mlconde-18208 Do not spend your entertainment dollar here. Insufferable, self-indulgent crap. Recommend to someone you don't like but be prepared, you will here about it. Rented with several persons. Unanimous decision to turn it off and make another purchase after 15 minutes. I watched the next day out of curiosity to see if we were missing something. Nope. Just more of the same. 90 minutes watching a ghost (literally a person with a sheet over his head) watch the mundane day to day life of the occupants of a particular area. Yawn. Almost no dialogue. No interaction. Nothing. Yes, very sad, man dies, wife misses man. Ghost of man doesn't move on. Interesting for 5 minutes. How did this movie make it into release? And the positive reviews from actual critics!?! Should put questions in your minds when regarding their motives in making their reviews. But don't take my word for it. Have a party. Start the film. Let the wise cracks and laughter commence.

johncorosz-95980 At the end of the film, the ghost finally does retrieve his wife's note, and upon reading it, he is free of the time loop and immediately disappears. However, what's written down is never revealed to the audience. "We thought about whether or not we should show it, but it doesn't matter as much as just knowing that he got it," says Lowery. "Nothing written there would mean anything to the audience at that point, and it would just complicate that moment - you'd see something, process it, and then wonder what it means." - Now that is the official ending. Geeez, what a let down. I guess I thought ghosts (as depicted often in literature and now days in documentaries) haunted places due to tragedy and grief linked to the soul doing the haunting. In this we see a note being placed, a lover dying accidentally and another love leaving for a new life. We all know that often these events in life will pull us (often) into the thoughts of the past. So it goes without saying that the ghost should REALLY have been Mara (the wife).

garyprosser1 Was delighted to find this on Netflix after not making it to the cinema to see it. Last night, I watched it and it was quite unlike any other film I've ever seen. It's not a horror, it's not a drama, a thriller or a comedy. It's a fantasy but it's also completely unlike any film I've ever watched. The premise is simple. Casey Affleck (C) and Rooney Mara (M) are a couple and the film starts with scenes of their domestic lives. C is then killed (not a spoiler) and M has to identify his body. So far, so familiar. What follows is film-making of a different kind. Yes, the idea of a dead person revisiting their loved one isn't new (Ghost, for example) and neither is the idea of a film from the point of view of a ghost (The Others) but the way it's done here is completely original and brilliantly effective. It's a brave move to design the ghost as a sheet with eye holes (much like a five year old would draw a ghost) and it shouldn't work but it does. At no point is it comical or absurd; once I'd got my head around it, I accepted it completely. C's ghost returns to the home and then plays silent, invisible witness to M's life as she grieves and moves forward. There is one remarkable scene (lasting a good few minutes) that shows only M eating a pie before being sick. C's ghost doesn't move throughout, watching and observing but unable to connect. It's a scene that drifts towards being too long before becoming more powerful. The rest of the film then plays with time, perspective and every other dimension going. The idea of existentialism rears its head constantly, particularly in one long speech (especially noteworthy in a film low on dialogue) by a house member who questions just how much we have to do in life (and how we nearly all fail) to ensure that we will be remembered by more than the next generation. All the while, C is there, watching and observing. He learns to affect the material items around him but ultimately, he is trapped. C is trapped in death and can't move on, M is trapped in grief but can move on. This dreamlike, hypnotic film will be a Marmite experience. For the many who will watch it and think "what the hell was that dull, dreary nonsense all about?", there will be someone who just falls in love with it. There's no storyline to unravel, no dialogue to quote and requote, no action, drama, car chases or raucous laughs, just a series of scenes and images that I couldn't get enough of. It's like watching a beautiful and completely original dream and it's a dream I'll watch again. 8.5/10

robdot1964 8 stars, probably 4 more than I would have given it right after watching this. Slow burn in more ways than just the unfolding of the narrative. It took time for what I viewed to sink in. My instant gratification brain resisted right till the end. When is the big twist or reveal or anything like an explosion or sudden plot resolution. Nothing, at least nothing like I was accustomed to. A simple story of loss and the cyclical nature of life. What is important to us? It's to know the truest of thoughts of those we love and lose.