![]() ![]() To put it simply this is a movie which if you've seen any of the countless versions of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" will be able to see where it is all going.Īnd adding to what is good about this is re-imagining of Dickens' tale is that central to everything is the relationship of Connor and Jenny. Some elements are dropped, we may have snow on the ground but this isn't the day before Christmas but the day before his brother's wedding, who in Dickens' style is the one who still believes in him despite running out of patience with his selfish ways. It keeps that essence of Dickens' tale with the 4 ghosts visiting Connor as they take him through all the pivotal moments of his life, those which have happened and those which are yet to come if he doesn't change his ways. What is good about "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" is the ingenuity of using Charles Dickens "A Christmas Carol" to create a romantic comedy about a love rat being shown the error of his ways. As such "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" is an improvement on your run of the mill romantic comedy but sadly a wasted opportunity to create something genuinely clever and different. It's also wasted when sentiment is mistaken for romance and a funny scene becomes cloying because it goes too far. It makes "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" better than your average romantic comedy with some genuinely clever scenes and casting but the cleverness of it ends up wasted in favour of routine rom-com nonsense and a surprisingly shallow ending. "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" is an interesting idea, take the essence of Charles Dickens "A Christmas Carol" with the visitation of 4 ghosts to show someone the error of their ways and combine it with a romantic comedy. And Uncle Wayne is not the only ghostly visitor Connor gets as he also gets visits from ghosts from his past, present and future all trying to show him the error of his ways when it comes to women and in particular Jenny ( Jennifer Garner - Juno) who was his first crush and the one who really understands him. After the rehearsal dinner he gets a visit from his Uncle Wayne ( Michael Douglas - You, Me and Dupree), the man who taught him everything there is to no about getting women and also getting rid of them, except having died many years earlier Uncle Wayne is a ghost. But that is all about to change when he attends his younger brother's wedding on a mission to talk him out of marriage. ![]() Connor Mead ( Matthew McConaughey - Tropic Thunder) is on top of his game, be it photographing models or scoring one hot date after another. ![]()
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