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Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009) -- At his younger brother's wedding, a committed bachelor/womanizer (McConaughey) is haunted by his romantic past.
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Jon Lucas (written by) &
Scott Moore (written by)
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Release Date:
1 May 2009 (USA) more
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You can't always run from your past
Plot:
A bachelor is haunted by the ghosts of his past girlfriends at his younger brother's wedding. full summary | full synopsis
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Nont quite rom-com more (61 total)

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Rated PG-13 for sexual content throughout, some language and a drug reference.
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USA:100 min
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Originally set up at Walt Disney Pictures with Ben Affleck attached to play the lead character. Production was to begin in the fall of 2003, but budgetary concerns and the failure of Gigli (2003) forced the studio to cancel the film one month prior to shooting. more
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Continuity: When Conner meets the mother of the bride, he orders them both a drink. As they talk, his glass is noticeably empty sitting on the bar, but a moment later he takes a drink and the glass is full again. more
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Uncle Wayne: Whoa! Never touch a man while he's hanging a wire. more
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References The Wizard of Oz (1939) more
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Nothin' But A Good Time more

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24 out of 36 people found the following comment useful.
Nont quite rom-com, 4 May 2009
Author: John DeSando (jdesando@columbus.rr.com) from Columbus, Ohio

For a rom-com, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past is as dramatic as it could be, more Dickens than Apatow. Matthew McConaughey as womanizer Connor Mead is type cast as a rake waiting to be changed into a loving human being, The plot with returning dead lovers to teach him a lesson about having feelings is not quite as exotic as it sounds, for it is a device mainly to show him as a callow youth squiring and losing the love of his life, Jenny Perotti (Jennifer Garner). The drama is the disaster he makes of his brother's wedding and the tears he witnesses from the women he has seduced and left.

Since we all know enjoying casual sex is a no-no for descendants of Puritans, the outcome of the ghostly apparitions' lessons is secure in cliché land. Following the party line about scoundrels getting what they deserve is ghost of Uncle Wayne, a sort of Gordon Gekko gone good, an oily ex-Lothario played with relish by another spot-on bit of casting, Michael Douglas. His flowing hair and Hollywood-tinted big glasses call to mind producer Robert Evans (The Kid Stays in the Picture). Although Uncle Wayne is a recovered womanizer, at least for now, his speeches about loneliness and broken hearts ring true only for the moment, but long enough to affect the hero.

It's an enjoyable film with a smart cast, a preposterous story but a serious message about true love and selflessness. Not quite a romantic comedy, but very close indeed.

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