Ghost Writer [Blu-ray]

Starring: Brosnan, Pierce, McGregor, Ewan, Bernthal, Jon, et al.

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• Format: Blu-ray
• Release Date: January 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Publisher: Summit Inc/Lionsgate
• Starring: Brosnan, Pierce, McGregor, Ewan, Bernthal, Jon, Preece, Tim, Cattrall, Kim
• Other Video Info: Multiple Formats; Blu-ray; NTSC; Widescreen
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Lots of fun peeling away the mysterious layers.

A ghostwriter (Ewan McGregor) is hired to replace a previous writer who was found waterlogged. His job is to go to a remote island and organize the memoirs of an ex-British Prime Minister, Adam Lang (Pierce Brosnan). He suspects not all is well, but it takes a few discoveries to determine that there is more to the memoirs than just names and dates. He may not be an effective reporter, but he is too nosy to let it go. What he cannot let go of could very well mean his life. Then again, maybe it will all work out for the best. We get to discover the layers of the mystery together with the ghostwriter. We also get to tell him to “stay in the car,” but does he ever listen? The movie is a formula and is politically charged. Yet we get to enjoy the suspense without a lot of blood and gore, no excess of explicative or over-cranked chase scenes. Roman Polanski seems to have mellowed out in his old age. Watching the movie a second time will reveal the clues that were not blatant or masked. I like the review of old actors in this presentation. I was surprised to see Eli Wallach. Aside from Kim Cattrall’s accent, she was believable. Once Pierce Brosnan left those Bond movies, he also became pretty good and fit the part in this film. I first became aware of Ewan McGregor from “Angels & Demons,” then I remember seeing him around in a retroactive sense; He can make expressions that speak better than words. I only saw the Blue-Ray version, so I cannot comment on other versions. I did find the documentary: The Ghost Writer: Fiction or Reality, useful in sorting out the writer from the director, from the book.