GHOST ... THE ROMANCE REVIEW

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"You will believe."

GHOST is a love story, a supernatural tale and a murder mystery thriller, with comedic moments mixed in, all which are uniquely blended together to make a superbly entertaining movie.

The script, by Bruce Joel Ruben, was well thought out, well-paced, and well written. The story opens with the young couple, Molly Jensen and Sam Wheat (Demi Moore & Patrick Swayze), and their good friend, Carl Bruner (Tony), working on renovating an old floor of a building into their dream apartment, that has plenty of room for pottery/clay sculptor, Demi, to create her art. It is established that Patrick and Tony are good friends who work together at the same financial business company in New York City. Tragedy befalls the happy couple when Patrick is murdered during a night robbery by a thug, Willie Lopez (Rick Aviles), who was supposedly after money.

Sam's spirit hangs around their dream apartment at first, wishing to comfort his grieving love, but can't do so. When his murderer comes back into the apartment, but leaves when scratched by the cat, Sam follows Willie back to Willie's place on the rundown side of town. Patrick decides to seek the help of spiritualist, Oda May Brown (Whoopi), who was a charlatan, until she gets involved with Patrick, which unblocks her sixth sense, so she can truly help both the living and the dead, instead of pretending to have "the gift."

When he finds out who is really behind his murder, and why he was killed, Sam not only resolves to protect Molly, but also get some justice for this personal disaster, with the help of the reforming Oda May Brown.

Ruben's screenplay also deals with spiritual issues of Life After Death, Heaven and Hell as well, with the help of the visual effects wizards, Larry Weiss, Doug Chiang, Tom Cranham, Richard Edlund, and Harrison Ellenshaw, just to name a few.

The direction and pacing of the movie, all under control of Jerry Zucker, was well done. Whoopi Goldberg really provides a stellar performance that integrates her enormous comedic talent with her acting ability, which earned her a supporting actress Oscar; 1991.

Tony Goldwyn was excellent as the villain, showing many sides of the feelings of his character's emotions and weaknesses.

Patrick and Demi worked very well together, convincing and touching the audience with their individual and team performances. This film showcases one of their best performances.

Willie Lopez is convincing as the slimy killer, who gets the scare of his life. He portrays absolute terror perfectly, adding a lot to the scene with Sam, the angry ghost, who comes for a little visit.

Vincent Schiavelli does a great job as the emotionally unbalanced ghost on the subway, who teaches Sam how to move objects with his mind, an important skill to have for a ghost.

Favorite scenes include: Patrick meets Oda May, Oda May's trip to the bank with Patrick, Willie and Patrick's apartment chase scene, the night scene in the dream apartment, with Demi, Patrick, and Oda May, and the final chase & fight scene with the fantastic ending.

If you enjoyed GHOST, you may like "Heaven Can Wait,"
"The Haunting" (1999 version), "What Lies Beneath," and/or "The Sixth Sense."

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