Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past is the latest romantic comedy to be released by New Line Home Entertainment, hitting the shelves in a September 22nd 2009 release.
Ghosts of Girlfriends past features the story of Connor Meads, a star photographer who uses his charms to win the heart of any woman he chooses, only to break it at the next opportunity.
When returning to his home for his brother’s wedding he runs into his childhood sweetheart Jenny Perotti.
However his free and easy, no commitment lifestyle gets called into question when the ghost of his suave mentor Uncle Wayne appears to show him the errors of his ways, with the help of the ghosts of girlfriends past, present and future.
One thing I can say about this movie – it delivers exactly to your expectations, with a relationship based retooling of the Christmas Carol story.
Overall I found it to be quite enjoyable, especially good for one of those evenings where you don’t want to be challenged by your entertainment.
The movie stars the king of the romantic comedy Matthew McConoughy, with Jennifer Garner playing his love ‘disinterest’.
The cast includes Michael Douglas, Breckin Meyer, Lacey Chabert, Emma Stone, A
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nne Archer, Robert Forster and Amanda Walsh.
Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past was directed by Mark Waters, the man behind The Spiderwick Chronicles, Just Like Heaven and Mean Girls.
The movie was fairly poorly received by critics – it earned a Rotten Tomatoes score of only 28%, though did better at the IMDb with a score of 5.7/10.
Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past was fairly successful in the cinema for a romantic comedy, reaching $55.3M at the US box office.
The video on the disc is a VC-1 1080p encode at 19 Mbps, and is presented in its original aspect ratio of 2.40:1.
Check out the details page for Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past to see full resolution PNG screen captures taken directly from the disc.
The main audio is lossless Dolby True HD with 5.1 channels – 16 bits resolution at 48 kHz.
The disc is a single layer BD25, with 20.8 GB used and is coded for All Regions.
Special features are numerous and include BD Live Network features and a Digital Copy for both Windows and iTunes.
Along with the ‘behind the scenes’ featurette, the disc contains a couple of additional interview segments.
Matthew McConaughey and Michael Douglass compare notes on playing ‘Ladies Men’ on film in the The Legends, The Lessons, and The Ladies featurette.
It’s All About Connor presents the inside track on Matthew McConaughey from his female costars in the movie.
Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past is a competent release from New Line Home Entertainment – one that will be primarily of interest for fans of the genre or those with significant others that need to be appeased.
You can check out the official website for the movie here.
The retail price is $35.99, or order it right now at Amazon for $24.99, saving 31%!
Extras:
The Legends, The Lessons, and The Ladies
It’s All About Connor
Behind The Scenes
Additional Scenes and Exclusive Features Via Blu-ray BD Live
Synopsis:
Connor Mead is the kind of guy who dumps three girlfriends. At the same time. By teleconference. So when he attends his brother’s wedding he has a single goal: score with the only bridesmaid he somehow missed. But the ghost of his departed Uncle Wayne – who taught him to love ‘em and leave ‘em – has another goal in mind: restore Connor’s lost faith in true love, a tough assignment requiring the services of many, many Ghosts of Girlfriends Past. Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner and Michael Douglas and director Mark Waters (Mean Girls, Just Like Heaven) uncork a romantic romp as bubbly as wedding-toast champagne. It’s the perfect comedy for anyone who believes in laughs and love. Or needs to.
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