and spirituality mixed in form a great film with a tearful ending. more...
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3.5/
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rogerebert.suntimes.com - : The thing about ghost stories is that they usually have such limited imaginations. If a spirit were indeed able to exist in two realms at the same time - to occupy the spirit world while still involving itself in our designs here in the material universe - wouldn't it be aghast with glory and wonder? Wouldn't it transcend the pathetic little concerns of daily life? To put it another way: If you could live in the mind of God, would you still be telling your wife she's wearing the T-shirt you spilled the margarita on? ''Ghost'' is no worse an offender than most ghost movies, I suppose. more...
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2.5/
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