![]() Truth is, there are enough laughs to entertain, if not enthrall. It's a little off putting to see A Christmas Carol "reimagined" in this manner, but we won't be a Scrooge and say it's all for naught. McConaughey is also relatively solid, but Garner and the supporting characters outshine him, especially Chabert, as a well-meaning woman on the verge of becoming Bridezilla, and Meyer, who adds heart to a frothy script. (Who knew playing sordid could be so fun?) This is the Douglas we adored in Wonder Boys - no spit-shine, no polish, just rough edges with a hint of sleaze. Then there's Douglas, who appears to be channeling both Hugh Hefner and Jack Nicholson. The fact that someone like her would like someone like McConaughey's Connor makes us want to believe in what romcoms sell - love that makes no sense but works anyway. First, there's Garner: Quick with verbal volleys and arch reaction shots, she grounds the movie in girl-next-door goodness. The premise may be tired, the jokes stale, and the script trite ("Pain beats regret every day of the week, and twice on Sunday," for example), but it's actually more amusing than expected thanks to two critical casting choices. GHOSTS OF GIRLFRIENDS PAST hews close to the romantic comedy "rules" - you know where it's going to end within the first half hour. Absolutely disgusting and not in touch with reality. What a joke.Īnd the "good" ending at the end doesn't fix any of the issues, the fact is that the movie still glamorizes the playboy lifestyle, dehumanizes the female characters, and sends the wrong message that a womanizer can be "fixed" by the "right woman". And it teaches that he can't be held responsible for his actions because some girl in middle school rejected him, so now he's afraid of commitment. The women in this film aren't even treated as people, but rather as playthings for the protagonist. It teaches horrible pickup tricks that you should belittle and play mind-tricks on women and they'll come crawling to you. It's full of stereotypes, portraying women as hysterical, ditzy, and objectifying them at every turn. ![]() If you're watching this with kids, it's extremely inappropriate, and not just because of the constant talk about sex, but rather because it sends extremely harmful messages to boys and girls alike. ![]() Sure, Connor has been drinking quite a bit - in fact, add alcoholism to his sex addiction - but as the ghost warns, three female apparitions appear to guide him from his early life to gravesite to demonstrate the hollowness of being sexually profligate.I don't know in what world this movie passed off as a rom-com, there is nothing romantic or comedic about this film. Well, the ghost of his Uncle Wayne (Michael Douglas), the man who taught him how to treat women badly, shows up. The only woman he can’t fluster and certainly can’t coo into bed is Jenny (Garner), the childhood friend who, one instantly realizes, is the one who really loves him. Instead of Christmas, it’s the wedding of his brother (Breckin Meyer) that he bah-humbugs to the point of destroying everyone’s pleasure and causing the bride (Lacey Chabert) to call it off. He’s supposed to be a scion of an old New England family - unaccountably one with a Texas accent - a fashion photographer who only takes pictures of semi-nude women who immediately jump into bed with him. McConaughey has played these roles all too frequently: a cock of the walk who struts through a movie with a loose grin that draws women to him like bees to pollen. The movie stars Ben Affleck, Christopher Lloyed, and Lily Rabe, and was filmed this past spring in a few North Shore locations like Jacob’s Corner Pub in Beverly and Marcorelle’s Liquor in Ipswich. To tell the truth, they don’t exactly sparkle either. The film, directed by George Clooney, is based on The Tender Bar: A Memoir by J.R Moehringer. The film, though, certainly will test the drawing power of Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Garner. ![]() Witlessness lately has not proved a surefire drawback at the boxoffice, so these “Ghosts” might attract younger viewers opening weekend. As written by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore and directed by Mark Waters, the movie clumps through one witless if not wince-evoking sequence after another, without the relief of laughter. Parents say ( 14 ): Kids say ( 22 ): GHOSTS OF GIRLFRIENDS PAST hews close to the romantic comedy 'rules' - you know where its going to end within the first half hour. It’s even worse than it sounds as one can at least see potential for laughs about a man who runs from females as fast as he can following the climax of the only thing that interests him about women.
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