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The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
2009
Celebrity photographer Connor Mead loves freedom, fun and women--in that order. A committed bachelor who thinks nothing of breaking up with multiple women on a conference call, Connor's mockery of romance proves a real buzz-kill for his kid brother, Paul, and a houseful of well wishers on the eve of Paul's wedding. Just when .. Read more
| Starring | Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Lacey Chabert, Michael Douglas |
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| Director | Mark Waters |
| Genres | Comedy, Romance |
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The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Celebrity photographer Connor Mead loves freedom, fun and women--in that order. A committed bachelor who thinks nothing of breaking up with multiple women on a conference call, Connor's mockery of romance proves a real buzz-kill for his kid brother, Paul, and a houseful of well wishers on the eve of Paul's wedding. Just when it looks like Connor may single-handedly ruin the wedding, he is visited by the ghosts of his former jilted girlfriends, who take him on a revealing and hilarious odyssey through his failed relationships-past, present and future. Together they attempt to find out what turned Connor into such an insensitive jerk and whether there is still hope for him to find true love... or whether he really is the lost cause everyone thinks he is.
| Starring | Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Lacey Chabert, Michael Douglas, Emma Stone, Anne Archer, Robert Forster, Breckin Meyer, Amanda Walsh |
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| Director | Mark Waters |
| Studio | ENTERTAINMENT IN VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 40 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 40 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | 100 Most Wanted, UK top 50 weekly chart |
| Genres | Comedy, Romance |
| Language | English |
| Released | DVD: 28 Sep 2009 Blu-ray: unknown Production year: 2009 |
| Format | DVD |
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Imagine yourself in a Hollywood pitch meeting. Hey, says an executive, lets do A Christmas Carol. But... read more on Time Out
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16 out of 16 people found this review helpful
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Screwed not Scrooged
A blatant rip-off of Charles Dickens 'A Christmas Carol'. Instead of Scrooge the miser,you have Matthew McConaughey the self-centred womaniser. Instead of the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future, you have ghosts of girlfriends past, present and future. I suppose the brother and his wedding, that McConaughey screws up, is in place of the down-trodden Cratchit family.
There are a few points in the film where a slightly amusing instance occurs, like the wedding cake and the little boy digging snow beneath the window, who is asked 'Is today Christmas?' to which he replies 'No it's Saturday you moron!'
To sum up, a very poor chick-flick/rom-com, with little to offer in originality and laughs.
I think moronic sums it up, just as the little boy said!!!!
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- Maynard from Gillingham,
- Posted 06 May 2009 16:58
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
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Gives `Chick Flicks` A Bad Name
If it weren't for the pre-marital sex, you'd think this was Vatican-sponsored pro-marriage propaganda. As it is, it is humourless tripe: preachy without being enlightening, male-bashing without being perspicacious. The film reduces women to clingy, marriage-hunting harridans and men to loutish brutes defined only by libidinous cunning; those sly enough to dodge the marriage trap and the foolish others.
Garner's character is needy without redemption; McConaughey's character is supposedly despicable, yet provides what little charm the film manages to muster, and if they get any red-blooded male to believe that spooning is better than a boat-load of stunning models, you can call me a monkey's uncle! -
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Garner and McConaughey's smelly introduction
- 02 May 2009
Jennifer Garner left the cast and crew of new film Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past holding their noses thanks to a run-in with a skunk before work. One of the actress' dogs was sprayed by the 'stink badger' the night before her first day on set - and she couldn't get the stench out of her hair and clothes. And, no matter how hard she scrubbed in the shower, the skunk stink wouldn't go away. Garner thought she'd avoided on-set humiliation - until co-star Matthew McConaughey's sharp senses picked up... Read more
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Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, The - BLU-RAY Version
Matthew McConaughey has got the role of sexy, carefree bachelor perfected, and he gives his many admirers just want they want in this romantic comedy from director Mark Waters (MEAN GIRLS). McConaughey stars as Connor Mead, a man who arrives at his brother's wedding only to be reminded of his own ...
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The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Celebrity photographer Connor Mead loves freedom, fun and women--in that order. A committed bachelor who thinks nothing of breaking up with multiple women on a conference call, Connor's mockery of romance proves a real buzz-kill for his kid brother, Paul, and a houseful of well wishers on the eve ...
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