Nina, an interpreter, is beside herself dealing with inconsolable grief over the recent death of her boyfriend, Jamie, a cellist. When she is on the verge of despair, Jamie reappears as a 'ghost' and the couple are reconciled.
21 February 1967, Kenya
5 January 1935, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, England, UK
3 June 1945, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
30 October 1956, Essex, England, UK
19 June 1957, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England, UK
15 October 1943, Rozprza, Lódzkie, Poland
1947, Surrey, England, UK
1943, England, UK
21 February 1946, Hammersmith, London, England, UK
27 October 1977
12 June 1938, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
March 18, 2008
Like Ghost, only British and better.
February 09, 2006
As a metaphor for the experience of bereavement, the conceit is over-extended, though Stevenson almost makes it work.
August 30, 2004
Miss Stevenson, Mr. Rickman and Mr. Maloney, good actors all, work tirelessly on behalf of the insistently gooey and smug material.
March 18, 2008
This is a beguiling film in more ways than one.
May 12, 2001
Minghella lays on the whimsy a bit thick at times, but his wryly funny and heartfelt observations on sorrow go down much easier than the Hollywood brand of lump-in-the-throat histrionics.
March 14, 2004
Even though the ghosts can walk through walls the script can't get past its emotionally manipulative love story.
January 18, 2004
A truly, madly, deeply romantic film.
May 13, 2005
off-beat and involving
May 26, 2006
A wonderful, bittersweet little romantic comedy.
December 04, 2003
Odd, effective little comedy fantasy anchored by leads.
March 18, 2008
This sharply scripted study of a bereaved woman who literally wishes her partner back from the grave is an impressive directorial bow by British playwright Anthony Minghella.
January 01, 2000
It's a sweetly affecting tug of the heart.
