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The Ghost details

Formats:	15 DVD, Blu-ray, LOVEFiLM Instant
Starring:	Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Olivia Williams, Kim Cattrall, Timothy Hutton, Eli Wallach, James Belushi
Director:	Roman Polanski
Genres:	Drama - Romantic, Thriller - Horror
Studio:	ELEVATION SALES
Original title	The Ghost Writer
Collections:	2011's Top Films, Cast of Carnage, Critic's Choice, England Expects, Exclusive!, Exclusives, Festival Favourites, HD Films

Title	Runtime	Certificate
The Ghost	2hrs 3 mins	15

LOVEFiLM Instant Information

Run time:	2 hours 3 minutes
Rental release:	To be confirmed

Name	Discs
The Ghost	15 Feature

DVD Information

Run time:	2 hours 8 minutes
Rental release:	20 Sep 2010
Main languages:	English

Name	Discs
The Ghost	15 Feature

Blu-ray Information

Run time:	2 hours 8 minutes
Rental release:	20 Sep 2010
Main languages:	English

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LOVEFiLM Review The Ghost

By Tom Charity from LOVEFiLM

Ewan McGregor and Pierce Brosnan star in Roman Polanski's thrilling drama.
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Is Nearly-real not Quite Real Enough?

By a customer from London , 12 Apr 2010

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This film has, on the face of it, a lot going for it. Great source material, renowned director and some excellent stars. Something, though, is not right about 'The Ghost' ('The Ghost Writer' in other countries).

Comparing it to modern classics of the genre ('Michael Clayton' as an example) shows a slightly flabby delivery, where the neither the plot, or the characters are as sharp as they need to be. Brosnan, for example, is in grinning, charismatic mode, when something darker would have been much more interesting. McGregor is the faint-hearted rabbit in the headlights - blind to obvious plot twists going on all around him.

The defining difficultly, though, is the attempt to 'say something important' about UK-US relations and the 'War on Terror' by reference to real people and unreal events. Not that these sentiments are unwelcome - far from it, just that this film fails to deliver anything other than the cinema equivalent of polite dinner-party conversation in that area.
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By a customer , 10 May 2013

best film ive seen on love film, so far. Good story and a bit of a twist at the end.
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oops sorry

By lastengland (81 reviews) from Winchester , 07 May 2013

but I didn't get a chance to view this film, but will add back to list as all these reviews say its good!
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53rd state

By Spirits (48 reviews) , 02 May 2013

the movie is very close to the bone,,,,,,,,,,,,,we all know,if we admit,that America is the power that calls the shots,they say,jump,we jump,that is the way it is,like it or not...well worth watching.
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No subtitles

By a customer , 28 Apr 2013

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I was really looking forward to watching this film but was very disappointed to find out that it did not have subtitles. As I am very hard of hearing I can only watch films with subtitles and I have therefore had to return the DVD unwatched. How can a DVD made in 2010 be released without subtitles? I consider this to be an infringement of my human rights.
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The Ghost with no name

By Routemaster (87 reviews) from Cambridge , 24 Apr 2013

A unknown writer (McGregor) replaces the previous Ghost writer Mike McAra who is found dead, washed up on a beach believed to be suicide. The subject is one time and unpopular British PM Adam Lang (Brosnan) Something is not quite right and the writer (McGregor) starts to unravel deep secrets of Lang; putting himself in danger - will he end up the same way as his predecessor?
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