Ghostlight
critic Reviews
, 99% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score- A small film that elicits a huge emotional response, Ghostlight is a deeply moving and superbly acted meditation on grief.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreStephen RomeiThe Australian
This deeply moving, highly intelligent film is about love, loss, grief, regret, repressed emotions, healing and the value of human connection. Its star should receive an Oscar nomination.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreClaudia PuigFilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
It deals with [grief and loss] in a really fresh way.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreSara Michelle FettersMovieFreak.com
Directors Kelly O’Sullivan (who also provides the exquisite screenplay) and Alex Thompson have delivered a hushed, confidently devastating, and ultimately hopeful drama that never follows a traditional path.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreTy BurrWashington Post
“Ghostlight” is a nice film and sometimes a lovely one about the therapy that can come with art and pretending, and its message is soothing enough to make one wish things always worked this way.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreRichard WhittakerAustin Chronicle
The final performance, the final healing, is as heartwarming and heartbreaking as anything that has gone before.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreOdie HendersonBoston Globe
“Ghostlight” uses Dan’s journey as a kind of therapy, giving him the safe space to channel his bottled-up sadness into not just a performance, but a deeper understanding of what brought about that sadness.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreMichael WardShould I See It
I hope you find this film. Ghostlight is one of the best films of 2024.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreNagier ChambersBig Gold Belt Media
Standout Katherine Mallen Kupferer performance will deliver chills! Not to take away from anyone else but this maybe her best performance yet!
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreJeffrey OverstreetLooking Closer
If [it] were filmed with greater visual imagination ... and a more subtle and creative approach to entangling Dan’s tragedy with the text of Romeo and Juliet, I'd probably find a place for it in my 2024 top five list.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreErik ChildressMovie Madness Podcast
The creators of Saint Frances top themselves with an emotional puzzle about grieving and anger supplemented by the cathartic joy of reinvention through the arts as a medium to exorcise those feelings.
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