csteinmayer-25141 Review of We Have a Ghost

We Have a Ghost (2023)

Heart. Story. Skillfull acting make this an enjoyable film.

[6/10 · 14 October 2023]

My wife and I really enjoyed this inspite of my minor complaints. The overall story was great. What started as a comedy grew into so much more. Not at all what we expected. It has a ton of heart. Well acted by the entire cast. David Harbour is out of this world. Jahi Di'Allo Winston is definitely an up and comer. Keep your eye on this kid. Overall, a 6 out of 10 for me. It was very enjoyable. We watched it late at night and my wife stayed awake and interested for the entire movie, which doesn't always happen with the best of movies. It had enough emotion towards the end to bring tears to my eye. The ending was not so obvious, so it was written well enough. Well enough but could have been much much better. Be warned, as The Critical Drinker would say, it does push "The Message" in one particular way. Not that it matters much. You may not have noticed, but your brain did. All the white characters are the bad guys, and the only good guy white character is dead. Lol. Not sure why all of the antagonists, The old friend, the entire FBI (or whatever that government agency was), police, and local sherrif departments are only staffed with one particular race. Not very realistic. Then again you could say the same about many movies in the past I suppose. There were plenty of minor plot holes - like the ghost is being chased but only after being chased for quite a long time does he decide to use his power to dissappear - could have done that so much sooner! Items are like that so they can have their set pieces or things required of the script - which equals bad writing on some of the pages. Otherwise it's a good enough story and heart that this could be the modern "Ghost". Well done for the most part Netflix. It's possible I could watch this again.