Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Michael Douglas

A bachelor is haunted by the ghosts of his past girlfriends at his younger brother's wedding.

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27% liked it

132 critics

PG-13, 1 hr. 40 min.

Directed by: Mark Waters (VIII)

Release Date: May 1, 2009

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DVD Release Date: September 22, 2009

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  • October 20, 2009
    A jerk guy gets the girl of his dreams kind of movie. Very typical with the twist from A Christmas Carol. The only great part of this movie was Emma Stone. Love her.
  • October 17, 2009
    Matthew McConaughey is hot, and Jennifer Garner is beautiful. This we know. Being a fan of both of them, I had to check this movie out. Knowing what I was probably in store for, a cheesy somewhat amusing, oh so predictable chick flick.
    Meet Connor Mead. A pretentious, self lovi...( read more)ng, successful photographer, who fancies himself a modern day Don Juan. Love them and leave them, before they get attached, or there is any chance for you to get hurt. We all know the type.
    Surprise Surprise... Connor is really a softy who is afraid to get his heart broken, by the one girl he pines for. ( Like we all didn't see that coming when the opening credits started to roll... ) And of course, he saves the day in the end, when his brothers wedding looks like a no go. All that was missing was a white horse and some cheesy fanfare.
    The parts of Uncle Wayne ( played by Micheal Douglas ) and Allison Vandermeeth ( played by Emma Stone ) , made this movie for me, if I could forget for a minute that oh yeah, I have seen that done a billion times before in A Christmas Carol and it's million and three revamps. I love Emma Stone. She looked very cute and at home in her 80s nerdy girl get up. She had some great one liners, that made me smile.
    I would have loved to see more of Anne Archer in this one. She still looks as great as she did back in the days of Falcon Crest. Lacey Chabert had some funny moments, but I will always see her as Claudia from Party Of Five. I also love Breckin Meyer, have since Clueless. But, he just isn't as good in a roll where he's not all that funny. He should go back to what he knows best.
    If you go in knowing what to expect from Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past - a semi entertaining very predicable, laced with melted Cheddar chick flick, then you won't be disappointed. It beats watching the late Billy Mays sell something on late night TV or another damn Michael Jackson life story...
  • October 8, 2009
    Rubbish chick flick garbage that is churned out dime a dozen by hollywood. Stop it now!
  • September 20, 2009
    I am not to crazy about Matthew or Jennifer, but this was kind of cute. This has been made a few times over but it still kept me entertained enough to sit through the whole thing. Same old story, guy loves girl, she breaks his heart, he turns into a jerk...blah blah blah. This is...( read more) one of those where you have to make up your own mind...
  • August 20, 2009
    Ok, we all know the plot line of "A Christmas Carol" right? We've seen it done a million different ways, so there's no surprises here.

    And we all know the type of movies Mathew McConaughey stars in, right? Another role where he romances a girl based on his good looks.

    And...( read more) we all know the story of the douche bag guy who realizes the error of his ways and gets the girl in the end, right?

    Ok, so now you know everything that's going to happen in this movie.

    Very predictable and it ends up very cheesy towards the close. Matthew McConaughey plays a real womanizing dick in this movie, and it got really old after a while. There were so many stereotypes in this movie.

    There were two ladies sitting behind me and in one scene they laughed and said, "That's a typical guy." Of course the scene involved the guy befriending a girl for the sole purpose of bedding her. And of course that's the stereotype we get stuck with, even though it's not always true.

    Michael Douglas was a bright spot in this movie, he's always enjoyable to watch.

    The sexual content got really old. Not meaning that it offended me, but I get tired of just constant conversation of how he's going to get a girl in bed.

    And what's up with the EXTRA horny bridesmaids? Do people really go to weddings for the sole purpose of getting laid?

    Skip this movie, you've seen it before.
  • November 7, 2009
    seen the best bits in the trailer i think.....lol...Michael Douglas is great in it tho :O) :D
  • November 7, 2009
    Not as good as I thought it would be.
  • November 6, 2009
    Not what I expected but was good
  • November 6, 2009
    This was pretty awful, but I am in love with Jennifer Garner. She was good in it, but the story was retarded.
  • November 5, 2009
    Basically, I think all romantic comedies are pretty much the same: They meet, the get together, they break up and they get back together. A soft rock song plays as the credits roll. But for those of us who never seem to get tired of this formula (this one mixes in another worn ou...( read more)t formula: A Christmas Carol) this is a decent rental.

Critic Reviews


May 1, 2009
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

Only two characters might qualify as sympathetic. full review

May 1, 2009
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

Every audience member with an intellect bigger than a squid's knows at all times where Ghosts is heading. full review

May 1, 2009
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past doesn't do Dickens any favors, but in a year that brought us Bride Wars, it'll do. full review

May 1, 2009
Kurt Loder, MTV

Matthew McConaughey stars, Emma Stone takes over. full review

April 30, 2009
Pete Hammond, Hollywood.com

Matthew McConaughey doesn't have a ghost of a chance in this mirthless romantic comedy that's anything but ROMANTIC. full review

April 30, 2009
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past never comes as close as spitting distance to a laugh. full review

April 30, 2009
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal

A bizarre conflation of chick flick and A Christmas Carol. full review

April 30, 2009
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune

Douglas, radiating an arid narcissism, does look as if he was recently exhumed. Whether this is a deliberate makeup choice or unfortunate lighting is hard to guess. full review

April 30, 2009
Claudia Puig, USA Today

The formulaic story evaporates faster than cotton candy, and it's often as cloyingly sweet and tacky. full review

April 30, 2009
Ty Burr, Boston Globe

Ghosts is better-than-average McConaughey swill, but not by much -- that's its pleasure and its curse. full review

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    April 24, 2009
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  • JonnyMac78
    December 12, 2008
    I've been looking forward to seeing this movie eversince betty thomas was set to direct it and ben affleck was supposed to star but couldn't due to failed scripts. Well, aside from that fact, I'm looking forward to this movie cause the message of this story is about a single man's realizes dating gets boring eventually and decides that he wants to settle down.

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